# Ahuntsic (federal electoral district)

Ahuntsic was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1988 to 2015.

## Geography

The district included the neighbourhoods of Ahuntsic and Bordeaux-Cartierville and the western part of the neighbourhood of Sault-au-Recollet in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
Prior to being abolished, its neighbouring ridings were Papineau, Mount Royal, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval, Alfred-Pellan, Bourassa, and Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.

## History

The electoral district of Ahuntsic was created in 1966 from Saint-Denis and Laval ridings. In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Saint-Michel riding.
In 1987, the new district of Ahuntsic was created from Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis.
From 1993 to 2008 Ahuntsic was usually a competitive seat between Bloc Québécois and the Liberals. However, in 2011 Bloc Québécois incumbent Maria Mourani narrowly won reelection against a New Democratic surge that swept through Montreal and Quebec in general. Ahuntsic was the sole seat retained by Bloc Québécois in the Montreal area and one of only four won by the party overall at the 2011 federal election.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Ahuntsic Riding created from Saint-Denis, Dollard and Laval |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jean-Léo Rochon | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Saint-Michel, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis |||||
| Riding re-created from Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Michel Daviault | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Eleni Bakopanos | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Eleni Bakopanos | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Eleni Bakopanos | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Maria Mourani | Bloc Québécois |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Maria Mourani | Bloc Québécois |
| 41st | 2011–2013 | Maria Mourani | Bloc Québécois |
| 41st | 2013–2015 | Maria Mourani | Independent |
| Riding dissolved into Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Bourassa and Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel |||||

## Election results
### Ahuntsic, 1988–2015

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maria Mourani | 14,908 | 31.80 | -7.68 | $80,555.15 |
| | New Democratic | Chantal Reeves | 14,200 | 30.29 | +21.32 | $2,487.91 |
| | Liberal | Noushig Eloyan | 13,087 | 27.91 | -10.68 | $59,053.68 |
| | Conservative | Constantin Kiryakidis | 3,770 | 8.04 | -2.32 | $6,585.00 |
| | Green | Ted Kouretas | 620 | 1.32 | -1.25 | $237.10 |
| | Rhinoceros | Jean-Olivier Berthiaume | 299 | 0.64 | – | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,884 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 516 | 1.09 | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,400 | 64.98 | -0.66 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -14.50 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maria Mourani | 18,815 | 39.48 | +0.57 | $53,286 |
| | Liberal | Eleni Bakopanos | 18,392 | 38.59 | +1.30 | $51,887 |
| | Conservative | Jean Précourt | 4,937 | 10.36 | -1.89 | $56,496 |
| | New Democratic | Alexandra Bélec | 4,276 | 8.97% | +1.07 | $6,663 |
| | Green | Lynette Tremblay | 1,228 | 2.57% | -1.10 | $20 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,648 | 100.00 | – | $82,379 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 523 | 1.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,181 | 65.64 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -0.40 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maria Mourani | 19,428 | 38.91 | -2.34 | $69,180 |
| | Liberal | Eleni Bakopanos | 18,594 | 37.24 | -6.51 | $64,168 |
| | Conservative | Etienne Morin | 6,089 | 12.25 | +7.01 | $16,100 |
| | New Democratic | Caroline Desrosiers | 3,948 | 7.90 | +1.70 | $4,702 |
| | Green | Lynette Tremblay | 1,836 | 3.67 | +0.99 | $411 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,895 | 100.00 | $77,453 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | -2.1 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Eleni Bakopanos | 21,234 | 43.75 | -10.13 | $59,946 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maria Mourani | 20,020 | 41.25 | +9.02 | $53,286 |
| | New Democratic | Annick Bergeron | 3,013 | 6.20 | +4.33 | $3,308 |
| | Conservative | Jean E. Fortier | 2,544 | 5.24 | -3.85 | $39,703 |
| | Green | Lynette Tremblay | 1,301 | 2.68 | +0.57 | $2,388 |
| | Marijuana | F.X. de Longchamp | 314 | 0.64 | – | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Marsha Fine | 102 | 0.21 | -0.09 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,528 | 100.00 | $77,288 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -9.6 | |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Eleni Bakopanos | 28,643 | 53.89 | +4.64 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Fatima El Amraoui | 17,132 | 32.23 | +0.46 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jessica Chartrand | 3,018 | 5.68 | -10.51 |
| | Alliance | Eugenia Romain | 1,816 | 3.42 | |
| | Green | Mimi Ghosh | 1,123 | 2.11 | |
| | New Democratic | Steve Moran | 997 | 1.88 | +0.09 |
| | Communist | Antonio Artuso | 262 | 0.49 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Vincent Dorais | 159 | 0.30 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,150 | 100.00 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Eleni Bakopanos | 28,971 | 49.25 | +7.60 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Pauline Charest | 18,689 | 31.77 | -12.55 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 9,520 | 16.18 | +7.56 |
| | New Democratic | Stephen Moran | 1,051 | 1.79 | +0.44 |
| | Natural Law | Carmel Bernard | 589 | 1.00 | -0.50 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 58,820 | 100.00 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Daviault | 22,275 | 44.33 | |
| | Liberal | Céline Hervieux-Payette | 20,934 | 41.66 | +0.56 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 4,332 | 8.62 | -33.82 |
| | Natural Law | Marc Lacroix | 752 | 1.50 | |
| | New Democratic | René Samson | 675 | 1.34 | -9.66 |
| | Independent | Haytoug Chamlian | 567 | 1.13 | |
| | Abolitionist | Rolando Fusco | 385 | 0.77 | |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Christiane Deland-Gervais | 332 | 0.66 | +0.51 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,252 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 21,748 | 42.45 | +27.56 |
| | Liberal | Raymond Garneau | 21,056 | 41.09 | -26.39 |
| | New Democratic | Vincent Guadagnano | 5,638 | 11.00 | +1.33 |
| | Green | Michel Mike Lime Limoges | 1,131 | 2.21 | |
| | Rhinoceros | Daniel Roumain I Muresan | 1,042 | 2.03 | |
| | Independent | Christine Dandenault | 343 | 0.67 | |
| | Communist | S. Dagenais | 203 | 0.40 | -0.06 |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Denis Tremblay | 77 | 0.15 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,238 | 100.00 |

### Ahuntsic, 1968–1979

1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jeanne Sauvé | 24,041 | 67.48 | +13.23 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marcel Grenier | 5,304 | 14.89 | -1.15 |
| | New Democratic | Emile Boudreau | 3,448 | 9.68 | -7.05 |
| | Social Credit | Aldéï Lanthier | 2,449 | 6.87 | -4.27 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Francine Lavigne | 223 | 0.63 | |
| | Communist | Beatrice F. Hough | 161 | 0.45 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,626 | 100.00 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jeanne Sauvé | 21,741 | 54.25 | -10.67 |
| | New Democratic | Pierre de Bellefeuille | 6,706 | 16.73 | +2.78 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Normand Duval | 6,429 | 16.04 | +2.56 |
| | Social Credit | Aldéï Lanthier | 4,467 | 11.15 | +7.66 |
| | Independent | Monique L'Hostie | 734 | 1.83 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,077 | 100.00 |
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jean-L. Rochon | 23,149 | 64.92 |
| | New Democratic | Louis-Philippe Lecours | 4,977 | 13.96 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Claude Barriere | 4,807 | 13.48 |
| | Independent Liberal | Claude Patenaude | 1,483 | 4.16 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Albert Paiement | 1,243 | 3.49 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,659 | 100.00 |