Brossard—La Prairie
 Quebec electoral district
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Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 128,001 |
| Electors (2011) | 91,662 |
| Area (km²) | 168.14 |
| Census divisions | Roussillon RCM |
| Census subdivisions | Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe |
Brossard—La Prairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.
The riding was located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.
The district included the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.
The neighbouring ridings were Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.
The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.
It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.
It was dissolved into the new ridings of La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert for the 2015 election.
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