Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est (formerly known as Sainte-Marie, Montreal—Sainte-Marie and Hochelaga) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 and since 2004.
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and the western part of the neighbourhood of Longue-Pointe in the Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Rosemont in the Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Centre-Sud in the Borough of Ville-Marie.
Political geography
Until 2011, this working class riding strongly favoured the Bloc, which in 2008, won most polls.
The New Democrats placed second in the 2009 by-election; as in much of Quebec, Bloc support collapsed in the 2011 election and the New Democrats swept the riding. The NDP held onto the riding in the 2015 election. Since 2019 it has been held by the liberals with ever increasing margins.
Demographics
:According to the 2006 Canadian census
- Ethnic groups: 83.5% White, 4.5% Black, 2.8% Latin American, 2.5% Arab, 2.2% Chinese, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.0% South Asian
- Religions: (2001) 80.9% Catholic, 3.1% Protestant, 2.2% Muslim, 1.4% Buddhist, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 9.4% No religion
- Average income: $20,781
:According to the 2016 Canadian census
- Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 75.8% French, 4.1% Spanish, 3.7% Arabic, 3.6% English, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.4% Italian, 1.1% Creole languages, 1.1% Vietnamese, 0.9% Kabyle, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Romanian, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Ukrainian, 0.3% Greek, 0.2% Khmer, 0.2% Farsi, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Lingala
History
The electoral district of Hochelaga was created in 1867 covering the entire eastern part of the Island of Montreal. In 1976, it was renamed "Sainte-Marie". In 1981, it was renamed "Montreal—Sainte-Marie".
The riding was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Rosemont ridings.
Hochelaga riding was recreated in 2003 from parts of Hochelaga—Maisonneuve and Laurier—Sainte-Marie ridings.
This riding lost territory to Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, and gained territory from La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est. The boundary with Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel along Rue Bélanger was moved to the borough boundary between Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie and Saint-Léonard. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Liberal ||align=right| 18,586 ||align=right| 38.43
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| Bloc Québécois ||align=right| 15,192 ||align=right| 31.42
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 9,808 ||align=right| 20.28
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| Conservative ||align=right| 2,276 ||align=right| 4.71
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| People's ||align=right| 1,100 ||align=right| 2.27
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| Green ||align=right| 965 ||align=right| 2.00
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| Rhinoceros ||align=right| 238 ||align=right| 0.49
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| Communist ||align=right| 108 ||align=right| 0.22
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| Marxist-Leninist ||align=right| 84 ||align=right| 0.17
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| colspan="2" | Total valid votes ||align=right| 48,357 ||align=right| 98.21
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| colspan="2" | Rejected ballots ||align=right| 882 ||align=right| 1.79
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| colspan="2" | Registered voters/ estimated turnout ||align=right| 80,228 ||align=right| 61.37
|}
Hochelaga, 2004–present
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 22,425 ||align=right| 47.48
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| Bloc Québécois ||align=right| 14,528 ||align=right| 30.76
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| Liberal ||align=right| 5,542 ||align=right| 11.73
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| Conservative ||align=right| 3,402 ||align=right| 7.20
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| Green ||align=right| 788 ||align=right| 1.67
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| Others ||align=right| 546 ||align=right| 1.16
|}
Montreal—Sainte-Marie, 1984–1988
Sainte-Marie, 1979–1984
Hochelaga, 1867–1979
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| style="width: 160px"|Nationalist
|Léopold Doyon
|align=right|2,003
|align=right|31.90
|align=right|
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See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
- Hochelaga 1867-1976
- Sainte-Marie 1976-1981
- Montreal—Sainte-Marie 1981-1987
- Hochelaga 2004-present