# Verdun (provincial electoral district)

Verdun (French: , Quebec French:) is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Its territory corresponds exactly to the borough of Verdun of the city of Montreal.
It was created for the 1966 election from Montréal-Verdun electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Montréal-Verdun |||||
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Claude Wagner | Liberal |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Lucien Caron | Liberal |
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Lucien Caron | Liberal |
| 31st | 1976–1981 | Lucien Caron | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Lucien Caron | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Paul Gobeil | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Henri-François Gautrin | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2016 | Jacques Daoust | Liberal |
| 41st | 2016–2018 | Isabelle Melançon | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Isabelle Melançon | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Alejandra Zaga Mendez | Québec solidaire |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Alejandra Zaga Mendez | 9,562 | 30.75 | +6.80 |
| | Liberal | Isabelle Melançon | 9,101 | 29.27 | -6.24 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Véronique Tremblay | 7,150 | 23.00 | +2.62 |
| | Parti Québécois | Claudia Valdivia | 2,591 | 8.33 | -4.29 |
| | Conservative | Lucien Koty | 1,664 | 5.35 | +4.65 |
| | Green | Jannie Pellerin | 542 | 1.74 | -1.97 |
| | Canadian | Scott Kilbride | 301 | 0.97 | – |
| | Parti nul | Marc-André Milette | 65 | 0.21 | -0.28 |
| | Climat Québec | Alexandre Desmarais | 61 | 0.20 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 30 | 0.10 | +0.01 |
| | Famille et communautés | Alain Rioux | 26 | 0.08 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,093 | 99.03 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 303 | 0.97 | -0.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,396 | 64.52 | +1.34 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 48,656 | – | – |
| | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +6.52 |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Isabelle Melançon | 11,054 | 35.51 | -0.10 |
| | Québec solidaire | Vanessa Roy | 7,457 | 23.95 | +5.37 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Nicole Leduc | 6,343 | 20.38 | +7.65 |
| | Parti Québécois | Constantin Fortier | 3,929 | 12.62 | -14.53 |
| | Green | Alex Tyrrell | 1,157 | 3.72 | -0.56 |
| | New Democratic | Raphaël Fortin | 717 | 2.30 | – |
| | Conservative | Yedidya-Eitan Moryoussef | 217 | 0.70 | +0.05 |
| | Parti nul | Marc-André Milette | 151 | 0.49 | – |
| | Bloc Pot | Hugo Richard | 76 | 0.24 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Eileen Studd | 29 | 0.09 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31130 | 98.88 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 354 | 1.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,484 | 63.19 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 49,826 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.74 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
Quebec provincial by-election, 5 December 2016 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Isabelle Melançon | 5,116 | 35.61 | -14.98 |
| | Parti Québécois | Richard Langlais | 3,900 | 27.15 | +2.78 |
| | Québec solidaire | Véronique Martineau | 2,669 | 18.58 | +8.93 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Ginette Marotte | 1,829 | 12.73 | +0.50 |
| | Green | David Cox | 615 | 4.28 | +2.18 |
| | Option nationale | Frédéric Dénommé | 115 | 0.80 | +0.33 |
| | Conservative | David Girard | 94 | 0.65 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Sébastien Poirier | 27 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,365 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 138 | 0.95 | -0.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,503 | 29.15 | -41.54 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 49,758 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -8.88 |
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jacques Daoust | 17,172 | 50.59 | +15.17 |
| | Parti Québécois | Lorraine Pintal | 8,271 | 24.37 | -9.43 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Benoit Richer | 4,151 | 12.23 | -6.71 |
| | Québec solidaire | Rosa Pires | 3,277 | 9.65 | +2.38 |
| | Green | Antonin Bergeron-Bossé | 713 | 2.10 | -0.35 |
| | Option nationale | Julien Longchamp | 160 | 0.47 | -1.09 |
| | Bloc Pot | Raynald St-Onge | 157 | 0.46 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Eileen Studd | 42 | 0.12 | -0.05 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,943 | 98.81 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 409 | 1.19 | +0.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,352 | 70.69 | -0.68 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 48,594 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +12.30 |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 11,920 | 35.42 | -12.28 |
| | Parti Québécois | Thierry St-Cyr | 11,373 | 33.80 | -1.54 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | André Besner | 6,373 | 18.94 | +12.94* |
| | Québec solidaire | Chantale Michaud | 2,449 | 7.28 | +2.11 |
| | Green | Jeffrey Mackie | 825 | 2.45 | -2.17 |
| | Option nationale | Marc-Antoine Daneau | 525 | 1.56 | – |
| | Quebec Citizens' Union | Philippe Refghi | 127 | 0.38 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Eileen Studd | 58 | 0.17 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,650 | 98.86 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 389 | 1.14 | -0.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,039 | 71.37 | +20.75 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 47,694 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -5.37 |
* Result compared to Action démocratique
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 11,223 | 47.70 | +6.76 |
| | Parti Québécois | Richard Langlais | 8,314 | 35.34 | +6.19 |
| | Action démocratique | Moscou Côté | 1,411 | 6.00 | -11.58 |
| | Québec solidaire | Chantale Michaud | 1,215 | 5.16 | +0.37 |
| | Green | Sébastien Beausoleil | 1,087 | 4.62 | -1.65 |
| | Independent | Sylvie R. Tremblay | 216 | 0.92 | – |
| | Independent | Robert Lindblad | 61 | 0.26 | -0.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,527 | 98.70 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 310 | 1.30 | +0.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,837 | 50.62 | -13.83 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 47,089 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +0.28 |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 12,204 | 40.94 | -11.58 |
| | Parti Québécois | Richard Langlais | 8,688 | 29.15 | -1.23 |
| | Action démocratique | Sylvie Tremblay | 5,239 | 17.58 | +6.27 |
| | Green | Pierre-Yves McSween | 1,868 | 6.27 | +3.99 |
| | Québec solidaire | David Fennario | 1,430 | 4.80 | +3.52* |
| | Christian Democracy | Gilles Noël | 118 | 0.40 | +0.04 |
| | Bloc Pot | Sala Samghour | 106 | 0.36 | -0.88 |
| | Independent | Robert Lindblad | 80 | 0.27 | +0.08 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Normand Fournier | 74 | 0.25 | -0.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,807 | 99.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 302 | 1.00 | -0.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,109 | 64.45 | +1.44 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,714 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -5.18 |
* Result compared to UFP
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 15,185 | 52.52 | -0.23 |
| | Parti Québécois | Denis Martel | 8,782 | 30.38 | -4.92 |
| | Action démocratique | Sébastien Guérin | 3,269 | 11.31 | +1.92 |
| | Green | Claude Genest | 658 | 2.28 | – |
| | UFP | Pascal Durand | 368 | 1.27 | +0.82* |
| | Bloc Pot | Vincent Aubry | 357 | 1.23 | +0.62 |
| | Christian Democracy | Gilles Noël | 104 | 0.36 | +0.16 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 71 | 0.25 | – |
| | Equality | Bernard King | 63 | 0.22 | -0.30 |
| | Independent | Robert Lindblad | 54 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,911 | 98.67 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 391 | 1.33 | +0.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,302 | 63.01 | -12.69 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,502 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.35 |
* Result compared to PDS
1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 17,441 | 52.76 | -1.81 |
| | Parti Québécois | Yves Bernard | 11,670 | 35.30 | -0.19 |
| | Action démocratique | Pascale Perron | 3,105 | 9.39 | +2.49 |
| | Bloc Pot | Roman Pokorski | 204 | 0.62 | – |
| | Natural law | Gilles Bigras | 204 | 0.61 | +0.12 |
| | Equality | Larry Vitas | 171 | 0.52 | – |
| | Socialist Democracy | Daniel Pharand | 151 | 0.46 | -0.64* |
| | Independent | Gilles Noël | 66 | 0.20 | – |
| | Communist | Luz Nelly Valencia | 51 | 0.15 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,060 | 98.87 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 377 | 1.13 | -0.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,437 | 75.70 | -6.19 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 44,169 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -0.81 |
* Result compared to NDP
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 24,062 | 59.66 |
| | Oui | 16,269 | 40.34 |
1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 18,392 | 54.27 | +15.99 |
| | Parti Québécois | Richard B. Holden | 11,963 | 35.49 | +3.27 |
| | Action démocratique | Alain Magnan | 2,327 | 6.90 | – |
| | New Democratic | Daniel Pharand | 368 | 1.09 | -0.71 |
| | CANADA! | Deepak Massand | 315 | 0.93 | – |
| | Natural law | Nicola Masucci | 167 | 0.50 | – |
| | Sovereignty | Frédéric Richard | 87 | 0.26 | – |
| | Development | Aimé Pinette | 87 | 0.26 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,706 | 98.08 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 660 | 1.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,366 | 81.89 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 41,967 | – | – |
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 12,770 | 53.66 |
| | Non | 11,026 | 46.34 |
vte1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henri-François Gautrin | 8,295 | 38.58 | −25.69 |
| | Parti Québécois | Maurice Roch | 6,928 | 32.22 | +2.35 |
| | Equality | Roger Mercure | 4,857 | 22.59 | – |
| | Green | Andrew Ferguson | 664 | 3.09 | – |
| | New Democratic | Jean-François Moisan | 387 | 1.80 | −1.05 |
| | Workers | Raymond Lemay | 266 | 1.24 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Brunelle | 106 | 0.49 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,503 | 96.97 | – |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 673 | 3.03 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,176 | 75.27 | +1.46 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 29,461 | – | – |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
1985 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Paul Gobeil | 14,860 | 64.27 | +2.87 |
| | Parti Québécois | Paul Asselin | 6,906 | 29.87 | -6.08 |
| | New Democratic | Richard Proulx | 659 | 2.85 | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jacques Leroux | 216 | 0.93 | – |
| | Parti indépendantiste | Guy Sauvé | 183 | 0.79 | – |
| | Union Nationale | Marie Quintal-Mallette | 114 | 0.49 | -0.97 |
| | Humanist | Laura Whelton | 87 | 0.38 | – |
| | Christian Socialist | Éric Charmettant | 50 | 0.22 | – |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Michel Destroismaisons | 47 | 0.20 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,122 | 98.02 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 424 | 1.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,546 | 73.81 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 31,903 | – | – |
vte1981 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lucien Caron | 17,406 | 61.40 | +17.30 |
| | Parti Québécois | Fabiola Renaud | 10,192 | 35.95 | +2.75 |
| | Union Nationale | Robert Turpin | 415 | 1.46 | -18.02 |
| | Freedom of Choice | Terry Pye | 196 | 0.69 | – |
| | Workers Communist | Marc Latour | 76 | 0.27 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Marc Bélanger | 64 | 0.23 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,349 | 98.89 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 317 | 1.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,666 | 83.49 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 34,335 | – | – |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 20,938 | 68.91 |
| | Oui | 9,446 | 31.09 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lucien Caron | 13,201 | 44.10 | -23.15 |
| | Parti Québécois | Yvan Fortin | 9,940 | 33.20 | +5.72 |
| | Union Nationale | Mark A. Wainberg | 5,833 | 19.48 | +18.05 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Joseph alias Rivard Delarosbil | 499 | 1.67 | – |
| | Democratic Alliance | Seymour Small | 315 | 1.05 | – |
| | Workers | Robin Gagnon | 150 | 0.50 | - |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,938 | 97.66 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 717 | 2.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,655 | 83.60 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 36,670 | – | – |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lucien Caron | 19,439 | 67.25 | +7.40 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jean-Paul Ross | 7,943 | 27.48 | +3.93 |
| | Parti créditiste | Camille Lévesque | 1,109 | 3.84 | – |
| | Union Nationale | François Chénard | 415 | 1.43 | -9.03 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,906 | 94.72 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,610 | 5.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,516 | 80.23 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 38,037 | – | – |
1970 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Lucien Caron | 23,630 | 59.85 | -6.41 |
| Parti Québécois | Jean-Paul Ross | 9,298 | 23.55 | – |
| Union Nationale | J.-Albert Gariépy | 4,129 | 10.46 | -18.08 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Carl B. O'Malley | 1,117 | 2.83 | – |
| Independent | Suzanne Ste-Marie Brassard | 862 | 2.18 | – |
| Independent | Gaston Gagnier | 259 | 0.66 | – |
| New Democratic | Gendron E. Haines | 186 | 0.47 | – |
1966 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Claude Wagner | 19,181 | 66.26 |
| Union Nationale | André Fabien | 8,263 | 28.54 |
| RIN | Réginald (Reggie) Chartrand | 1,198 | 4.14 |
| Ralliement national | René Lassonde | 306 | 1.06 |