Mercier (provincial electoral district)

Mercier

Quebec electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

National Assembly of Quebec

MNA

Amir Khadir
Québec solidaire

District created

1965

First contested

1966

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2006)

57,064

Electors (2014)^[1]

40,052

Area (km²)^[2]

4.9

Pop. density (per km²)

11,645.7

Census divisions

Montreal (part)

Census subdivisions

Montreal (part)

Mercier is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of part of the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough of the city of Montreal.

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Montréal-Mercier and Montréal–Saint-Louis electoral districts.

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

It was named in honour of former Quebec Premier Honoré Mercier.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Robert Bourassa, Liberal (1966–1976)
Gérald Godin, Parti Québécois (1976–1994)
Robert Perreault, Parti Québécois (1994–2000)
Nathalie Rochefort, Liberal (2001–2003)
Daniel Turp, Parti Québécois (2003–2008)
Amir Khadir, Québec solidaire (2008–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Québec solidaire	Amir Khadir	13,228	46.19	-0.75
	Liberal	Richard Sagala	6,593	23.02	+9.52
	Parti Québécois	Sylvie Legault	5,872	20.5	-3.05
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Alain Clavet	2,400	8.38	-2.63
	Option nationale	Martin Servant	228	0.8	-1.58
	Bloc Pot	Hate's Deslandes	189	0.66	–
	Independent	Roger Hughes	129	0.45	–
Total valid votes			28,639	98.75	–
Total rejected ballots			362	1.25	–
Turnout			29,001	72.41	-3.86
Electors on the lists			40,052	–	–
	Québec solidaire hold		Swing

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Québec solidaire	Amir Khadir	14,164	46.73	+8.84
	Parti Québécois	Jean Poirier	7,137	23.55	-10.87
	Liberal	Anne Pâquet	4,091	13.50	-7.84
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Julie Boncompain	3,336	11.01	+8.52*
	Green	David Kovaks	859	2.83	-0.77
	Option nationale	Nic Payne	722	2.38	–
Total valid votes			30,309	99.18	–
Total rejected ballots			252	0.82	–
Turnout			30,561	76.27	+20.25
Electors on the lists			40,069	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Québec solidaire	Amir Khadir	8,597	37.89	+8.51
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Turp	7,787	34.32	+0.97
	Liberal	Catherine Émond	4,842	21.34	+1.52
	Green	Olivier Adam	818	3.60	−4.88
	Action démocratique	Élisa Fortin-Toutant	565	2.49	−5.93
	Parti indépendantiste	Jean-Marc Labrèche	83	0.37	–
Total valid votes			22,692	99.02
Total rejected ballots			224	0.98
Turnout			22,916	56.02
Electors on the lists			40,907
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Turp	9,426	33.35	−11.91
	Québec solidaire	Amir Khadir	8,303	29.38	+11.46
	Liberal	Nathalie Rochefort	5,601	19.82	−8.74
	Green	Sylvain Valiquette	2,398	8.48	–
	Action démocratique	Gabriel Tupula Yamba	2,381	8.42	+2.12
	Bloc Pot	Nicky Tanguay	156	0.55	−1.42
Total valid votes			28,265	99.17
Total rejected ballots			237	0.83
Turnout			28,502	69.32
Electors on the lists			41,115
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Turp	13,334	45.26	+16.64
	Liberal	Nathalie Rochefort	8,414	28.56	−6.10
	UFP	Amir Khadir	5,278	17.92	-
	Action démocratique	Vivian Goulder	1,855	6.30	+0.03
	Bloc Pot	Lyne Rivard	579	1.97	−3.21
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Nathalie Rochefort	5,953	34.66	+6.24
	Parti Québécois	Claudel Toussaint	4,915	28.62	−26.76
	Independent	Paul Cliche	4,163	24.24	-
	Action démocratique	André Larocque	1,077	6.27	−2.62
	Bloc Pot	Pierre Audette	890	5.18	+2.07
	No designation	Man Yee Cheung	67	0.39	-
	Independent	Charles Robidoux	50	0.29	-
	No designation	Michel Prairie	32	0.19	-
	Independent	Régent Millette	27	0.16	-
Total valid votes			17,174	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			352
Turnout			17,526	41.09
Electors on the lists			42,651

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Robert Perreault	17,552	55.38	−1.10
	Liberal	Elizabeth da Silva	9,005	28.42	−2.13
	Action démocratique	Paul Benevides	2,818	8.89	+3.47
	Bloc Pot	Marc St-Maurice	985	3.11
	Socialist Democracy	Guylaine Sirard	873	2.75	+0.12
	Independent	Ann Farrell	158	0.50
	Natural Law	Pierre Bergeron	154	0.49	−0.34
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	79	0.25	−0.08
	Communist	Pierre Smith	67	0.21	−0.21
Total valid votes			31,691
Rejected and declined votes			493
Turnout			32,184	75.28
Electors on the lists			42,755
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	24,688	62.77
	Non	14,644	37.23

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Robert Perreault	17,523	56.48	−0.67
	Liberal	Alda Viero	9,479	30.55	+0.13
	Action démocratique	Carole Boucher	1,681	5.42	–
	Green	Jean-François Labadie	865	2.79	−5.59
	New Democratic	Renée-Claude Lorimier	815	2.63	+0.21
	Natural Law	Marylise Baux	259	0.83	-
	Commonwealth of Canada	Julie Laliberté	173	0.56	-
	Communist	Ginette Gauthier	129	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	102	0.33	−0.13
Total valid votes			31,026	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			815
Turnout			31,841	80.33
Electors on the lists			39,636
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	17,072	62.88
	Oui	10,076	37.12

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Gérald Godin	13,371	57.15	+10.04
	Liberal	Daniel Gagnon	7,117	30.42	−12.39
	Green	Manon Dubé	1,961	8.38	+6.67
	New Democratic	Robert Saint-Louis	567	2.42	−2.27
	Workers	Philippe Pouyer	168	0.72	+0.60
	Marxist–Leninist	Arnold August	108	0.46	–
	Socialist Movement	Gérard Talbot	106	0.45	–
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Gérald Godin	12,062	47.11	−7.42
	Liberal	John Parisella	10,960	42.81	+1.43
	New Democratic	Roger Couvrette	1,200	4.69
	Green	Yves Blanchette	437	1.71
	Humanist	Colette Renaud	348	1.36
	Parti indépendantiste	Denis Bourgeois	319	1.24
	Independent	Gilles Côté	97	0.38	−0.02
	Commonwealth of Canada	Elena Mendez	75	0.29
	Communist	Gaetan Trudel	73	0.29
	No designation	Philippe Pouyer	31	0.12
Total valid votes			25,602
Rejected and declined votes			451
Turnout			26,053	71.12
Electors on the lists			36,635
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Gérald Godin	16,252	54.53	+3.15
	Liberal	Yves Bériault	12,333	41.38	+4.27
	Union Nationale	Roger Courtemanche	495	1.66	−5.89
	Workers Communist	Roger Rashi	250	0.84	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Jacques Côté	125	0.42	-
	United Social Credit	Gilles Côté	118	0.40	−2.07
	Independent	Richard Langlois	116	0.39	-
	Workers	Gérard Lachance	115	0.38	+0.08
Total valid votes			29,804	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			489
Turnout			30,293	79.92
Electors on the lists			37,904
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	13,131	51.91
	Oui	12,163	48.09

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Gérald Godin	13,450	51.38	+9.57
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa (incumbent)	9,714	37.11	−15.76
	Union Nationale	Giuseppe Anzini	1,975	7.55	+5.97
	Ralliement créditiste	Robert Roy	647	2.47	−0.64
	NDP - RMS coalition	Henri-François Gautrin	139	0.53	-
	Communist	Guy Desautels	116	0.44	-
	Workers	Gaston Morin	77	0.30	-
	No designation	Louise Ouimet	58	0.22	-
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	13,757	52.87	+6.22
	Parti Québécois	Louis O'Neill	10,877	41.81	+4.47
	Ralliement créditiste	Georges Brault	809	3.11	+0.03
	Union Nationale	Jean-Louis Décarie	411	1.58	−11.03
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert-A. Cruise	70	0.27	-
	Independent	Guy Robillard	53	0.20	-
	No designation	Jeannette Pratte Walsh	23	0.09	-
	No designation	Guy Robitaille	18	0.07	-
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	15,337	46.65	+2.38
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Bourgault	12,276	37.34	-
	Union Nationale	Conrad Touchette	4,145	12.61	−29.71
	Ralliement créditiste	Clément Patry	1,011	3.08	-
	Independent	Paul Ouellet	106	0.32	-
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	11,759	44.27	−9.80
	Union Nationale	Conrad Touchette	11,241	42.32	−1.18
	RIN	André Dagenais	3,115	11.73	-
	Ralliement national	Roger Smith	335	1.26	-
	Independent	Lucien-Jacques Cossette	112	0.42	-
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

External links

Information

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Maps

2011 map (PDF)
2001 map (Flash)
2001–2011 changes (Flash)

1992–2001 changes (Flash)
Electoral map of Montreal region
Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts

Rosemont

Gouin

Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Mercier

Outremont, Westmount–Saint-Louis

Quebec provincial electoral districts

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Bonaventure Côte-du-Sud¹ Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Matane-Matapédia Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord	Chicoutimi Dubuc Duplessis Jonquière Lac-Saint-Jean René-Lévesque Roberval

Capitale-Nationale	Charlesbourg Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Chauveau Jean-Lesage Jean-Talon La Peltrie Louis-Hébert Montmorency Portneuf Taschereau Vanier-Les Rivières

Mauricie	Champlain Laviolette Maskinongé Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec	Arthabaska Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud Bellechasse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Côte-du-Sud¹ Drummond–Bois-Francs Johnson² Lévis Lotbinière-Frontenac Nicolet-Bécancour

Estrie (Eastern Townships)	Mégantic Orford Richmond Saint-François Sherbrooke

Eastern Montérégie	Borduas Brome-Missisquoi Chambly Granby Iberville Johnson² Richelieu Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Verchères

South Shore	Beauharnois Châteauguay Huntingdon La Pinière Laporte La Prairie Marie-Victorin Montarville Sanguinet Soulanges Taillon Vachon Vaudreuil

East Montreal	Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Mercier Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Viau

West Montreal	Acadie D'Arcy-McGee Jacques-Cartier Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Robert-Baldwin Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Verdun Westmount–Saint-Louis

Laval	Chomedey Fabre Laval-des-Rapides Mille-Îles Sainte-Rose Vimont

Lanaudière	Berthier Joliette L'Assomption Masson Repentigny Rousseau Terrebonne

Laurentides	Argenteuil Bertrand Blainville Deux-Montagnes Groulx Labelle Mirabel Saint-Jérôme

Outaouais	Chapleau Gatineau Hull Papineau Pontiac

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec	Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Ouest Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Ungava

Eliminated in the 2012 election:	Anjou Kamouraska-Témiscouata Matane Matapédia Rivière-du-Loup Charlevoix Vanier Drummond Frontenac Lotbinière Montmagny-L'Islet Nicolet-Yamaska Mégantic-Compton Shefford Marguerite-D'Youville Prévost

¹Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches ²Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie See also: 2014 election List of elections Politics of Quebec Federal electoral ridings in Quebec

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