La Pointe-de-l'Île

La Pointe-de-l'Île (French pronunciation: [la pwɛ̃t də lil]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,878.

La Pointe-de-l'Île

Quebec electoral district
La Pointe-de-l'Île in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Coordinates:	45.651°N 73.509°W / 45.651; -73.509
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mario Beaulieu Bloc Québécois
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	106,336
Electors (2019)	85,589
Area (km²)[2]	43
Pop. density (per km²)	2,472.9
Census division(s)	Montreal
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal (part), Montréal-Est

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, and Mercier ridings.

Geography

The district includes the City of Montréal-Est, the neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles in the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Longue-Pointe and the southern part of the neighbourhood of Mercier-Est in the Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Honoré-Mercier, Montcalm, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, and Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 83.0% French, 3.5% Spanish, 2.6% English, 2.0% Creole, 1.9% Arabic, 1.3% Italian, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Kabyle^[3]

History

The riding is located in Eastern Montreal, traditionally the power base of the Quebec sovereignty movement. It had long been reckoned as the Bloc Québécois' safest riding. However, in 2011, after the retirement of longtime MP Francine Lalonde, it fell to the New Democratic Party along with all of the other ridings in Eastern Montreal.

This riding lost territory to Hochelaga and gained territory from Honoré-Mercier during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
La Pointe-de-l'Île Riding created from Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, Hochelaga—Maisonneuve and Mercier
38th	2004–2006		Francine Lalonde	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Ève Péclet	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Mario Beaulieu	Bloc Québécois
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Beaulieu	23,835	46.7	-0.1	$40,618.35
	Liberal	Jonas Fadeu	16,508	32.3	+1.9	$37,367.99
	New Democratic	Alexandre Vallerand	4,954	9.7	-1.2	$0.00
	Conservative	Massimo Anania	3,427	6.7	-0.5	$2,567.20
	People's	Jonathan Desclin	1,399	2.7	+2.0	$1,481.55
	Free	Agnès Falquet	577	1.1	N/A	$604.58
	Indépendance du Québec	Charles Phillippe Gervais	221	0.4	±0.0	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Genevieve Royer	159	0.3	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,080	97.6	–	$113,429.83
Total rejected ballots			1,239	2.4
Turnout			52,319	62.3
Registered voters			83,970
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.0
Source: Elections Canada[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Beaulieu	26,010	46.84	+13.26	$38,017.09
	Liberal	Jonathan Plamondon	16,898	30.43	+1.86	$50,221.87
	New Democratic	Ève Péclet	6,057	10.91	-15.85	$6,545.53
	Conservative	Robert Coutu	3,984	7.17	-0.81	$25,219.21
	Green	Franco Fiori	1,910	3.44		none listed
	People's	Randy Manseau	388	0.70		none listed
	Indépendence du Québec	Jacinthe Lafrenaye	199	0.4		$636.28
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	88	0.2		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,534	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,141
Turnout			56,675	66.2
Eligible voters			85,589
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+5.70
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Beaulieu	18,545	33.58	+1.21	$48,190.59
	Liberal	Marie-Chantale Simard	15,777	28.57	+18.47	$5,384.21
	New Democratic	Ève Péclet	14,777	26.76	-20.77	$51,626.51
	Conservative	Guy Morissette	4,408	7.98	+0.33	$4,736.10
	Green	David J. Cox	1,130	2.05	+0.16	–
	Rhinoceros	Ben 97 Benoit	358	0.65	–	$1,062.19
	Strength in Democracy	Jean-François Larose	135	0.24	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	96	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,226	100.00		$222,699.43
Total rejected ballots			912	1.62	–
Turnout			56,138	65.43[7]	–
Eligible voters			84,507
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+10.99
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	23,613	47.53
	Bloc Québécois	16,081	32.37
	Liberal	5,018	10.10
	Conservative	3,801	7.65
	Green	936	1.88
	Others	235	0.47

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ève Péclet	23,033	48.34	+35.44	none listed
	Bloc Québécois	Ginette Beaudry	15,475	32.48	−23.61	$75,555
	Liberal	Olivier L. Coulombe	4,369	9.17	−6.82	$4,159
	Conservative	Mathieu Drolet	3,664	7.69	−3.49	$4,500
	Green	David J. Cox	898	1.89	−1.00	$125
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	213	0.45		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,652	100.0
Total rejected ballots			813	1.68
Turnout			48,465	60.43	+0.97
Eligible voters			80,201
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde (incumbent)	25,976	56.09	−4.37	$54,814
	Liberal	Oumy Sarr	7,403	15.99	+1.88	$7,501
	New Democratic	Isabelle McGuire	5,975	12.90	+5.89	none listed
	Conservative	Hubert Pichet	5,179	11.18	−4.06	$49,752
	Green	Domita Cundari	1,340	2.89	−0.29	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Ben 97 Benoit	261	0.56	–	$1,608
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	177	0.38	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,311	100.0	–	$84,945
Total rejected ballots			688	1.46
Turnout			46,999	59.46	−2.86
Eligible voters			79,049
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde (incumbent)	29,368	60.46	−6.01	$62,051
	Conservative	Christian Prévost	7,402	15.24	+11.00	$7,391
	Liberal	Marie-Migniaud Dominique	6,855	14.11	−8.82	$9,649
	New Democratic	Nicolas Tremblay	3,407	7.01	+3.22	$1,505
	Green	Benjamin Rankin	1,544	3.18	+0.61	$12
Total valid votes			48,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			739
Turnout			49,315	62.32	+3.14
Electors on the lists			79,135
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	30,713	66.47	+13.35	$58,592
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	10,593	22.93	−9.79	$62,081
	Conservative	Christian Prévost	1,961	4.24	−3.11	$5,476
	New Democratic	André Langevin	1,751	3.79	+2.69	none listed
	Green	André Levert	1,186	2.57	–	none listed
Total valid votes			46,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Turnout			47,279	59.18
Electors on the lists			79,894
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

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

References

• "La Pointe-de-l'Île (Code 24028) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. Statistics Canada: 2016
3. "First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), 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". 2 August 2017.
4. "Confirmed candidates — La Pointe-de-l'Île". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
7. http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?ed=2102
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for La Pointe-de-l'Île, 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