Honoré-Mercier (electoral district)

Honoré-Mercier (formerly Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Honoré-Mercier

Quebec electoral district
Honoré-Mercier in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Coordinates:	45.63°N 73.57°W / 45.63; -73.57
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Pablo Rodriguez Independent
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	102,587
Electors (2019)	78,549
Area (km²)[2]	39
Pop. density (per km²)	2,630.4
Census division(s)	Montreal
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal

Since 2015, its Member of Parliament has been Pablo Rodriguez of the Liberal Party of Canada, who previously held the seat from 2004 to 2011.

Geography

The district includes the entire Borough of Anjou, the eastern part of the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the northern part of the Borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Bourassa, Alfred-Pellan, Montcalm, and La Pointe-de-l'Île.

Political geography

While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally been Bloc Québécois strongholds, Honoré-Mercier is politically a very divided riding. Rivière-des-Prairies is very Liberal leaning, while Anjou supports the Bloc for the most part, but has some Liberal pockets.

However, the NDP's "orange wave" in the 2011 election overwhelmed previous distinctions, with the New Democrats winning 149 of 218 polling divisions in the district.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 51.1% French, 16.2% Italian, 8.1% English, 6.2% Creole, 4.9% Spanish, 4.1% Arabic, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.2% Romanian, 1.0% Kabyle, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.6% Khmer^[3]

History

The district was created in 1987 under the name Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from parts of Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou ridings.

It consisted of:

• the Borough of Anjou;
• the parts of the Town of Montréal bounded by:

1. Sherbrooke Street East, Duquesne Street, Rosemont Boulevard and Lacordaire Boulevard; and
2. Autoroute de la Rive Nord, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East; the limits of the towns of Montréal-Est, Anjou and Montréal-Nord to the point of commencement.

In 2003, its name was changed to Honoré-Mercier and its boundaries were adjusted slightly such that 95.5% of the riding came from the original Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, while 4.5% came from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve.

This riding lost territory to La Pointe-de-l'Île and Hochelaga, and gained territory from Bourassa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Anjou—Rivières-des-Prairies Riding created from Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou
34th	1988–1993		Jean Corbeil	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Roger Pomerleau	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000		Yvon Charbonneau	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Honoré-Mercier
38th	2004–2006		Pablo Rodriguez	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Paulina Ayala	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Pablo Rodriguez	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2024
	2024–present			Independent

Election results

Honoré-Mercier, 2003–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	29,033	60.0	+1.3	$39,670.10
	Bloc Québécois	Charlotte Lévesque-Marin	7,908	16.3	-3.5	$3,008.90
	Conservative	Guy Croteau	5,086	10.5	+0.9	$2,893.59
	New Democratic	Paulina Ayala	3,537	7.3	-0.9	$433.46
	People's	Lucilia Miranda	2,023	4.2	+3.3	$508.19
	Green	Bianca Deltorto-Russell	734	1.5	-1.2	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	88	0.2	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,409	98.0	–	$109,578.67
Total rejected ballots			971	2.0
Turnout			49,380	64.1
Registered voters			77,078
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.4
Source: Elections Canada[4]

2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	29,280	59.99
	Bloc Québécois	7,946	16.28
	Conservative	5,145	10.54
	New Democratic	3,570	7.31
	People's	2,042	4.18
	Green	734	1.50
	Others	88	0.18

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	29,543	58.66	+2.11	$45,514.73
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Binette	9,979	19.81	+6.88	$7,951.83
	Conservative	Guy Croteau	4,808	9.55	-2.5	$3,314.94
	New Democratic	Chu Anh Pham	4,130	8.2	-8.21	none listed
	Green	Domenico Cusmano	1,373	2.73	+1.15	none listed
	People's	Patrick St-Onge	459	0.91	–	$2,885.14
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	71	0.14	-0.02	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,363	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,013
Turnout			51,376	65.4
Eligible voters			78,549
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.39
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	29,211	56.55	+23.5	$53,622.10
	New Democratic	Paulina Ayala	8,478	16.41	-18.81	$12,795.65
	Bloc Québécois	Audrey Beauséjour	6,680	12.93	-3.07	$11,516.20
	Conservative	Guy Croteau	6,226	12.05	-0.96	$3,697.33
	Green	Angela Budilean	814	1.58	-0.03	–
	Strength in Democracy	Dayana Dejean	168	0.33	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	81	0.16	-0.19	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,658	100.0		$213,214.66
Total rejected ballots			682	–	–
Turnout			52,340	–	–
Eligible voters			78,428
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+17.11
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	15,854	35.22
	Liberal	15,081	33.50
	Bloc Québécois	7,204	16.00
	Conservative	5,856	13.01
	Green	725	1.61
	Others	299	0.66

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Paulina Ayala	17,545	36.37	+26.26
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	14,641	30.35	-13.32
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Laroche	8,935	18.52	-9.60
	Conservative	Gérard Labelle	5,992	12.42	-2.88
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	770	1.60	-1.20
	Rhinoceros	Valery Chevrefils-Latulippe	181	0.38	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	170	0.35	–
Total valid votes			48,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			622	1.27	-0.06
Turnout			48,856	59.98	-2.18
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.79

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	21,544	43.67	+5.44	$64,461
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	13,871	28.12	−6.71	$57,274
	Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro	7,549	15.30	−2.14	$35,152
	New Democratic	François Pilon	4,986	10.11	+3.89	$1,499
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	1,380	2.80	−0.13	$1,387
Total valid votes			49,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			667	1.33
Turnout			49,997	62.16	−2.71
Electors on the lists			80,429
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.08
Source: Official Voting Results, 40th General Election 2008, Elections Canada.

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	19,622	38.23	−7.87	$62,095
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	17,879	34.83	−5.54	$39,105
	Conservative	Angelo M. Marino	8,952	17.44	+11.42	$62,813
	New Democratic	François Pilon	3,191	6.22	+2.13	$2,374
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	1,502	2.93	+1.16	not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	183	0.36	+0.02	none listed
Total valid votes			51,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			650	1.25
Turnout			51,979	64.87	+3.23
Electors on the lists			80,122
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.17
Source: Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	22,223	46.10	−11.76	$78,649
	Bloc Québécois	Éric St-Hilaire	19,461	40.37	+10.02	$13,063
	Conservative	Gianni Chiazzese	2,902	6.02	−2.28	$5,060
	New Democratic	François Pilon	1,973	4.09	+2.81	$885
	Green	Richard Lahaie	852	1.77	–	$0
	Marijuana	Steve Boudrias	626	1.30	−0.59	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	164	0.34	+0.03	none listed
Total valid votes			48,201	100.00
Total rejected ballots			854	1.74
Turnout			49,055	61.64
Electors on the lists			79,585
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Source: Official Voting Results, Thirty-Eighth General Election, Elections Canada.
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.89

Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, 1987–2003

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Charbonneau	28,134	57.86	+10.55
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Dagenais	14,755	30.35	-2.03
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Tanguay	2,034	4.18	-14.21
	Alliance	Gianni Chiazzese	2,005	4.12	–
	Marijuana	Normand Néron	918	1.89	–
	New Democratic	Bruce Whelan	624	1.28	-0.19
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	151	0.31	-0.13
Total valid votes			48,621	100.00

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Charbonneau	24,189	47.31	+5.09
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	16,558	32.38	-10.72
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	9,405	18.39	+6.75
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Lemay Amabili	752	1.47	-0.11
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	227	0.44	–
Total valid votes			51,131	100.00

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	26,163	43.10	–
	Liberal	Normand Biron	25,631	42.22	+9.51
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	7,066	11.64	-39.90
	New Democratic	Zamba Mandala	958	1.58	-10.98
	Natural Law	Gilles Raymond	747	1.23	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Frantz-Albert Mitton	139	0.23	–
Total valid votes			60,704	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	27,451	51.54
	Liberal	Vincent Arciresi	17,421	32.71
	New Democratic	Vincent Marchione	6,687	12.56
	Green	Mario Paul	1,217	2.29
	Independent	Catherine Commandeur	483	0.91
Total valid votes			53,259	100.00

See also

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

References

• "Honoré-Mercier (electoral district) (Code 24022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Honoré-Mercier riding history from the Library of Parliament Archived January 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies riding history from the Library of Parliament Archived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. Statistics Canada: 2016
3. "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
4. "Confirmed candidates — Honoré-Mercier". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Honoré-Mercier, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections