Spotlight on Montreal ridings: Honor-Mercier

Honor-Mercier was another riding caught up in the NDP's victorious sweep of Quebec in 2011, although the incumbent Liberal candidate wasn't far behind the New Democrat who beat him.

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Pablo Rodriguez, who represented the riding as a Liberal MP from 2004 to 2011, is running again inHonor-Mercier this election and will attempt to unseat the NDP incumbent,Paulina Ayala.

Ayala, a history teacher, beat Rodriquez by 2,900 votes.

The Bloc Qubcois,which finished third in2011, hasnominatedAudrey Beausjour as its candidate.Beausjour, an administrative assistant, also ran for the Parti Qubcoisin the last provincial election in theMont Royal riding.

The Conservative candidate is financial managerGuyCroteau.

The riding covers anindustrial area and a bedroom community in the northeastern part of Montral. Itincludes the borough of Anjou, part of the borough of Rivire-des-PrairiesPointe-aux-Tremblesand part of the borough of MercierHochelaga-Maisonneuve.

In the 2013 redistribution, the riding'ssouthwestern boundary was extended, and some areas were gained from what was Bourassa.

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Riding History

• Since 1998, various incarnations of the riding have elected Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Bloc and NDP MPs.
• Liberals had dominated the ridingfor more than a decadeuntil the incumbent was unseated in 2011.

Riding snapshot

Population: 102,590 (2011 Census)

Mother tongue: French (52.8 per cent),English (7.8 per cent),non-official languages (39.4 per cent;largest linguistic groups are Italian, Arabic, Creole and Spanish)

Average household income: $76,648(2011 National Household Survey)

Results last election

NDP17,545
Liberal 14,645
Bloc Qubcois8,950
Conservative5,949
Green Party822
Rhinoceros Party186
Marxist-Leninist178

Candidates 2015

• Audrey Beausjour, Bloc Qubcois
• Guy Croteau, Conservative Party of Canada
• Dayana Dejean, Forces et Dmocratie
• Angela Budilean, Green Party of Canada
• Pablo Rodriguez, Liberal Party of Canada
• Yves Le Seigle, Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
• Paulina Ayala, New Democratic Party

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