Mount Royal (electoral district)
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Mount Royal (Template:Langx, Template:IPA) 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 the 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, however the Conservatives are stronger here than in other Montreal area ridings due to Jewish-Canadian voters swinging right in the 21st century.
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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was profiled as one of 10 rookie MPs to watch in the new parliament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mr. Housefather has won, since then, three more races, tallying 56.4% of the vote in 2019,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 57.7% in 2021,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 51.1% in 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 21.3 percent behind Thornhill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 2011 Canadian census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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 2016 Canadian 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
The electoral district was created in 1924 mostly from Jacques-Cartier, Westmount—Saint-Henri and Laurier—Outremont ridings, with small parts taken from St. Antoine and St. Lawrence—St. George. 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. Between the 1935 and 1949 elections, the riding did not contain any of the Town of Mount Royal, and was instead based in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montreal West.
This riding remained largely intact during the 2012 electoral redistribution, losing a small (uninhabited) territory to Outremont.
Former boundaries
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2004 to 2011 election
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
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Election results
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Liberal | 23,987 | 57.41 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Conservative | 10,057 | 24.07 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | New Democratic | 3,689 | 8.83 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Bloc Québécois | 1,701 | 4.07 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Green | 1,142 | 2.73 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | People's | 1,107 | 2.65 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Others | 101 | 0.24 |
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See also
References
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Notes
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