Tom Mulcair elected for NDP in Outremont

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair was able to hold on to his own seat in the Montreal riding of Outremont, but he's reeling from a major loss in a province that was painted orange by his party four years ago.

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Going into election night, pollster ric Grenier had projected the Liberals had a shot at snapping up Outremont.

However,Mulcaircame out victorious in the end, beating Liberal candidate Rachel Bendayan by4,368 votes.

Riding Background

Mulcair first wrested the central Montreal riding from the Liberals in a 2007by-electionwithmore than 12,000 votes.

The Liberals have held the seat almost continuously since 1935, losing only once before: to the Progressive Conservatives in 1988. Mulcair's byelection victory marked the first time the federal NDP had won a seat in Quebec since 1990.

Conservative candidateRodolpheHusny, whocame in third in 2011, is an accountant by trade who works for theMinistry of International Trade.

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Candidates 2015

• RogerGallandBarou,BlocQubcois
• AdrienWelsh, Communist Party of Canada
• RodolpheHusny,Conservative Party of Canada
• AmaraDiallo,Green Party of Canada
• RachelBendayan,Liberal Party of Canada
• FrancisPouliot,Libertarian Party of Canada
• ThomasMulcair,New Democratic Party

Riding History

• Liberal until 2007 byelection NDP since.
• In 2013 redistribution, the NDP took 55.68 per cent of the vote. the Liberalstook 21.62 per cent, and the Bloc Qubcois took 11.60 per cent.

Riding snapshot

Population: 100,915(2011 Census)

Mother tongue: French (47.9 per cent),English (16.5per cent),non-official languages (35.6 per cent;largest linguistic groups areArabic, Yiddish, Spanish andPortuguese)

Average household income: $90,612(2011 National Household Survey)

Results last election

NDP 21,916
Liberal 9,204
Conservative3,408
BlocQubcois3,199
Green841
Rhinoceros163
Communist143