Bourget (electoral district)

Bourget

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Maka Kotto PQ
District created	1960
First contested	1960
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Population (2006)	63,300
Electors (2008)	47,434
Area (km²)	19.13
Pop. density (per km²)	3,308.9
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal

Bourget is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. The riding was created in 1960 from a part of Laval. It includes portions of the city of Montreal between Pointe-aux-Trembles and the Canadian National railway and between mostly Sherbrooke Street and the Anjou borough and the Saint Lawrence River.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Jean Meunier, Liberal (1960-1966)
2. Paul-Émile Sauvageau, Union Nationale (1966-1970)
3. Camille Laurin, Parti Québécois (1970-1973)
4. Jean Boudreault, Liberal (1973-1976)
5. Camille Laurin, Parti Québécois (1976-1985)
6. Claude Trudel, Liberal (1985-1989)
7. Huguette Boucher-Bacon, Liberal (1989-1994)
8. Camille Laurin, Parti Québécois (1994-1998)
9. Diane Lemieux, Parti Québécois (1998-2007)
10. Maka Kotto, Parti Québécois (2008-)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Maka Kotto	13,007	50.19	+9.53
	Liberal	Pierre MacNicoll	7,984	30.81	-1.11
	Action démocratique	Guy Boutin	2,677	10.33	+0.93
	Québec solidaire	Gaétan Legault	1,180	4.55	+0.22
	Green	Gilbert Caron	939	3.62	-7.75
	Parti indépendantiste	Antonis Labbe	127	0.49	-1.84

Bourget by-election, May 12, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Maka Kotto	6,575	40.66	-0.60
	Liberal	Lyn Thériault	5,161	31.92	+9.07
	Green	Scott McKay	1,839	11.37	+3.28
	Action démocratique	Denis Mondor	1,520	9.40	-13.61
	Québec solidaire	Gaétan Legault	700	4.33	+0.14
	Parti indépendantiste	Richard Gervais	376	2.33	-

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Diane Lemieux	13,422	41.26	-4.16
	Action démocratique	Clairmont De La Croizetière	7,487	23.01	+5.70
	Liberal	Pierre Carrier	7,433	22.85	-11.17
	Green	Scott McKay	2,632	8.09	-
	Québec solidaire	Lynda Gadoury	1,363	4.19	+2.93*
	Christian Democracy	Claudette Deschamps	195	0.60	+0.02

* Increase is from UFP

References

• Election results
• Map of Bourget
• Quebec electoral map
• Bourget general information