Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel (formerly Saint-Léonard) is a federal electoral district within the City of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population during the 2011 election was 108,811.^[3] The current member of parliament is Patricia Lattanzio who is the first woman to represent this riding since its creation and is also a member of the Liberal Party. This riding is one of the safest Liberal ridings in all of Canada having elected the last candidate with over 69% of the vote.^[4]

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel

Quebec electoral district
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Patricia Lattanzio Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	115,553
Electors (2021)	74,279
Area (km²)[2]	21
Pop. density (per km²)	5,502.5
Census division(s)	Montreal
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal

Geography

The district is located in the north eastern part of the island of Montreal. The district includes the entire borough of Saint Leonard, and the neighbourhood of Saint-Michel which is a part of the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and a small part of the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie lying northwesterly of Bélanger Street.^[5]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

• Languages (2021 mother tongue): 33.4% French, 17.0% Italian, 12.0% Arabic, 8.6% Spanish, 6.8% English, 6.2% Creole, 2.8% Vietnamese, 1.6% Kabyle, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.1% Khmer, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.9% Tamil, 0.8% Turkish, 0.5% Romanian, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Min Nan, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Ukrainian^[6]

History

"Saint-Léonard" riding was first created in 1976 from parts of Maisonneuve—Rosemont, Mercier and Saint-Michel ridings. The name of the riding was changed in 1977 to Saint-Léonard—Anjou before an election was held. It consisted of the City of Saint-Léonard, the Town of Anjou, and part of the City of Montreal.

The neighbouring ridings are Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Papineau, Ahuntsic, Bourassa, Honoré-Mercier, and Hochelaga.

The current electoral district was created as "Saint-Léonard" riding in 1987 from parts of Gamelin and Saint-Léonard—Anjou ridings. In 1996, its name was changed to "Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel" when its boundaries changed and now included part of the neighbourhood of Saint-Michel.

This riding lost some territory to Papineau, and gained territory from Ahuntsic and Hochelaga during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

During the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel lost territory north of Boul. Langelier and west of Rue Bombardier to Honoré-Mercier; This leaves part of the borough of Saint-Léonard in that riding. The boundary with Hochelaga along Rue Bélanger moved to the borough boundary between Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie and Saint-Léonard.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Léonard Riding created from Gamelin and Saint-Léonard—Anjou
34th	1988–1993		Alfonso Gagliano	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
36th	1997–2000		Alfonso Gagliano	Liberal
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2004		Massimo Pacetti
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
	2014–2015			Independent
42nd	2015–2019		Nicola Di Iorio	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Patricia Lattanzio
44th	2021–present

Election results

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, 1996-present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patricia Lattanzio	29,010	69.40	+8.07	$55,649.86
	Conservative	Louis Ialenti	4,381	10.50	-1.44	$0.00
	New Democratic	Alicia Di Tullio	3,460	8.30	+1.78	$1,225.49
	Bloc Québécois	Laurence Massey	3,395	8.10	-1.48	$2,242.01
	People's	Daniele Ritacca	1,568	3.70	+2.60	$386.31
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,814	100.0		$108,432.19
Total rejected ballots			890	N/A
Turnout			42,704	56.45	-3.93
Eligible voters			74,279
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.76
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	28,374	69.60
	Conservative	4,266	10.46
	New Democratic	3,342	8.20
	Bloc Québécois	3,254	7.98
	People's	1,531	3.76

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patricia Lattanzio	27,866	61.33	-3.40	$39,698.45
	Conservative	Ilario Maiolo	5,423	11.94	+0.81	$50,901.27
	Bloc Québécois	Dominique Mougin	4,351	9.58	+2.39	none listed
	Independent	Hassan Guillet	3,061	6.74	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Paulina Ayala	2,964	6.52	-8.33	$1,299.32
	Green	Alessandra Szilagyi	1,183	2.60	0.79	$512.28
	People's	Tina Di Serio	501	1.10	–	$1,392.50
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	85	0.19	-0.10	$0.00
Total valid votes			45,434	100.0
Total rejected ballots			993	2.19
Turnout			46,427	60.38	+1.16
Eligible voters			76,885
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.11
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Nicola Di Iorio	28,835	64.73	+22.56	$153,190.81
	New Democratic	Rosannie Filato	6,611	14.85	-17.15	$22,492.22
	Conservative	Jean Philippe Fournier	4,957	11.13	-2.50	$3,960.19
	Bloc Québécois	Steeve Gendron	3,204	7.19	-2.46	$3,404.74
	Green	Melissa Miscione	805	1.81	+0.04	$19.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Arezki Malek	128	0.29	-0.19	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,531	100.0		$209,748.64
Total rejected ballots			689	1.52
Turnout			45,220	59.22	+7.71
Eligible voters			76,531
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+19.86
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,702	42.17
	New Democratic	12,026	32.30
	Conservative	5,075	13.63
	Bloc Québécois	3,592	9.65
	Green	660	1.77
	Others	179	0.48

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti	15,340	42.30	-14.95
	New Democratic	Roberta Peressini	11,720	32.32	+21.64
	Conservative	Riccardo De Ioris	4,991	13.76	-1.12
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Bernier	3,396	9.36	-4.24
	Green	Michael Di Pardo	657	1.81	-1.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	162	0.45	+0.02
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,266	100.00
Total rejected ballots			674	1.75	+0.18
Turnout			36,940	51.51	-2.08
Eligible voters			71,717	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-18.30

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti	21,652	57.25	-0.08	$58,674
	Conservative	Lucie Le Tourneau	5,627	14.88	+0.47	$28,585
	Bloc Québécois	Farid Salem	5,146	13.60	-5.14	$8,509
	New Democratic	Laura Colella	4,039	10.68	+3.86	$2,036
	Green	Frank Monteleone	1,063	2.81	+0.50
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	165	0.43	-0.09
	Independent	Joseph Young	122	0.32	–	$743
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,814	100.00	$81,851
Total rejected ballots			604	1.57	+0.05
Turnout			38,418	53.59
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti	23,705	57.17	−6.73	$66,670
	Bloc Québécois	Justine Charlemagne	7,772	18.74	−3.11	$20,789
	Conservative	Ercolano Pingiotti	5,975	14.41	+9.13	$15,672
	New Democratic	Laura Colella	2,831	6.83	+0.85	$4,702
	Green	Pierre-Louis Parant	961	2.32	−0.01	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Stéphane Chénier	219	0.53	−0.13	none listed
Total valid votes			41,463	100.00
Total rejected ballots			640
Turnout			42,103	57.00	+2.48
Electors on the lists			73,869
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti	25,884	63.90	−12.76	$63,440
	Bloc Québécois	Paul-Alexis François	8,852	21.85	+7.40	$9,289
	New Democratic	Laura Colella	2,422	5.98		$6,007
	Conservative	Payam Eslami	2,138	5.28	−0.11	$5,647
	Green	Ricardo Fellicetti	944	2.33		none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Stéphane Chénier	267	0.66		none listed
Total valid votes			40,507	100.00
Total rejected ballots			855
Turnout			41,362	54.52
Electors on the lists			75,864
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change totals are in relation to the 2000 general election.

Canadian federal by-election, 13 May 2002 Retirement of Alfonso Gagliano
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Massimo Pacetti	14,076	83.5	+6.9
	Bloc Québécois	Umberto Di Genova	1,495	8.9	-5.6
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Cordeiro	634	3.8	+1.5
	New Democratic	Normand Caplette	447	2.7	+1.5
	Marijuana	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	197	1.2	-0.2
Total valid votes			16,849	100.0

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfonso Gagliano	35,396	76.7	+6.9
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Ferlatte	6,679	14.5	-1.9
	Alliance	Daniel Champagne	1,750	3.8
	Progressive Conservative	Mostafa Ben Kirane	1,057	2.3	-9.3
	Marijuana	Karina Néron	635	1.4
	New Democratic	Sara Mayo	528	1.1	-1.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	127	0.3
Total valid votes			46,172	100.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfonso Gagliano	36,088	69.8	+8.6
	Bloc Québécois	Umberto Di Genova	8,457	16.3	-11.0
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald Gosselin	5,990	11.6	+3.0
	New Democratic	Pierre J.C. Allard	1,198	2.3	+1.1
Total valid votes			51,733	100.0

Saint-Léonard, 1987-1996

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfonso Gagliano	28,799	61.2	+10.9
	Bloc Québécois	Umberto Di Genova	12,879	27.4
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Tomassi	4,021	8.5	-28.7
	New Democratic	David D'Andrea	583	1.2	-8.9
	Natural Law	Marlène Charland	497	1.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	141	0.3
	Abolitionist	Mauro Fusco	91	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	Sylvain Deschênes	77	0.2
Total valid votes			47,088	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfonso Gagliano	23,014	50.3
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Beaudoin	17,055	37.2
	New Democratic	Michel Roche	4,663	10.2
	Green	Rolf Bramann	833	1.8
	Independent	Bernard Papillon	231	0.5
Total valid votes			45,796	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel (Code 24067) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. "2011 Census Profile, Saint-Léonard - Saint-Michel, Quebec (Federal electoral district, 2003 representation order)". February 8, 2012.
4. "Lattanzio wins re-election in Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel". thesuburban. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
5. Canada, Elections. "Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel". www.elections.ca. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
6. "File Not Found".
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed results for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, 20 September 2021
8. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
11. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, 30 September 2015
12. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
13. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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