Lasalle (electoral district)

Lasalle (also known as Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.

Lasalle

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1987
First contested	1968
Last contested	1984

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle and Saint-Henri ridings.

It consisted of the City of LaSalle and a part of the City of Montreal bordering on that city.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1973 to "Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul".

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into a new Lasalle riding, and Verdun and Westmount ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into LaSalle—Émard riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lasalle Riding created from Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle and Saint-Henri
28th	1968–1972		Hilarion-Pit Lessard	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		John Campbell
Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul
30th	1974–1979		John Campbell	Liberal
Lasalle
31st	1979–1980		John Campbell	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Claude Lanthier	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into LaSalle—Émard

Election results

Lasalle, 1968–1974

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hilarion-Pit Lessard	26,546
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald Raymond	7,018
	New Democratic	John Bellini	4,097
	Ralliement créditiste	Roland Limoges	982

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Campbell	30,816
	Progressive Conservative	Adolphe Lapointe	7,652
	Social Credit	John Holmes	6,339
	New Democratic	Gaston Coté	5,195

Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul, 1974–1979

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Campbell	28,134
	Progressive Conservative	Ginette Lapointe	8,612
	New Democratic	Gaston Coté	4,560
	Social Credit	John Holmes	2,955
	Marxist–Leninist	David Orton	283

Lasalle, 1979–1988

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Campbell	36,560
	Progressive Conservative	Keith MacLellan	4,669
	New Democratic	Gaston Coté	3,249
	Social Credit	John Holmes	2,668
	Rhinoceros	Totoune Michel Dumais	1,037
	Union populaire	Olive Grégoire Bergeron	309
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	202

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Campbell	32,561
	New Democratic	Gaston Coté	5,173
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Marie Corvington	3,128
	Union populaire	Olive Grégoire Bergeron	507
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	255

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Lanthier	23,238
	Liberal	John Campbell	19,418
	New Democratic	Pietro Arella	4,755
	Rhinoceros	Danielle Plymouth Gauthier	1,331
	Parti nationaliste	Mireille Massé	861
	Commonwealth of Canada	Andy Boyle	122

See also

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