Jeanne-Le Ber

For the recluse born in 1662, see Jeanne Le Ber.

Jeanne-Le Ber

Quebec electoral district
Jeanne-Le Ber in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tyrone Benskin NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	112,863
Electors (2006)	86,201
Area (km²)	21
Pop. density (per km²)	5,374.4
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal

Jeanne-Le Ber is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,863.

Geography

The district includes the Borough of Verdun, along with the neighbourhoods of Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, and Pointe-Saint-Charles and the eastern part of Côte-Saint-Paul, in the Southwest borough. It was named for Jeanne Le Ber, a religious recluse and craftswoman who lived in Pointe-Saint-Charles in the 18th century.

Political geography

Until 2011, the Bloc Québécois was strongest in Verdun, Saint-Henri and Point-Saint-Charles while the Liberal Party of Canada prevailed in Nuns' Island and Little Burgundy. However, in 2011 the NDP swept nearly every poll in the borough.

Demographics

Average family income: $57,496 [1] (2001)
Median household income: $31,386 [2]
Unemployment: 9.8%
Language, Mother Tongue: French 65%, English 19%, Other 16%
Religion: Catholic 70%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 4%, Other Christian 2%, Orthodox Christian 1%, Buddhist 1%, Jewish 1%, Hindu 1%, Other 1%, No Religious Affiliation 12%. [3]
Visible Minority: Black 5%, Chinese 3%, South Asian 2%, Arab 2%, Latin American 2%, Others 2%, Southeast Asian 1%.

History

The riding was created in 2003 from the ridings of Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles and Westmount—Ville-Marie; essentially the area of Little Burgundy and Griffintown were transferred from Westmount—Ville-Marie to Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles, and Westmount—Ville-Marie prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006		Liza Frulla	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Thierry St-Cyr	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Tyrone Benskin	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tyrone Benskin	23,293	44.66	+28.96
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry St-Cyr	12,635	24.22	-10.69
	Liberal	Mark Bruneau	10,054	19.28	-12.98
	Conservative	Pierre Lafontaine	4,678	8.97	-2.22
	Green	Richard Noël	1,377	2.64	-2.14
	Marxist–Leninist	Eileen Studd	121	0.23	–
Total valid votes			52,158	100.00
Total rejected ballots			637	1.21	+0.01
Turnout			52,795	59.61	+1.95

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry St-Cyr	17,144	34.91	-5.31	$89,615
	Liberal	Christian Feuillette	15,841	32.26	-1.80	$67,962
	New Democratic	Daniel Breton	7,708	15.70	+6.51	$32,536
	Conservative	Daniel Beaudin	5,494	11.19	-0.65	$28,824
	Green	Véronik Sansoucy	2,345	4.78	+0.09	$669
	Independent	Darryl Gray	577	1.17	–
Total valid votes			49,109	100.00
Total rejected ballots			595	1.20
Turnout			49,704	57.66
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-1.75

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry St-Cyr	20,213	40.22	-0.71	$60,248
	Liberal	Liza Frulla	17,118	34.06	-7.03	$81,394
	Conservative	Pierre-Olivier Brunelle	5,951	11.84	+6.31	$21,417
	New Democratic	Matthew McLauchlin	4,621	9.19	+2.28	$9,536
	Green	Claude William Genest	2,357	4.69	+0.61	$30
Total valid votes			50,260	100.00
	Bloc Québécois gain Liberal		Swing	-3.16

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Liza Frulla	18,766	41.09	-10.53	$61,848
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry St-Cyr	18,694	40.93	+12.32	$32,921
	New Democratic	Anthony Philbin	3,160	6.92	+4.28	$1,281
	Conservative	Pierre-Albert Sévigny	2,524	5.53	-6.20	$14,155
	Green	Jean-Claude Mercier	1,864	4.08	–	–
	Marijuana	Cathy Duchesne	520	1.14	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	148	0.32	–	–
Total valid votes			45,676	100.00	–	$81,871
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.4

Change is from redistributed votes from the 2000 election. Conservative change is based on a combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament