LaSalle—Émard
 Quebec electoral district
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LaSalle—Émard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1987 |
| District abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 99,845 |
| Electors (2011) | 74,505 |
| Area (km²) | 20.22 |
| Census divisions | Montreal |
| Census subdivisions | Montreal |
LaSalle—Émard was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. The MP from 1988 to 2008 was Paul Martin, who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. As part of redistribution begun in 2012 the riding is now known by its current name and boundaries of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle.
The district included the borough of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings were Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.
Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was quite Liberal, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.
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