Bourassa (Quebec) 29/338

 Bourassa (Quebec)

Today we're in Montreal again with Bourassa!

Bourassa as a riding has existed since 1968. It contains the borough of Montréal-Nord (84,234 in 2016) and the northeastern portion of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough (134,245 in 2016, shared with Ahuntsic-Cartierville). The riding has the highest proportion of Haitian-Canadians in the country, at 17.9% as of 2016.

Politically, this riding has been safe for the Liberals since 1997, when Denis Coderre became the MP, where he stayed until 2013 when he resigned to become the Mayor of Montreal. The only time since 1997 that the Liberals were within a 10 point margin of losing was (predictably) in 2011 when the NDP were within 8 points of taking the riding. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg.

A little background on Dubourg, he, like many of his constituents, is originally from Haiti. He was born in Saint-Marc and moved to Canada in 1974. He taught at various universities before being elected to the Quebec National Assembly, where he stayed for 6 years until he was elected to Parliament in a by-election prompted by Denis Coderre's resignation. In 2019, the riding was 66/78 in Quebec and 277/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 8.6/10 - I like that there's a reason it's named after a person, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa runs through the riding.

Shape: 8.2/10 - I also really like the minimal corners and the following the streets as well.

Individuality: 6.2/10 - Pretty par for the course in terms of Montreal ridings, but I do like that a riding named after a Quebec nationalist hasn't elected a Quebec nationalist since 1993.

Total: 23/30 (76.7%)

See you tomorrow in Bow River!