# Mercier (federal electoral district)

Mercier (French pronunciation: ; also known as Montreal—Mercier) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 2004. In 2003, the district was abolished and split into the La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings. A provincial electoral district still exists under the same name but is located in Plateau Mont-Royal borough.

## History

Mercier riding was created in 1933 from Laval—Two Mountains and Maisonneuve ridings.
It initially consisted of:
* parts of the city of Montreal;
* the towns of Montreal North, St-Michel-de-Laval, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, Montreal East, Pointe-aux-Trembles;
* the parishes of Rivière-des-Prairies, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, and St-Jean-de-Dieu Asylum; and * the municipality of Pont-Viau and the town of Laval-des-Rapides in Laval county..
In 1966, it was defined as consisting of:
* the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles;
* the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East;
* the part of the City of Montreal bounded by Saint-Donat Street, the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East, and Saint-Lawrence River;
* the part of the City of Montreal bounded by the Cities of Pointeaux-Trembles and Montreal North, the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East, and Des Prairies River.
In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:
* the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles;
* the Town of Montreal East;
* the part of the City of Montreal bounded by the Cities of Pointeaux-Trembles and Montreal North, by the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East and by des Prairies River;
* the part of the City of Montreal bounded by a line commencing from the Saint Lawrence River along Saint-Donat Street, the Canadian National Railway; the northeastern limit of the parish municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Sherbrooke Street East, Highway 25, the limits of the towns of Anjou and Montreal East to the Saint Lawrence River.
In 1980, it was renamed "Montreal—Mercier". In 1987, Montreal—Mercier was split into Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies and a re-created Mercier riding. The new Mercier riding also incorporated territory from Gamelin riding.
The new Mercier riding consisted of:
* the Town of Montréal-Est;
* parts of the City of Montréal.
The district was abolished in 2003 when it was split into La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Mercier Riding created from Laval—Two Mountains and Maisonneuve |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Joseph Jean | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Joseph Jean | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Joseph Jean | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1949 | Joseph Jean | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Marcel Monette | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Marcel Monette | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Marcel Monette | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | André Gillet | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal |
| Montreal—Mercier |||||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Carole Jacques | Progressive Conservative |
| Mercier |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Carole Jacques | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Francine Lalonde | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Francine Lalonde | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Francine Lalonde | Bloc Québécois |
| Riding dissolved into La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier |||||

## Election results
### Mercier, 1933–1980

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Joseph Jean | 17,231 |
| Reconstruction | Évariste Forest | 3,750 |
| Conservative | Robert Irving Green | 2,496 |
| Independent Reconstruction | Paul-Antoine Bonhomme | 865 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph Jean | 19,134 |
| | National Government | François-Eugène Therrien | 4,596 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Joseph Jean | 18,623 |
| Bloc populaire | Fernand Chaussé | 9,033 |
| Progressive Conservative | Hervé Brien | 2,269 |
| Independent | Oscar Bélisle | 542 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Marie-Ange Gill | 541 |
| Social Credit | Hervé Lajeunesse | 417 |
| Liberal–Labour | Ernest Larin | 345 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Joseph Jean | 17,041 |
| Progressive Conservative | Roméo Mcduff | 7,786 |
| Union des électeurs | Maurice Lajeunesse | 1,587 |
By-election on 24 October 1949
On Jean's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Monette | 9,389 |
| Independent Liberal | Wilfrid Latraverse | 2,028 |
| Independent | Léon Bertrand | 1,125 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Monette | 17,479 |
| Progressive Conservative | Roméo Mcduff | 9,352 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph-S.-Léo Tremblay | 885 |
| Labor–Progressive | Réal Couillard | 513 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Marcel Monette | 30,024 |
| | Progressive Conservative | François Coron | 10,093 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | André Gillet | 26,463 |
| Liberal | Marcel Monette | 23,103 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gisèle Couture | 2,219 |
| Radical chrétien | Georges Rousseau | 687 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 28,898 |
| Progressive Conservative | André Gillet | 19,925 |
| Social Credit | Maurice Lajeunesse | 11,680 |
| New Democratic | Gaston Caron | 7,491 |
| Independent | Stéphane Bugeaud | 1,621 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 33,450 |
| Social Credit | Maurice Lajeunesse | 19,577 |
| Progressive Conservative | André Gillet | 15,130 |
| New Democratic | Gérard Picard | 11,606 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 39,205 |
| Progressive Conservative | André Gillet | 16,598 |
| New Democratic | Florent Paquette | 15,206 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Maurice Lajeunesse | 11,365 |
| Independent Liberal | René Morin | 1,708 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 19,077 |
| Progressive Conservative | Raymond Daniel | 10,571 |
| New Democratic | Lucette Bernier | 3,041 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Joseph Bélanger | 3,011 |
| Independent | Zotique Duchaine | 888 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 22,207 |
| Social Credit | Cyprien Dion | 11,468 |
| Progressive Conservative | André St-Onge | 9,010 |
| New Democratic | Mario Hart | 4,921 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Prosper Boulanger | 22,545 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Grenier | 7,026 |
| Social Credit | Cyprien Dion | 6,255 |
| New Democratic | Jacques Milot | 4,137 |
| Communist | Serge Da Sylva | 278 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Gilles Robillard | 200 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Céline Hervieux-Payette | 26,784 |
| Social Credit | Lise Lajeunesse | 10,328 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Coutu | 5,076 |
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Chase-Chapdelaine | 1,816 |
| Rhinoceros | Guy Caron | 1,074 |
| Communist | Montserrat Escola | 135 |
| Union populaire | Jean-Guy Martel | 121 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Patenaude | 118 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Céline Hervieux-Payette | 27,428 |
| New Democratic | Pierre Dubé | 4,258 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Coutu | 3,161 |
| Social Credit | Claude Bélanger | 1,891 |
| Rhinoceros | Piggy Guy De Blois | 1,835 |
| Union populaire | Martine Godard | 161 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Michel Claveau | 146 |

### Montreal—Mercier, 1981–1987

1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Carole Jacques | 25,071 |
| Liberal | Céline Hervieux-Payette | 19,335 |
| New Democratic | Robert Ferland | 4,925 |
| Parti nationaliste | Gérald Giguère | 2,557 |
| Rhinoceros | Raymond les oreilles Pollender | 2,038 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Michel Destroismaisons | 154 |

### Mercier, 1987–2003

1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Carole Jacques | 30,804 |
| Liberal | Luc Chouinard | 12,942 |
| New Democratic | André Cordeau | 10,251 |
| Rhinoceros | Jean-Claude Stardust Gouin | 1,617 |
| Communist | André Cloutier | 309 |
| Independent | Jean-Pierre Ginchereau | 197 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Denise Saint-Louis, | 137 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Francine Lalonde | 34,139 |
| Liberal | Magda Tadros | 11,700 |
| Independent | Carole Jacques | 8,992 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérald Lacoste | 2,720 |
| New Democratic | Guy D'Amours, | 789 |
| Abolitionist | William-John Apostol | 207 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Pierre Aylwin | 128 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Francine Lalonde | 24,649 |
| Liberal | René Bourgeault | 14,061 |
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Champagne | 8,500 |
| New Democratic | Cathy Milner | 772 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 297 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Francine Lalonde | 24,755 |
| Liberal | Normand Biron | 15,416 |
| Green | Richard Savignac | 1,813 |
| Alliance | J. Marc-Antoine Delsoin | 1,685 |
| Progressive Conservative | Martin Gelgoot | 1,629 |
| Marijuana | Eric Duquette | 936 |
| New Democratic | Nicholas Vikander | 480 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 104 |