# Saint-Laurent (federal electoral district)

Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation:, known from 1993 to 2015 as Saint-Laurent—Cartierville,) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988.
Since a 2017 by-election triggered by the resignation of longtime Member of Parliament (MP) Stéphane Dion, its MP has been Emmanuella Lambropoulos of the Liberal Party.

## Geography

The district corresponds exactly to the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal.
The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Mount Royal and Pierrefonds—Dollard.

## Demographics

    According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 40.9% White, 18.6% Arab, 10.1% Black, 8.6% South Asian, 8.2% Chinese, 3.8% Southeast Asian, 3.2% Latin American, 2% Filipino, 1.5% West Asian Languages: 25.5% French, 15.2% Arabic, 14.4% English, 3.6% Mandarin, 3.2% Spanish, 2.9% Yue, 2.7% Greek, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.6% Armenian, 1.5% Tamil, 1.5% Italian, 1.2% Punjabi, 1% Urdu Religions: 44.9% Christian (23.6% Catholic, 9.1% Christian Orthodox, 1% Pentecostal), 22.4% Muslim, 18.4% No Religion, 5.5% Jewish, 3.8% Hindu, 3.4% Buddhist, 1% Sikh
Median income: $32,200 (2020)
Average income: $50,320 (2020)

## History

The electoral district of Saint-Laurent was created in 1987 from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis. The name was changed to Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in 1989.
This riding lost territory to Ahuntsic-Cartierville during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
It was represented since a by-election in 2017 by Emmanuella Lambropoulos, member of the Liberal Party. It has long been regarded as one of the safest Liberal ridings in the nation.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Saint-Laurent Riding created from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Shirley Maheu | Liberal |
| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville |||||
| 35th | 1993–1996 | Shirley Maheu | Liberal |
| 35th | 1996–1997 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| Saint-Laurent |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2017 | Stéphane Dion | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2017–2019 | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | Liberal |

## Election results
### Saint-Laurent, 2015–present

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | 22,056 | 59.1 | +0.5 | $50,070.07 |
| | Conservative | Richard Serour | 6,902 | 18.5 | +1.1 | $5,185.93 |
| | New Democratic | Nathan Devereaux | 4,059 | 10.9 | +0.8 | $2,501.88 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Florence Racicot | 2,972 | 8.0 | +0.9 | $1,649.89 |
| | People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 1,182 | 3.2 | +2.0 | $1,947.63 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Ginette Boutet | 146 | 0.4 | +0.2 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,317 | 98.3 | – | $104,997.64 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 642 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,959 | 57.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 66,181 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -0.3 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 23,308 | 59.35 |
| Conservative | 7,193 | 18.31 |
| New Democratic | 4,225 | 10.76 |
| Bloc Québécois | 3,122 | 7.95 |
| People's | 1,239 | 3.15 |
| Green | 42 | 0.11 |
| Others | 146 | 0.37 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | 23,527 | 58.6 | -0.56 | none listed |
| | Conservative | Richard Serour | 7,005 | 17.4 | -2.12 | $27,597.55 |
| | New Democratic | Miranda Gallo | 4,065 | 10.1 | +2.3 | $1,615.70 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Thérèse Miljours | 2,845 | 7.1 | +2.19 | none listed |
| | Green | Georgia Kokotsis | 2,150 | 5.4 | -2.59 | $2,581.91 |
| | People's | Christopher Mikus | 484 | 1.2 | - | none listed |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Ginette Boutet | 71 | 0.2 | - | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,147 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 618 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,765 | 59.96 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 67,991 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +0.78 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vteCanadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017 Resignation of Stéphane Dion :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | 11,461 | 59.13 | −2.44 |
| | Conservative | Jimmy Yu | 3,784 | 19.52 | +0.01 |
| | Green | Daniel Green | 1,548 | 7.99 | +5.57 |
| | New Democratic | Mathieu Auclair | 1,511 | 7.80 | −3.72 |
| | Bloc Québécois | William Fayad | 951 | 4.91 | +0.25 |
| | Rhinoceros | Chinook Blais-Leduc | 129 | 0.67 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,384 | 100.0 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 255 | 1.30 | +0.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,639 | 28.33 | −30.65 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 69,302 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −1.24 |
| Source: lop.parl.ca |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election: Saint-Laurent :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 24,832 | 61.57 | +18.71 | $80,361.33 |
| | Conservative | Jimmy Yu | 7,867 | 19.51 | +0.4 | $126,201.23 |
| | New Democratic | Alain Ackad | 4,646 | 11.52 | -17.55 | $12,858.35 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Pascal-Olivier Dumas-Dubreuil | 1,879 | 4.66 | -1.77 | $11,919.73 |
| | Green | John Tromp | 977 | 2.42 | +0.33 | $1,965.89 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 129 | 0.32 | – | - |
| Total valid votes/ | Total valid votes/ | Total valid votes/ | 40,330 | 100.0 | | $202,992.54 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 409 | 0.59 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,739 | 58.98 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 69,078 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 13,915 | 42.86 |
| New Democratic | 9,437 | 29.07 |
| Conservative | 6,206 | 19.11 |
| Bloc Québécois | 2,089 | 6.43 |
| Green | 680 | 2.09 |
| Others | 140 | 0.43 |

### Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, 1993–2015

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 17,726 | 43.43 | -18.29 |
| | New Democratic | Maria Ximena Florez | 11,948 | 29.28 | +20.30 |
| | Conservative | Svetlana Litvin | 7,124 | 17.46 | +0.25 |
| | Bloc Québécois | William Fayad | 2,981 | 7.30 | -4.04 |
| | Green | Tim Landry | 857 | 2.10 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 176 | 0.43 | -0.30 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,812 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 343 | 0.83 | -0.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,155 | 51.99 | -1.56 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 25,095 | 61.72 | +1.9 | $46,549 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Galiatsatos | 6,999 | 17.21 | +4.0 | $20,864 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Jacques Lachaine | 4,611 | 11.34 | -3.2 | $9,582 |
| | New Democratic | Jérôme Rodrigues | 3,654 | 8.98 | +1.3 | $1,637 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 299 | 0.73 | +0.3 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,658 | 100.00 | $83,858 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 454 | 1.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,112 | 53.55 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 25,412 | 59.8 | -7.0 | $60,159 |
| | Bloc Québécois | William Fayad | 6,192 | 14.6 | -2.7 | $13,260 |
| | Conservative | Ishrat Alam | 5,590 | 13.2 | +7.0 | $62,831 |
| | New Democratic | Liz Elder | 3,279 | 7.7 | +1.5 | $6,611 |
| | Green | Gilles Mercier | 1,810 | 4.3 | +2.2 | $2,560 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 177 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,460 | 100.0 | $79,047 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 28,107 | 66.8 | -6.8 | $57,079 |
| | Bloc Québécois | William Fayad | 7,261 | 17.3 | +4.2 | $10,494 |
| | New Democratic | Zaid Mahayni | 2,630 | 6.3 | +3.9 | $11,340 |
| | Conservative | Marc Rahmé | 2,606 | 6.2 | -3.2 | $10,128 |
| | Green | Almaz Aladass | 875 | 2.1 | – | $2.67 |
| | Marijuana | Alex Neron | 298 | 0.7 | | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 125 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |
| | Canadian Action | Ken Fernandez | 84 | 0.2 | -0.3 | $116 |
| | Communist | Nilda Vargas | 78 | 0.2 | -0.3 | $647 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,064 | 100.0 | $78,192 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
vte2000 Canadian federal election: Saint-Laurent—Cartierville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 32,861 | 73.58 | +3.44 | $44,754 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Yves Beauregard | 5,838 | 13.07 | +0.35 | $11,158 |
| | Progressive Conservative | J. Pierre Rouleau | 2,308 | 5.17 | −8.74 | $876 |
| | Alliance | Kaddis R. Sidaros | 1,909 | 4.27 | +2.89 | $8,762 |
| | New Democratic | Piper Elizabeth Huggins | 1,070 | 2.40 | +0.56 | $908 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bedard | 234 | 0.52 | | $10 |
| | Canadian Action | Ken Fernandez | 232 | 0.52 | | $3,062 |
| | Communist | Oscar Chavez | 206 | 0.46 | | $187 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 44,658 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 642 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,300 | 63.06 | −13.90 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 71,836 |
| Canadian Alliance percentages are contrasted with the Reform Party figures from 1997. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||
vte1997 Canadian federal election: Saint-Laurent—Cartierville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 34,598 | 70.14 | – | $39,617 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Martin Masse | 6,861 | 13.91 | | $17,038 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Yves Beauregard | 6,276 | 12.72 | | $20,834 |
| | New Democratic | Jeff Itcush | 910 | 1.84 | | $850 |
| | Reform | Hagop Karlozian | 681 | 1.38 | | $1,907 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,326 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 781 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,107 | 76.96 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 65,105 |
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||
Canadian federal by-election, March 25, 1996: Saint-Laurent—Cartierville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Stéphane Dion | 21,336 | 79.3 | +9.5 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Sarra-Bournet | 4,000 | 14.9 | -3.8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | G. Garo Toubi | 699 | 13.9 | +6.5 |
| | Reform | Shaul Petel | 441 | 1.6 | |
| | Independent | Carole Caron | 229 | 0.9 | |
| | New Democratic | Sara Mayo | 212 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,917 | 100.0% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +6.65 |
| By-election due to the appointment of Shirley Maheu to the Senate on January 31, 1996. |||||||
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Shirley Maheu | 30,669 | 69.8 | +23.5 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Amin Hachem | 8,231 | 18.7 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mark Weiner | 3,254 | 7.4 | -34.1 |
| | New Democratic | Francine Poirier | 866 | 2.0 | -7.6 |
| | Natural Law | José Torres | 330 | 0.8 | |
| | National | Roopnarine Singh | 274 | 0.6 | |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Monique Lanctôt | 229 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | Abolitionist | Madelaine Piquette-Bedard | 103 | 0.2 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,956 | 100.0 |

### Saint-Laurent, 1988–1993

1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Shirley Maheu | 20,418 | 46.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lyse Hubert-Bennett | 18,287 | 41.5 |
| | New Democratic | Sid Ingerman | 4,213 | 9.6 |
| | Green | Alain Hickson | 765 | 1.7 |
| | Independent | Michelle Dufort | 311 | 0.7 |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Joakim Simon | 120 | 0.3 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 44,114 | 100.0 |