Jacques-Cartier

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Jacques-Cartier
National Assembly Member	Geoffrey Kelley Liberal
Electors, 2007	47,774 [1]
Electoral district created	1853
Region	Montreal

Jacques-Cartier is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853.

It was named after French explorer Jacques Cartier who've discovered the Saint Lawrence Valley between 1534 and 1542 in part of what would become New France until 1760.

Contents 1 Members of Legislative Assembly 2 Members of the National Assembly 3 Geography 4 Linguistic demographics 5 Electoral results 6 References 7 Neighbouring electoral districts

[edit] Members of Legislative Assembly

• Narcisse Lecavalier, Conservative Party (1867-1882)
• Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Conservative Party (1882-1884)
• Arthur Boyer, Liberal (1884-1892)
• Joseph-Adélard Descarries, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
• Joseph-Adolphe Chauret, Liberal (1897-1908)
• Philémon Cousineau, Conservative Party (1908-1916)
• Joseph-Séraphin-Aimé Ashby, Liberal (1916-1923)
• Ésioff-Léon Patenaude, Conservative Party (1923-1925)
• Victor Marchand, Liberal (1925-1932)
• Joseph Théodule Rheaume, Liberal (1933-1935)
• Frederick Arthur Monk, Action liberale nationale (1935-1936)
• Anatole Carignan, Union Nationale (1936-1939)
• Charles-Aime Kirkland, Liberal (1939-1961)
• Marie-Claire Kirkland, Liberal (1961-1966)

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

• Noël Saint-Germain, Liberal (1966-1981)
• Joan Dougherty, Liberal (1981-1989)
• Neil Cameron, Equality Party (1989-1994)
• Geoffrey Kelley, Liberal (1994-present)

[edit] Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:

• Baie-D'Urfé
• Beaconsfield
• Kirkland (part)
• Pointe-Claire
• Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

[edit] Linguistic demographics

• Anglophone: 55%
• Francophone: 27%
• Allophone: 18%

[edit] Electoral results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Kelley	22,481	70.24	-16.55
	Action démocratique	Walter Rulli	3,973	12.41	+8.79
	Green	Ryan Young	3,545	11.08	+8.98
	Parti Québécois	Sophia Caporicci	1,352	4.22	-1.25
	Québec solidaire	Jill Hanley	491	1.53
	Independent	Andy Srougi	166	0.52

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Kelley	30,035	86.79
	Parti Québécois	Guy Amyot	1,894	5.47
	Action démocratique	Jeffrey Penney	1,253	3.62
	Green	Ryan Young	727	2.10
	Equality	Keith Henderson	650	1.88
	No designation	Daniel Cormier-Roach	49	0.14

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	40,689	91.02
	Oui	4,016	8.98

[edit] References

• Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Jacques-Cartier election results from 1867 to 2007
• Map of Jacques-Cartier
• Quebec electoral map

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

		Nelligan, Robert-Baldwin		v • d • e
	Nelligan, Vaudreuil		Marquette
		Jacques-Cartier
		Vaudreuil, Châteauguay, Beauharnois

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