Montarville (Quebec) 190/338

 Montarville (Quebec)

Today we're back with Montarville!

Montarville has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert and Verchères—Les Patriotes. The population of the riding was 100,515 in 2021. The riding contains the communities of Sainte-Julie (30,045 in 2021), Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (26,273 in 2021), and part of Longueuil. 

Politically, this seat has been perceptive to the several waves Quebec has seen in recent years (NDP 2011, Liberal 2015, Bloc 2019). Throughout much of the Montérégie east of Longueuil, the Liberals haven't been competitive since 2015, however the communities of Longueuil and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville keep them competitive in this riding. This seat is currently held by Bloc MP Stéphane Bergeron.

This isn't the first time Stéphane Bergeron has been in the House of Commons. Starting in 1993, he represented a riding immediately north of this one until his resignation in November of 2005. He won a by-election for the equivalent provincial riding in 2005, representing Verchères until 2018, when he lost by 827 votes, performing the best amongst losing PQ candidates. In 2019, this seat was 21/78 in Quebec and 70/338 in Canada.

The name is great, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is a pretty central and large community. The shape is interesting, municipal boundaries are the reason we have the fun little appendages around the borders. As for individuality, I'm surprised the Liberals are still competitive, but the Longueuil is quite Liberal.

Tomorrow we'll be north of Montreal in Montcalm!