Laurier (provincial electoral district)

Laurier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1992
First contested1966
Last contested1989
Demographics
Census division(s)Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)Montreal (part)

Laurier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It corresponded to the Parc-Extension neighbourhood in Montreal.

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Laval, Montréal-Laurier, and Montréal-Outremont electoral districts. Its final election was in 1989. It disappeared in the 1994 election and its successor electoral district was Laurier-Dorion.

It was named in honour of former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Laval,
Montréal-Laurier, and Montréal-Outremont
28th  1966–1967     René Lévesque Liberal
 1967–1970     Independent
29th  1970–1973     André Marchand Liberal
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1981
32nd  1981–1985 Christos Sirros
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
Dissolved into Laurier-Dorion

Election results

1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Christos Sirros 11,027 54.98
Parti Québécois Elpis Santas 5,656 28.20
Green Nathalie Sapina 1,170 5.83
New Democratic Victor Bilodeau 777 3.87
Marxist–Leninist Panagiotis Macrisopoulos 382 1.90
Independent Jacques Dubuc 349 1.74
Non-affiliated Nicholas Vlahos 299 1.49
Communist Suzanne Dagenais 174 0.87
Socialist Movement Jean-Roch Gauvin 148 0.74
Revolutionary Workers League Michel Dugré 73 0.36
Total valid votes 20,055 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 519
Turnout 20,574 67.24
Electors on the lists 30,599
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Christos Sirros 16,004 65.80
Parti Québécois Ivano Vellano 5,966 24.47
New Democratic Ioannis Kourtesis 830 3.41
Parti indépendantiste Christian Biron 425 1.74
Progressive Conservative Irene Makris 393 1.61
Humanist Gustavo Jara 232 0.95
Independent Christopher Mcall 174 0.71
Communist Samuel Walsh 172 0.71
Commonwealth of Canada Benoit Chalifoux 146 0.60
Total valid votes 24,382 97.86
Rejected and declined votes 533 2.14
Turnout 24,915 68.86
Electors on the lists 36,128
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Christos Sirros 16,719 57.99
Parti Québécois Nadia Assimopoulos 9,871 34.24
Union Nationale Michel PontBriand 675 2.34
  Workers Communist Raymonde Lebreux 469 1.63
  Independent Basile Papachristou 263 0.91
  Freedom of Choice Stephen J Smith 252 0.88
Libertarian Nicholas Vlahos 202 0.70
Marxist–Leninist Panagiotis Macrisopoulos 164 0.57
Communist Nikolas Tsois 142 0.49
  Independent Sotirios Athanasiou 73 0.25
Total valid votes 28,830 98.67
Rejected and declined votes 389 1.33
Turnout 29,219 80.21
Electors on the lists 36,428
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal André Marchand 11,858 41.68
Parti Québécois John Kambites 9,583 33.69
Union Nationale Georges Savoidakis 4,962 17.44
Democratic Alliance Christos Syros 921 3.24
Ralliement créditiste Denise Chartrand Marion 678 2.38
Communist Madame Joseph Mallaroni 240 0.84
  coalition: NPDQ - RMS Pierre Bastien 206 0.72
Total valid votes 28,448 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 840
Turnout 29,288 82.79
Electors on the lists 35,377
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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