Laporte (electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Mercier (federal electoral district).

Laporte (French pronunciation: [lapɔʁt]) is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

Laporte

Quebec electoral district
Location in Longueuil
Coordinates:	45.516°N 73.501°W / 45.516; -73.501
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Isabelle Poulet Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2011)	60,970
Electors (2012)[1]	45,573
Area (km²)[2]	20.2
Pop. density (per km²)	3,018.3
Census division(s)	Longueuil (part)
Census subdivision(s)	Longueuil (part), Saint-Lambert, Brossard (part)

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Taillon and Chambly.

It was named after former Liberal Minister Pierre Laporte who was kidnapped and killed by militants of the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis in 1970.

In the change from the 2011 to the 2017 electoral map, it will gain the area around the Champlain Mall from the riding of La Pinière.

Geography

The riding currently includes:

• The entire City of Saint-Lambert
• The following areas of the City of Longueuil:
  • Borough of Greenfield Park,
  • LeMoyne district of the Borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil,
  • Laflèche district of the Borough of Saint-Hubert
• The north-west areas of Brossard

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

Members of the National Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Taillon and Chambly
30th	1973–1976		André Déom	Liberal
31st	1976–1981		Pierre Marois	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985		André Bourbeau	Liberal
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007		Michel Audet
38th	2007–2008		Nicole Ménard
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–Present		Isabelle Poulet	Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Isabelle Poulet	10,361	30.76	+2.20
	Liberal	Mathieu Gratton	9,707	28.82	-6.80
	Québec solidaire	Claude Lefrançois	5,968	17.72	+0.62
	Parti Québécois	Soledad Orihuela-Bouchard	4,108	12.19	-1.03
	Conservative	Evelyne Latreille	2,488	7.39	+6.03
	Green	Jean-Philippe Charest	497	1.48	-1.31
	Canadian	Herby Fremont	445	1.32
	Climat Québec	Ian Parent	113	0.34
Total valid votes			33,687	98.84
Total rejected ballots			394	1.16	-0.36
Turnout			34,081	64.04	-2.25
Electors on the lists			53,217
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.50

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicole Ménard	12,514	35.61	-12.04
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jacinthe-Eve Arel	10,035	28.56	+10.71
	Québec solidaire	Claude Lefrançois	6,007	17.10	+9.47
	Parti Québécois	Annie Lessard	4,647	13.22	-10.90
	Green	Sabrina Huet-Côté	980	2.79	+1.06
	New Democratic	Marc André Audet	480	1.37
	Conservative	Linda Therrien	475	1.35	+0.88
Total valid votes			35,138	98.49
Total rejected ballots			540	1.51	+0.25
Turnout			35,678	66.29	-6.75
Eligible voters			53,823
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.38
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicole Ménard	12,827	37.19	-11.78
	Parti Québécois	Simon Bélanger	10,752	31.18	-2.33
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Donald LeBlanc	8,023	23.26	+13.82*
	Québec solidaire	Michèle St-Denis	2,043	5.92	+2.28
	Option nationale	Linda Dupuis	550	1.59	–
	Conservative	Camil Lambert	291	0.84	–
Total valid votes			34,486	98.74	–
Total rejected ballots			440	1.26	–
Turnout			34,926	76.33	+18.28
Electors on the lists			45,754	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

2008 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicole Ménard	12,823	48.97	+8.00
	Parti Québécois	Robert Pellan	8,765	33.51	+8.35
	Action démocratique	Alain Dépatie	2,472	9.44	-14.37
	Green	Richard Morisset	1,162	4.44	-1.74
	Québec solidaire	Michèle St-Denis	954	3.64	-0.24
Total valid votes			26,186	98.54	–
Total rejected ballots			387	1.46	–
Turnout			26,573	58.05	-12.87
Electors on the lists			45,776	–	–

2007 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicole Ménard	13,249	40.97	-14.25
	Parti Québécois	Robert Pellan	8,137	25.16	-4.94
	Action démocratique	Michel Beaudoin	7,699	23.81	+12.32
	Green	Richard Morisset	1,998	6.18	–
	Québec solidaire	Michèle St-Denis	1,256	3.88	+2.43*
Total valid votes			32,339	99.02	–
Total rejected ballots			320	0.98	–
Turnout			32,659	70.92	-0.88
Electors on the lists			46,048	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

2003 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Audet	18,673	55.22	+2.37
	Parti Québécois	Clément Arcand	10,178	30.10	-5.59
	Action démocratique	Judy Fay	3,885	11.49	+2.23
	UFP	Christian Montmarquette	489	1.45	–
	Bloc Pot	Patrick Fiset	487	1.44	–
	Equality	Mary Bevan Ouellette	106	0.31	-0.20

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	25,140	59,03
	Yes	17,447	40.97

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	20,692	50.76
	Yes	20,072	49.24