# LaSalle—Émard

LaSalle—Émard was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. The MP from 1988 to 2008 was Paul Martin, who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. As part of redistribution begun in 2012 the riding is now known by its current name and boundaries of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle.

## Geography

The district included the Montreal borough of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings were Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

### Political geography

Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was fairly Liberal-leaning, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

## History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

### Member of parliament

This riding elected the following members of parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| LaSalle—Émard Riding created from Lasalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Lise Zarac | Liberal |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Hélène LeBlanc | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into LaSalle—Émard—Verdun and Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle |||||

## Election results

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Hélène LeBlanc | 17,691 | 42.15 | +28.91 |
| | Liberal | Lise Zarac | 11,172 | 26.62 | -13.97 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Carl Dubois | 6,151 | 14.66 | -9.81 |
| | Conservative | Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu | 5,516 | 13.14 | -2.89 |
| | Green | Lorraine Banville | 946 | 2.25 | -1.47 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 288 | 0.69 | +0.35 |
| | Rhinoceros | Guillaume Berger-Richard | 208 | 0.50 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,972 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 578 | 1.36 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,550 | 57.10 | -0.7 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 74,515 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Lise Zarac | 17,226 | 40.59 | -7.82 | $44,447 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Frédéric Isaya | 10,384 | 24.47 | -4.25 | $8,744 |
| | Conservative | Béatrice Guay-Pepper | 6,802 | 16.03 | +3.28 | $24,841 |
| | New Democratic | Amy Darwish | 5,622 | 13.24 | +7.28 | $3,066 |
| | Green | Kristina Vitelli | 1,579 | 3.72 | +0.51 | $64 |
| | Independent | Antoine Kaluzny | 674 | 1.58 | -- | $22,982 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 144 | 0.33 | +0.01 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 42,431 | 100.00 | $82,752 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 648 | 1.50 |
| Total number of votes | Total number of votes | Total number of votes | 43,079 | 57.82 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 22,751 | 48.41 | -8.3 | $59,334 |
| | Bloc Québécois | May Chiu | 13,501 | 28.72 | -2.0 | $16,750 |
| | Conservative | Georges-Alexandre Bastien | 5,994 | 12.75 | +7.7 | $17,795 |
| | New Democratic | Russ Johnson | 2,805 | 5.96 | +1.7 | |
| | Green | Serge Bellemare | 1,512 | 3.21 | +1.0 | |
| | Independent | Jean-Philippe Lebleu | 281 | 0.59 | -- | $3,081 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bédard | 152 | 0.32 | -0.1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 46,996 | 100.00 | $78,209 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 599 | 1.26 |
| Total number of votes | Total number of votes | Total number of votes | 47,595 | 62.10 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 25,806 | 56.6 | -9.2 | $58,357 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Thierry Larrivée | 14,001 | 30.7 | +6.5 | $6,381 |
| | Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 2,271 | 5.0 | -1.0 | $5,075 |
| | New Democratic | Rebecca Blaikie | 1,995 | 4.4 | +2.7 | $2,226 |
| | Green | Douglas Jack | 1,000 | 2.2 | – | $410 |
| | Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 349 | 0.8 | -0.8 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bédard | 210 | 0.5 | – | |
| Total | Total | Total | 45,632 | 100.0 | $78,239 |
Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 32,069 | 65.8 | +4.9 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Denis Martel | 11,805 | 24.2 | -0.2 |
| | Alliance | Giuseppe Joe De Santis | 1,806 | 3.7 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Deepak T. Massand | 1,111 | 2.3 | -9.9 |
| | New Democratic | David Bernans | 837 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| | Marijuana | Mathieux St-Cyr | 765 | 1.6 | |
| | Natural Law | Gilles Bigras | 273 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| | Communist | Irma Ortiz | 107 | 0.2 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,773 | 100.0 |
vte1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 32,317 | 60.87 | +1.4 | $42,021 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Jean-Pierre Chalifoux | 12,953 | 24.40 | −8.9 | $19,467 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Josée Bélanger | 6,445 | 12.14 | 7.5 | $1,759 |
| | New Democratic | Joe Bowman | 920 | 1.73 | 0.3 | $600 |
| | Natural Law | Russell Guest | 453 | 0.85 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 53,088 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,642 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,730 | 77.99 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 70,173 |
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change numbers are not factored for redistribution. |||||||
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 30,866 | 59.5 | +14.1 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Éric Cimon | 17,280 | 33.3 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Johanne Senécal | 2,368 | 4.6 | -38.1 |
| | New Democratic | Richard Belzile | 708 | 1.4 | -9.2 |
| | Natural Law | George Amarica | 419 | 0.8 | |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Giampaolo Carli | 120 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Abolitionist | Thérèse Turmel | 103 | 0.2 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,864 | 100.0 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Paul Martin | 23,394 | 45.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Claude Lanthier | 21,979 | 42.7 |
| | New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bohrer | 5,458 | 10.6 |
| | Independent | Ginette Boutet | 305 | 0.6 |
| | Communist | Ginette Gauthier | 212 | 0.4 |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Nancy Guice | 117 | 0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,465 | 100.0 |