Acadie (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Acadia (electoral district), a former Canadian federal electoral district in Alberta.

Acadie

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Christine St-Pierre Liberal
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2012
Demographics
Population
Electors (2012)	48,051
Area (km²)	14.9
Census divisions	Montreal (part)
Census subdivisions	Montreal (part)

Acadie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in northern Montreal and consists of parts of the Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville boroughs.

It was created as L'Acadie for the 1973 election from parts of Ahuntsic and Saint-Laurent electoral districts. It changed to its present name in 1989.

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

Members of the National Assembly

1. François Cloutier, Liberal (1973–1976)
2. Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Liberal (1976–1989)
3. Yvan Bordeleau, Liberal (1989–2007)
4. Christine St-Pierre, Liberal (2007–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre
	Parti Québécois	Rachid Bandou
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Abel-Claude Arslanian
	Québec solidaire	Marianne Breton Fontaine
	Green
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	15,145	67.16
	Parti Québécois	Marc-André Nolet	4,718	20.92
	Action démocratique	Ahamed Badawy	982	4.35
	Québec solidaire	André Parizeau	958	4.25
	Green	Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier	747	3.31
Total valid votes			22,550	98.67
Total rejected ballots			304	1.33
Turnout			22,854	46.91
Electors			48,719

Quebec general election, 2007: Acadie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	17,962	60.09
	Parti Québécois	Frédéric Lapointe	4,970	16.63
	Action démocratique	Charles Ghorayeb	4,327	14.47
	Green	Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier	1,500	5.02
	Québec solidaire	André Parizeau	1,135	3.80
Total valid votes			29,894	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			322
Turnout			30,216	62.03
Electors on the lists			48,712
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2003: Acadie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvan Bordeleau	23,211	70.39
	Parti Québécois	Maria Mourani	6,702	20.33
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Chamoun	2,253	6.83
	Bloc Pot	Jonathan Bérubé	440	1.33
	Independent	André Parizeau	161	0.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	111	0.34
	Equality	Marina Paümann	95	0.29
Total valid votes			32,973	100.00
Total rejected ballots			316
Turnout			33,289	65.66
Electors on the lists			50,699

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results as "Acadie" (National Assembly)
• Election results as "L'Acadie" (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Montréal region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011