Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Quebec) 5/338

 Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Quebec)

Today, we're exploring our first metropolitan riding, Ahuntsic-Cartierville!

 

Ahuntsic-Cartierville has been in place as a riding since the 2012 electoral redistribution from 80% of the Ahuntsic riding and 20% of the Saint-Laurent-Cartierville. The riding contains virtually all of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, barring the Sault-au-Récollet neighbourhood. It is the 23rd smallest electoral riding by size, but contains 117,447 people as of the 2016 Census. 

Politically, it has become more Liberal since the 2015 federal election. From the 2011 redistribution results, it was a tight three-way race between the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois, and the NDP. In 2015, the Liberals gained a swing of over 15 points to win with a 16.8 margin over the NDP. The riding is represented by Liberal MP, Melanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages. 

Historically, the Ahuntsic riding has been competitive between the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberal Party. From 2006-2015, the riding was represented by Bloc MP Maria Mourani who was ousted from the party in 2013 and sat as an independent and ran as an NDP candidate in 2015. During her three successful elections, she never won more than 40% of the vote. The seat was 59/78 in Quebec and 258/338 in Canada.

Rating:

Name: 8.9/10 - Not much to say here, it does encapsulate virtually an entire borough with that name. I'm not too familiar with Montreal or Quebec in general so I don't know how to make it better.

Shape: 7.4/10 - Like above, it does encapsulate an entire neighbourhood, but the west side where Boulevard Toupin juts out of the Saint-Laurent riding seems a little gross to me. 

Individuality: 5.6/10 - Get familiar with this story: Montreal riding, Competitive between Bloc/Liberals/NDP, 2015: Liberal swing-2019: NDP falls out of race, margin gets wider for Liberals and Bloc Quebecois. 

Total: 21.9/30 (73%)

Join us tomorrow with our first of 121 Ontario ridings, Ajax!