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 Longueuil—Saint-Hubert (Quebec)

Today we're in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert!

Longueuil—Saint-Hubert has existed as a riding since 1952, receiving its current name and shape in 2012. The population of the riding was 115,082 in 2021. The riding is in the city of Longueuil (254,483 in 2021) and contains part of the borough of Saint-Hubert as well as Old Longueuil (not defined, but it is within this riding).

Politically, this seat has, again, followed most of the Quebec historical trends. As such, despite the Liberals being within five points the past three elections (and less than 1,000 votes in 2015), they haven't won the seat since 1980. The seat is currently held by Bloc MP Denis Trudel.

Pierre Nantel. Where do we start? Pierre was swept up in the Orange Wave of 2011, beating incumbent Bloc MP Jean Dorion. He held on in 2015 by just 703 votes, beating out the Liberals and Bloc who were both within four points. He was dropped from NDP caucus following revelations that he had been in private talks to run for another political party in the 2019 federal election, which turned out to be the Green Party of Canada. He didn't win, but still performed better than Greens had typically done in the province. Nantel is running for the Parti Québécois in the upcoming Marie-Victorin by-election. In 2019, this seat was 14/78 in Quebec and 43/338 in Canada by margin.

The name is good, Saint-Hubert isn't entirely in this riding, but that's not the end of the world. The shape is also okay, the lines are clean and make sense. As for individuality, not super individual, but I'll throw it a bone for Pierre Nantel alone.

Tomorrow we'll be back in Quebec City with Louis-Hébert!