Honoré-Mercier (; formerly Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.
Its most recent Member of Parliament was Éric St-Pierre of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Geography The district includes the entire Borough of Anjou, the eastern part of the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the northern part of the Borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Bourassa, Alfred-Pellan, Montcalm, and La Pointe-de-l'Île.
Political geography While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally been Bloc Québécois strongholds, Honoré-Mercier is politically a very divided riding. Rivière-des-Prairies is very Liberal leaning, while Anjou supports the Bloc for the most part, but has some Liberal pockets.
However, the NDP's "orange wave" in the 2011 election overwhelmed previous distinctions, with the New Democrats winning 149 of 218 polling divisions in the district.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Racial groups: 61.0% White, 20.1% Black, 8.4% Arab, 5.0% Latin American, 2.3% Southeast Asian Languages: 50.8% French, 13.1% Italian, 12.1% English, 6.2% Creole, 5.1% Arabic, 5.0% Spanish, 2.2% Kabyle, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.0% Vietnamese Religions: 69.0% Christian (52.0% Catholic, 1.9% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Baptist, 1.5% Pentecostal, 12.1% Other), 12.8% Muslim, 1.7% Buddhist, 15.9% None Median income: $38,400 (2020) Average income: $46,240 (2020)
History The district was created in 1987 under the name Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from parts of Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou ridings.
It consisted of: the Borough of Anjou; the parts of the Town of Montréal bounded by: Sherbrooke Street East, Duquesne Street, Rosemont Boulevard and Lacordaire Boulevard; and Autoroute de la Rive Nord, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East; the limits of the towns of Montréal-Est, Anjou and Montréal-Nord to the point of commencement.
In 2003, its name was changed to Honoré-Mercier and its boundaries were adjusted slightly such that 95.5% of the riding came from the original Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, while 4.5% came from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve.
This riding lost territory to La Pointe-de-l'Île and Hochelaga, and gained territory from Bourassa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it gained the territory north of Boul. Langelier and west of Rue Bombardier from Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.
Member of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results Honoré-Mercier, 2003–present
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 29,280 59.99 Bloc Québécois 7,946 16.28 Conservative 5,145 10.54 New Democratic 3,570 7.31 People's 2,042 4.18 Green 734 1.50 Marxist-Leninist 88 0.18 Total valid votes 48,805 98.03 Rejected ballots 980 1.97 Registered voters/ estimated turnout 77,980 63.84
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 15,854 35.22 Liberal 15,081 33.50 Bloc Québécois 7,204 16.00 Conservative 5,856 13.01 Green 725 1.61 Others 299 0.66
Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, 1987–2003
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada Honoré-Mercier riding history from the Library of Parliament Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies riding history from the Library of Parliament
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