Vanier (electoral district)

Vanier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created 1972
District abolished 2011
First contested 1973
Last contested 2008
Demographics
Electors (2008)[1] 55,662
Area (km²)[2] 54.55
Census divisions Quebec City (part)
Census subdivisions Quebec City (part)

Vanier is a former provincial electoral district located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73.

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the riding of Saint-Sauveur. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Vanier-Les Rivières.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Patrick Huot 13,077 38.33 +14.14
Action démocratiqueSylvain Légaré 12,599 36.93 -14.51
Parti QuébécoisEric Boucher 7,512 22.02 +2.90
Québec solidaireMonique Voisine 931 2.73 +0.60
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Action démocratiqueSylvain Légaré 20,699 51.44
     Liberal Jean-Claude L'Abbée 9,733 24.19
Parti QuébécoisSylvain Lévesque 7,694 19.12
GreenLucien Gravelle 1,149 2.86
Québec solidaireMarie Dionne 859 2.13
Christian DemocracyLouis Casgrain 103 0.26

References

Information
Election results
Maps

Neighbouring electoral districts

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