Pierrefonds—Dollard

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Pierrefonds—Dollard in relation to the other Montreal area ridings

Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542.

This riding occupies the northwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac-Des-Deux-Montagnes and Rivière-des-Prairies. It contains the former cities of Dollard Des Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Roxboro, and L'Ile Bizard.

This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Over 17% of the population has a university degree, while just over 4% has less than a Grade 9 education. The average family income is $75,497 with an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

According to the 2001 census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. This is an ethnically-mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities. The total immigrant population is almost 30%.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Geography

The district includes the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and the municipality of Dollard-Des Ormeaux. The neighbouring ridings are Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Lac-Saint-Louis, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Laval—Les Îles, and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville.

[edit] History

This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard and Vaudreuil ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.

In the redistribution of 2004, 91% of the riding was retained.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Gerry Weiner, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
Bernard Patry, Liberal (1993-present)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	24,388
	Conservative	Don Rae	11,013
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Martel	5,901
	New Democrat	Shameem Siddiqui	3,664
	Green	Leo Williams	2,645
	Marxist-Leninist	Garnet Colly	96

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	29,601
	Bloc Québécois	Marie-Hélène Brunet	7,426
	Conservative	Andrea Paine	5,010
	New Democrat	Danielle Lustgarten	2,545
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1,401
	Marijuana	Jean-François Labrecque	511
	Marxist-Leninist	Garnet Colly	71

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	39,357
	Bloc Québécois	Sylvie Brousseau	5,937
	Canadian Alliance	Neil Drabkin	3,481
	Progressive Conservative	John Profit	2,991
	Marijuana	Jean-François Labrecque	1,149
	New Democrat	Adam Hodgins	1,109

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	38,476
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Drabkin	10,546
	Bloc Québécois	Normand Jean D'Ambrosio	6,239
	Reform	Robert Laganière	1,134
	New Democrat	David Lyons	1,060
	Natural Law	Céline Chamard	465

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	39,585
	Bloc Québécois	René de Cotret Opzoomer	10,878
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Weiner	8,043
	New Democrat	Catherine J. Rideout-Erais	847
	Natural Law	Ruby Finkelstein	489
	National	Carlos Roldan	472
	Libertarian	Hugh Rowe	439
	Independent	Lionel Albert	394
	Commonwealth	Glenford Charles	108

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Weiner	27,532
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	22,244
	New Democrat	Pierre Razik	3,854
	Rhino	Jean-François Lafond	856
	Independent	William Short	452
	Libertarian	Hugh Rowe	302
	Commonwealth	Michel Haddad	77