Saint-Lambert (electoral district)

Saint-Lambert
Quebec electoral district
	Saint-Lambert in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	92,419
Electors (2011)	73,935
Area (km²)	25.05
Census division(s)	Longueuil
Census subdivision(s)	Longueuil, Saint-Lambert

Saint-Lambert was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was first represented in the House of Commons of Canada in 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541. It has been replaced by Brossard—Saint-Lambert.

Geography edit

This riding on Montreal's South Shore was located in the Quebec region of Montérégie. The district included the City of Saint-Lambert, the former City of Greenfield Park, the former Town of LeMoyne, and the western part of the pre-2002 City of Longueuil.

According to the 2001 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Black, 1.2% Arab, 1.1% Chinese
Languages: 77.0% French, 11.9% English, 9.2% Others, 1.9% multiple responses
Religions: 77.9% Catholic, 8.1% Protestant, 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 7.9% no religion
Average income: $29,974

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Saint-Lambert Riding created from La Prairie, Longueuil and Saint-Hubert
36th	1997–2000	Yolande Thibeault	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Yolande Thibeault	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Maka Kotto	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Maka Kotto
40th	2008–2011	Josée Beaudin
41st	2011–2015	Sadia Groguhé	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne and Brossard—Saint-Lambert

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sadia Groguhé	18,705	42.64	+28.19
	Bloc Québécois	Josée Beaudin	11,353	25.88	-11.74
	Liberal	Roxane Stanners	8,463	19.29	-9.21
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	4,396	10.02	-5.78
	Green	Carmen Budilean	944	2.15	-1.45
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,861	100.0
Total rejected ballots			584	1.31	+0.14
Turnout			44,445	60.60	+1.15

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Josée Beaudin	16,346	37.62	-7.7	$34,922
	Liberal	Roxane Stanners	12,383	28.50	+5.2	$38,229
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	6,867	15.80	-3.9	$66,890
	New Democratic	Richard Marois	6,280	14.45	+7.1	$14,258
	Green	Diane Joubert	1,566	3.60	-0.3
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,442	100.00	$82,317
Total rejected ballots			513	1.17	-0.03
Turnout			43,955	59.45

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maka Kotto	20,949	45.3	-3.5	$45,282
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Hermans	10,777	23.3	-13.6	$57,186
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	9,097	19.7	+13.6	$36,940
	New Democratic	Ronaldo Garcia	3,404	7.4	+2.6	$1,200
	Green	Sonia Ziadé	1,819	3.9	+0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	196	0.4	+0.1
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,242	100.00	$77,306
Total rejected ballots			562	1.2	-0.7
Turnout			46,804

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maka Kotto	22,024	48.8	+10.7	$44,877
	Liberal	Yolande Thibeault	16,654	36.9	-8.5	$51,431
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	2,739	6.1	-7.2	$16,096
	New Democratic	Monique Garcia	2,130	4.7	–	$984
	Green	Diane Joubert	1,404	3.1	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	145	0.3	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,096	100.0	$77,333
Total rejected ballots			861
Turnout			45,957	1.9

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.