, ) is an on-island suburb in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the island of Montreal. Montreal-Est has been home to many large oil refineries since 1915.
History
The formation of Montréal-Est as a municipality was initiated in 1910 by businessman Joseph Versailles, who had bought of land there. The town was incorporated on 4 June 1910 under the name Montreal East, when it separated from Pointe-aux-Trembles and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies. Versailles was mayor of the town until his death in 1931.
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|+Home language (2021)
! Language
! Population
! Percentage
|-
| French
| 3,685
| 87%
|-
| English
| 215
| 5%
|-
| Other languages
| 195
| 5%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
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|+Mother tongue (2021)
- Petro-Canada Montreal Refinery : 160,000 bpd
- Gulf Canada/Kemtec/Coastal Canada Montreal East Refinery <!-- I don't know about a third refinery -->: 65,000 bpd
Total production: 386,000 bpd
Local government
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|+Montréal-Est federal election results
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Conservative
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Bloc Québécois
! colspan="2" scope="col" | New Democratic
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Green
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: |
! 2021
| | 29%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 487
| | 8%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 131
| | 49%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 834
| | 9%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 151
| | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 0
|-
! 2019
| | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 438
| | 14%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 260
| | 47%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 841
| | 10%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 178
| | 4%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 63
|-
|}
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|+Montréal-Est provincial election results
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | CAQ
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Liberal
! colspan="2" scope="col" | QC solidaire
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Parti Québécois
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: |
! 2018
| | 35%
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| 597
| | 12%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 202
| | 18%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| 304
| | 33%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 569
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: |
! 2014
| | 25%
| style="text-align:right; background:#1E90FF;"| 449
| | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 395
| | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#FF8040;"| 133
| | 43%
| style="text-align:right; background:#87CEFA;"| 757
|-
|}
Montréal-Est forms part of the federal electoral district of La Pointe-de-l'Île and has been represented by Mario Beaulieu of the Bloc Québécois since 2015. Provincially, Montréal-Est is part of the Pointe-aux-Trembles electoral district and is represented by Chantal Rouleau of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
List of former mayors:
- Joseph Versailles (1910–1931)
- Adélard Rivet (1931)
- Albert Berthiaume (1931–1933)
- J.-A. Napoléon Courtemanche (1933–1952)
- Joseph-Émile-Roland MacDuff (1952–1962)
- Édouard Rivet (1962–1982)
- Yvon Labrosse (1982–2002, 2006–2009)
- Robert Coutu (2009–2021)
- Anne St-Laurent (2021–present)
Attractions
The Dufresne-Nincheri Museum, a historic building in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, has the mission to preserve, study, and influence the history and heritage of Montréal-Est (East Montreal). It was originally named the Château Dufresne Museum.
Transportation
Montréal-Est is served by Notre-Dame Street and Sherbrooke Street, which run east-west through large portions of the Island of Montreal.
Montréal-Est joined Westmount as the only Montreal island municipalities to refuse to adopt the name of Boulevard René-Lévesque for their portion of the major east-west street, Dorchester. To this day, the street is called Rue Dorchester in Montréal-Est.
Notable people
- Roméo Dallaire, Lieutenant-General (retired), Canadian senator, author
- Michel Plasse, professional hockey player (1948–2006)