Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Mont-Royal (provincial electoral district) .
Mount Royal Quebec electoral district Mount Royal in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Legislature House of Commons MP Anthony Housefather Liberal District created 1924 First contested 1925 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2016 )[1] 103,320 Electors (2019)73,163 Area (km²)[2] 23 Pop. density (per km²) 4,492.2 Census division(s) Montreal Census subdivision(s) Montreal , Côte Saint-Luc , Mount Royal , Hampstead
Mount Royal (French : Mont-Royal ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888.
The riding is among the strongest Liberal ridings in the country. Réal Caouette , long-time leader of the Social Credit Party in Quebec, once said that a mailbox could win the Liberal nomination in Mount Royal and still win election just because it was red (the traditional colour of the Liberal Party). The Liberals have held the riding continuously since 1940, and have only been seriously threatened three times since then—in 1958, 1984 and 2011.
Its best-known MP is former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , who represented the riding from 1965 to 1984. Its current MP, Anthony Housefather , was elected on 19 October 2015, garnering 50.3% of the vote,[3] and was profiled as one of 10 rookie MPs to watch in the new parliament.[4]
The riding's English name was eliminated in the 2012 electoral redistribution but was reversed by the Riding Name Change Act, 2014.
The riding has a large Jewish population, the second-largest in Canada at 30.7 percent.[5] It is one of only two ridings in Canada with a Jewish plurality (the other being Thornhill in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario ).
Geography [ ]
The district includes the City of Côte Saint-Luc , the Towns of Mount Royal and Hampstead , the neighbourhood of Snowdon and the western part of the neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges in the city of Montreal , Quebec.
Demographics [ ]
According to the Canada 2011 Census [6]
Ethnic groups: 62.1% White, 10.8% Filipino, 6.3% Black, 5.5% South Asian, 3.4% Arab, 3.3% Southeast Asian, 2.9% Chinese, 2.1% Latino, 1.2% West Asian, 2.4% Other
Languages: 33.0% English, 23.8% French, 5.4% Tagalog, 4.2% Russian, 3.5% Arabic, 2.9% Spanish, 2.4% Chinese, 2.2% Romanian, 1.9% Tamil, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.7% Hebrew, 1.7% Yiddish, 1.6% Italian, 1.4% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.2% Persian, 10.1% Other
Religions: 44.4% Christian, 30.7% Jewish, 7.4% Muslim, 2.8% Hindu, 2.1% Buddhist, 0.3% Other, 12.3% None
Median income: $24,313 (2010)
Average income: $48,466 (2010)
According to the Canada 2016 Census
2016 mother tongue languages (top twenty) : 31.5% English, 25.1% French, 5.8% Tagalog. 3.8% Arabic, 3.8% Russian, 2.8% Spanish, 2.2% Farsi, 2.1% Romanian, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Hebrew, 1.5% Tamil, 1.3% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.1% Yiddish, 0.7% Hungarian, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.5% Korean, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Creole languages[7]
History [ ]
The electoral district was created in 1924 from Jacques-Cartier and Westmount—Saint-Henri ridings . The electoral district was actually abolished twice since 1924, in 1966 and in 1987; however, the district to replace it kept the same name and incumbent both times.
This riding remained largely intact during the 2012 electoral redistribution , losing a small (uninhabited) territory to Outremont .
Former boundaries [ ]
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
2021 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Anthony Housefather
23,292
57.71
+1.42
Conservative
Frank Cavallaro
9,871
24.46
-0.47
New Democratic
Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury
3,378
8.37
+0.11
Bloc Québécois
Yegor Komarov
1,582
3.92
-0.10
Green
Clement Badra
1,085
-2.78
People's
Zachary Lozoff
1,053
2.61
+1.78
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
96
0.24
+0.04
Total valid votes
40,357
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
56.72
-3.69
Eligible voters
71,153
Source: Elections Canada [8]
Liberal hold
Swing
+0.94
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Anthony Housefather
24,590
56.30
+5.95
$75,605.49
Conservative
David Tordjman
10,887
24.93
-12.96
$80,742.48
New Democratic
Eric-Abel Baland
3,609
8.26
+0.18
none listed
Green
Clément Badra
2,389
5.47
+3.92
$4,397.05
Bloc Québécois
Xavier Levesque
1,757
4.02
+2.12
none listed
People's
Zachary Lozoff
362
0.83
–
$0.00
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
85
0.19
-0.07
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
43,679
98.68
Total rejected ballots
583
1.32
Turnout
44,262
60.41
Eligible voters
73,273
Liberal hold
Swing
+9.46
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Anthony Housefather
24,187
50.34
+8.93
$95,380.32
Conservative
Robert Libman
18,201
37.88
+2.27
$157,866.00
New Democratic
Mario Jacinto Rimbao
3,884
8.08
-9.77
$8,395.91
Bloc Québécois
Jade Bossé-Bélanger
908
1.90
-1.01
$198.94
Green
Timothy Landry
747
1.55
-0.20
–
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
124
0.26
-0.02
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
48,051
100.00
–
$207,183.11
Total rejected ballots
425
0.88
–
–
Turnout
48,476
65.18
+7.54
–
Eligible voters
74,374
–
–
–
Liberal hold
Swing
+6.66
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
16,151
41.41
-14.24
–
Conservative
Saulie Zajdel
13,891
35.61
+8.28
–
New Democratic
Jeff Itcush
6,963
17.85
+10.13
–
Bloc Québécois
Gabriel Dumais
1,136
2.91
-1.45
–
Green
Brian Sarwer-Foner
683
1.75
-2.67
–
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
109
0.28
+0.01
–
Independent
Abraham Weizfeld
74
0.19
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
39,007
100.00
–
–
Total rejected ballots
312
0.79
+0.04
–
Turnout
39,319
57.64
+5.34
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
19,702
55.65
-9.90
$70,302
Conservative
Rafael Tzoubari
9,676
27.33
+9.43
$63,120
New Democratic
Nicolas Thibodeau
2,733
7.72
+1.02
$3,089
Green
Tyrell Alexander
1,565
4.42
+0.57
$600
Bloc Québécois
Maryse Lavallée
1,543
4.36
-1.35
$6,931
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
97
0.27
-0.02
Communist
Antonio Artuso
89
0.25
–
$907
Total valid votes/Expense limit
35,405
100.00
–
$80,838
Total rejected ballots
268
0.75
+0.06
–
Turnout
35,673
52.30
-0.51
–
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
24,248
65.55
-10.13
$66,099
Conservative
Neil Martin Drabkin
6,621
17.90
+9.27
$41,404
New Democratic
Nicolas Thibodeau
2,479
6.70
+1.79
$2,810
Bloc Québécois
Guillaume Dussault
2,112
5.71
-1.25
$8,542
Green
Damien Pichereau
1,423
3.85
+1.09
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
106
0.29
+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit
36,989
100.00
–
$75,740
Total rejected ballots
241
0.65
-0.18
–
Turnout
37,230
52.81
-0.59
–
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
28,670
75.68
-5.56
$79,191
Conservative
Matthew Fireman
3,271
8.63
-1.02
$16,501
Bloc Québécois
Vincent Gagnon
2,636
6.96
+2.69
$5,960
New Democratic
Sébastien Beaudet
1,859
4.91
+2.37
$2,199
Green
Adam Sommerfeld
1,046
2.76
+1.09
Marijuana
Adam Greenblatt
308
0.81
–
Marxist–Leninist
Diane Johnston
94
0.25
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
37,884
100.00
–
$74,792
Total rejected ballots
317
0.83
–
–
Turnout
38,201
53.40
–
–
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
33,118
81.24
-10.74
Progressive Conservative
Stephane Gelgoot
2,489
6.11
+2.34
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Sebastien Houle
1,740
4.27
+2.03
Alliance
Alex Gabanski
1,444
3.54
New Democratic
Maria Pia Chávez
1,034
2.54
+0.52
Green
Jean-Claude Balu
681
1.67
Communist
Judith Chafoya
140
0.34
Natural Law
Ena Kahn
122
0.30
Total valid votes
40,768
100.00
–
Canadian federal by-election, 15 November 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Resignation of Sheila Finestone, 10 August 1999
Liberal
Irwin Cotler
15,820
91.98
+29.72
Progressive Conservative
Noel Earl Alexander
648
3.77
-6.58
Bloc Québécois
Mathieu Alarie
385
2.24
-1.86
New Democratic
Serge Granger
347
2.02
+0.02
Total valid votes
17,200
100.00
–
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sheila Finestone
30,115
62.26
-20.68
Independent
Howard Galganov
10,090
20.86
Progressive Conservative
Carolyn Steinman
5,006
10.35
+4.57
Bloc Québécois
Jacques Thibaudeau
1,981
4.10
-2.86
New Democratic
Adam Giambrone
966
2.00
+0.33
Natural Law
Ena Kahn
211
0.44
-0.21
Total valid votes
48,369
100.00
–
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sheila Finestone
39,598
82.94
+23.09
Bloc Québécois
Guillaume Dumas
3,324
6.96
Progressive Conservative
Neil Drabkin
2,758
5.78
-26.17
New Democratic
Michael Richard Werbowski
796
1.67
-3.70
Independent
Harry Polansky
537
1.12
Natural Law
Ken Matthews
312
0.65
National
Kurtis Law
300
0.63
Commonwealth of Canada
Georges Duchesnay
71
0.15
-0.09
Abolitionist
Marie Vienneau
47
0.10
Total valid votes
47,743
100.00
–
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sheila Finestone
27,354
59.85
+12.38
Progressive Conservative
Robert Presser
14,601
31.95
-7.14
New Democratic
Tariq Alvi
2,455
5.37
-4.52
Rhinoceros
Lady Be Ann Poulin
512
1.12
-0.50
Green
Daniel Reicher
438
0.96
Independent
Barry Goodman
165
0.36
Commonwealth of Canada
Paul G. Fraleigh
108
0.24
+0.07
Independent
Abe Rosner
68
0.15
Total valid votes
45,701
100.00
–
1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sheila Finestone
22,716
47.47
-33.76
Progressive Conservative
Sharon Wolfe
18,707
39.09
+28.52
New Democratic
Nancy Pearson
4,735
9.89
+4.23
Rhinoceros
Claude Parachute Racine
776
1.62
-0.10
Parti nationaliste
André Daoust
392
0.82
Libertarian
Victor Lévis
338
0.71
+0.41
Independent
Mark Sholzberg
110
0.23
Commonwealth of Canada
Guy R. Huard
80
0.17
Total valid votes
47,854
100.00
–
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
33,821
81.23
-3.9
Progressive Conservative
Harry Bloomfield
4,402
10.57
+3.4
New Democratic
David C. Winch
2,356
5.66
+1.7
Rhinoceros
Michel Flybin Rivard
715
1.72
+0.4
Independent
Gordon Edwards
149
0.36
Libertarian
Eddie Paul
126
0.30
Marxist–Leninist
Liz Watkins
68
0.16
+0.0
Total valid votes
41,637
100.00
–
1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
43,202
85.2
+10.2
Progressive Conservative
J. David Dejong
3,660
7.2
-6.1
New Democratic
David C. Winch
2,023
4.0
-5.8
Social Credit
Laflèche Trudeau
1,049
2.1
1.1
Rhinoceros
Jacques Ferron
649
1.3
Communist
David G. Johnston
81
0.2
Marxist–Leninist
Robert Verrier
61
0.1
-0.3
Total valid votes
50,725
100.0
–
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
32,166
75.0
-5.6
Progressive Conservative
Émile Mashaal
5,723
13.3
+3.6
New Democratic
Joe Rabinovitch
4,214
9.8
+2.7
Social Credit
Bertrand Marcil
414
1.0
-0.4
Independent
Edward J. Sommer
211
0.5
Marxist–Leninist
Robert A. Cruise
162
0.4
+0.2
Total valid votes
42,890
100.0
–
1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
36,875
80.6
-10.1
Progressive Conservative
Andrew Albert Brichant
4,446
9.7
+5.0
New Democratic
Harry Yudin
3,274
7.2
+3.3
Social Credit
Alexander O. Bronstein
625
1.4
+1.2
Independent
Gaston Miron
433
0.9
Independent
Robert A. Cruise
80
0.2
Total valid votes
45,733
100.0
–
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
37,402
90.8
+35.1
Progressive Conservative
Huguette Marleau
1,965
4.8
-8.8
New Democratic
Jussy Brainin
1,583
3.8
-25.8
Independent
Walter Gallagher
182
0.4
Ralliement créditiste
Michel Lamonde
80
0.2
-1.0
Total valid votes
41,212
100.0
–
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
28,064
55.6
-14.7
New Democratic
Charles Taylor
14,929
29.6
+13.1
Progressive Conservative
Peter S. Wise
6,840
13.6
+2.9
Ralliement créditiste
Michel Smith
598
1.2
-1.3
Total valid votes
50,431
100.0
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
37,648
70.4
+7.3
New Democratic
Charles Taylor
8,855
16.5
+3.8
Progressive Conservative
Thomas Joseph Coonan
5,693
10.6
-12.0
Social Credit
Austin G. Gordon
1,318
2.5
+0.8
Total valid votes
53,514
100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
31,654
63.0
+14.6
Progressive Conservative
Stanley Shenkman
11,352
22.6
-24.7
New Democratic
Charles Taylor
6,388
12.7
+8.4
Social Credit
Henri-J. Bernard
845
1.7
Total valid votes
50,239
100.0
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
22,051
48.4
-12.0
Progressive Conservative
Reginald J. Dawson
21,562
47.3
+11.4
Co-operative Commonwealth
Harold Atwill
1,952
4.3
+0.6
Total valid votes
45,565
100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
23,330
60.4
-1.2
Progressive Conservative
George Brown
13,861
35.9
+2.0
Co-operative Commonwealth
Harold Atwill
1,420
3.7
+1.9
Total valid votes
38,611
100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
17,183
61.7
-2.2
Progressive Conservative
Dudley Holden Kerr
9,460
33.9
-0.1
Labor–Progressive
Norman Nerenberg
727
2.6
Co-operative Commonwealth
Ross Worrall
500
1.8
-0.3
Total valid votes
27,870
100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alan Macnaughton
21,654
63.8
+17.1
Progressive Conservative
Earle Moore
11,550
34.0
-5.7
Co-operative Commonwealth
Ross Edward Worrall
719
2.1
-5.9
Total valid votes
33,923
100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Frederick Primrose Whitman
20,925
46.8
-9.7
Progressive Conservative
St. Clair Holland
17,798
39.8
+1.9
Co-operative Commonwealth
John Stanley Allen
3,608
8.1
+2.4
Independent PC
Gilbert Layton
1,270
2.8
Labor–Progressive
Beryl Truax
1,147
2.6
Total valid votes
44,748
100.0
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Frederick Primrose Whitman
19,858
56.5
+20.0
National Government
William Allen Walsh
13,319
37.9
-11.6
Co-operative Commonwealth
John Stanley Allen
1,983
5.6
+1.1
Total valid votes
35,160
100.0
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
William Allen Walsh
16,203
49.4
-26.0
Liberal
Adam Kirk Cameron
11,967
36.5
+12.0
Reconstruction
Clifford Henry Cheasley
2,782
8.5
Co-operative Commonwealth
Lloyd B. Almond
1,473
4.5
Independent
Thomas Henry Carveth
343
1.0
Total valid votes
32,768
100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Robert Smeaton White
19,932
75.5
-0.5
Liberal
Octavia Grace Ritchie England
6,483
24.5
+0.5
Total valid votes
26,415
100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Robert Smeaton White
14,249
76.0
+6.3
Liberal
Thomas Henry Carveth
4,499
24.0
Total valid votes
18,748
100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Robert Smeaton White
16,377
69.7
Independent Liberal
Robert Louis Calder
7,129
30.3
Total valid votes
23,506
100.0
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Riding history from the Library of Parliament :
Notes [ ]
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Riding represented by the Prime Minister 1968–1979
Succeeded byYellowhead
Preceded byYellowhead
Riding represented by the Prime Minister 1980–1984
Succeeded byVacant; next was Manicouagan , in 1984
Federal ridings in Montreal and Laval
Liberal Bloc Québécois New Democratic
Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015 Until 2006 Until 2004 Until 2000 Until 1997 Until 1993 Until 1988 Until 1984 Until 1980 Until 1979 Until 1974 Until 1972 Until 1968 Until 1962 Until 1953 Until 1949 Until 1935 Until 1925 Until 1917 Before 1900
Coordinates : 45°31′00″N 73°38′30″W / 45.51667°N 73.64167°W / 45.51667; -73.64167