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Jacques-Cartier (provincial electoral district)

Jacques-Cartier
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Geoffrey Kelley
Liberal
District created 1867
First contested 1867
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2006) 59,416
Electors (2014) 43,861
Area (km²) 96.7
Pop. density (per km²) 614.4
Census divisions Montreal
Census subdivisions Baie-D'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Pointe-Claire, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville

Jacques-Cartier is an electoral district in the West Island of Montreal, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an Anglophone majority.

Named after Jacques Cartier, the district existed in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada), and its present incarnation dates from the 1867 election.

In 2011 district boundaries were redrawn so that part of Kirkland was transferred to Nelligan, in exchange for Senneville.

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Coordinates: 45°25′30″N 73°52′55″W / 45.425°N 73.882°W / 45.425; -73.882


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