Mount Royal (electoral district)

Mount Royal
Quebec electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Anthony Housefather
Liberal
District created1924
First contested1925
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]103,320
Electors (2019)73,163
Area (km²)[2]23
Pop. density (per km²)4,492.2
Census divisionMontreal
Census subdivision(s)Montreal (part), Côte Saint-Luc, Mont Royal, Hampstead

Mount Royal (French: Mont-Royal, pronounced [mɔ̃ ʁwajal]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888.

The Liberals have held the riding continuously since 1940, and have only been seriously threatened three times since then—in 1958, 1984 and 2011, however the Conservatives are stronger here than in other Montreal area ridings due to Jewish-Canadian voters swinging right in the 21st century.

Its best-known MP is former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who represented the riding from 1965 to 1984. Its current MP, Anthony Housefather, was elected on 19 October 2015, garnering 50.3% of the vote,[3] and was profiled as one of 10 rookie MPs to watch in the new parliament.[4] Mr. Housefather has won, since then, three more races, tallying 56.4% of the vote in 2019,[5] 57.7% in 2021,[6] and 51.1% in 2025.[7]

The riding has a large Jewish population, the second-largest in Canada at 21.3 percent behind Thornhill.[8]

Geography

The district includes the City of Côte Saint-Luc, the Towns of Mount Royal and Hampstead, the neighbourhood of Snowdon and the western part of the neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges in the city of Montreal, Quebec.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census[9]

Ethnic groups: 62.1% White, 10.8% Filipino, 6.3% Black, 5.5% South Asian, 3.4% Arab, 3.3% Southeast Asian, 2.9% Chinese, 2.1% Latino, 1.2% West Asian, 2.4% Other
Languages: 33.0% English, 23.8% French, 5.4% Tagalog, 4.2% Russian, 3.5% Arabic, 2.9% Spanish, 2.4% Chinese, 2.2% Romanian, 1.9% Tamil, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.7% Hebrew, 1.7% Yiddish, 1.6% Italian, 1.4% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.2% Persian, 10.1% Other
Religions: 44.4% Christian, 30.7% Jewish, 7.4% Muslim, 2.8% Hindu, 2.1% Buddhist, 0.3% Other, 12.3% None
Median income: $24,313 (2010)
Average income: $48,466 (2010)

According to the 2016 Canadian census
  • 2016 mother tongue languages (top twenty) : 31.5% English, 25.1% French, 5.8% Tagalog. 3.8% Arabic, 3.8% Russian, 2.8% Spanish, 2.2% Farsi, 2.1% Romanian, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Hebrew, 1.5% Tamil, 1.3% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.1% Yiddish, 0.7% Hungarian, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.5% Korean, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Creole languages[10]

History

The electoral district was created in 1924 mostly from Jacques-Cartier, Westmount—Saint-Henri and Laurier—Outremont ridings, with small parts taken from St. Antoine and St. Lawrence—St. George. The electoral district was actually abolished twice since 1924, in 1966 and in 1987; however, the district to replace it kept the same name and incumbent both times. Between the 1935 and 1949 elections, the riding did not contain any of the Town of Mount Royal, and was instead based in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Montreal West.

This riding remained largely intact during the 2012 electoral redistribution, losing a small (uninhabited) territory to Outremont. The riding's English name was eliminated in the redistribution, but was reversed by the Riding Name Change Act, 2014.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the territory south of Boul. Décaire and west of Ch. Côte-Saint-Luc from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount.

Former boundaries

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mount Royal
Riding created from Jacques-Cartier, Laurier—Outremont,
Westmount—St. Henri, St. Antoine and St. Lawrence—St. George
15th  1925–1926     Robert Smeaton White Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940 William Allen Walsh
19th  1940–1945     Fred Whitman Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953 Alan Macnaughton
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Pierre Trudeau
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988 Sheila Finestone
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–1999
 1999–2000 Irwin Cotler
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019 Anthony Housefather
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–present

Election results

2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Housefather25,54451.06−6.35$86,551.70
ConservativeNeil Oberman20,24440.47+16.40$123,088.34
New DemocraticAdam Frank2,3534.70−4.13$5,334.51
Bloc QuébécoisYegor Komarov1,6713.34−0.73$3,221.59
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston2160.43+0.20$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,02898.74–$125,466.16
Total rejected ballots 8711.26
Turnout 49,89964.84
Eligible voters 76,951
Liberal hold Swing +11.38
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote %
  Liberal23,98757.41
  Conservative10,05724.07
  New Democratic3,6898.83
  Bloc Québécois1,7014.07
  Green1,1422.73
  People's1,1072.65
  Others1010.24
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Housefather23,29257.71+1.42$93,203.95
ConservativeFrank Cavallaro9,87124.46-0.47$16,697.71
New DemocraticIbrahim Bruno El-Khoury3,3788.37+0.11$575.63
Bloc QuébécoisYegor Komarov1,5823.92-0.10$2,242.01
GreenClement Badra1,0852.78-2.69$638.61
People'sZachary Lozoff1,0532.61+1.78$0.00
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston960.24+0.04$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,357––$107,092.98
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 56.72-3.69
Eligible voters 71,153
Liberal hold Swing +0.94
Source: Elections Canada[14]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Housefather24,59056.30+5.95$75,605.49
ConservativeDavid Tordjman10,88724.93-12.96$80,742.48
New DemocraticEric-Abel Baland3,6098.26+0.18none listed
GreenClément Badra2,3895.47+3.92$4,397.05
Bloc QuébécoisXavier Levesque1,7574.02+2.12none listed
People'sZachary Lozoff3620.83–$0.00
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston850.19-0.07$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,67998.68
Total rejected ballots 5831.32
Turnout 44,26260.41
Eligible voters 73,273
Liberal hold Swing +9.46
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Housefather24,18750.34+8.93$95,380.32
ConservativeRobert Libman18,20137.88+2.27$157,866.00
New DemocraticMario Jacinto Rimbao3,8848.08-9.77$8,395.91
Bloc QuébécoisJade Bossé-Bélanger9081.90-1.01$198.94
GreenTimothy Landry7471.55-0.20–
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston1240.26-0.02–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,051100.00–$207,183.11
Total rejected ballots 4250.88––
Turnout 48,47665.18+7.54–
Eligible voters 74,374–––
Liberal hold Swing +6.66
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalIrwin Cotler16,15141.41-14.24–
ConservativeSaulie Zajdel13,89135.61+8.28–
New DemocraticJeff Itcush6,96317.85+10.13–
Bloc QuébécoisGabriel Dumais1,1362.91-1.45–
GreenBrian Sarwer-Foner6831.75-2.67–
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston1090.28+0.01–
IndependentAbraham Weizfeld740.19––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,007100.00––
Total rejected ballots 3120.79+0.04–
Turnout 39,31957.64+5.34–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalIrwin Cotler19,70255.65-9.90$70,302
ConservativeRafael Tzoubari9,67627.33+9.43$63,120
New DemocraticNicolas Thibodeau2,7337.72+1.02$3,089
GreenTyrell Alexander1,5654.42+0.57$600
Bloc QuébécoisMaryse Lavallée1,5434.36-1.35$6,931
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston970.27-0.02
CommunistAntonio Artuso890.25–$907
Total valid votes/Expense limit 35,405100.00–$80,838
Total rejected ballots 2680.75+0.06–
Turnout 35,67352.30-0.51–
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalIrwin Cotler24,24865.55-10.13$66,099
ConservativeNeil Martin Drabkin6,62117.90+9.27$41,404
New DemocraticNicolas Thibodeau2,4796.70+1.79$2,810
Bloc QuébécoisGuillaume Dussault2,1125.71-1.25$8,542
GreenDamien Pichereau1,4233.85+1.09
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston1060.29+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,989100.00–$75,740
Total rejected ballots 2410.65-0.18–
Turnout 37,23052.81-0.59–
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalIrwin Cotler28,67075.68-5.56$79,191
ConservativeMatthew Fireman3,2718.63-1.02$16,501
Bloc QuébécoisVincent Gagnon2,6366.96+2.69$5,960
New DemocraticSébastien Beaudet1,8594.91+2.37$2,199
GreenAdam Sommerfeld1,0462.76+1.09
MarijuanaAdam Greenblatt3080.81–
Marxist–LeninistDiane Johnston940.25–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,884100.00–$74,792
Total rejected ballots 3170.83––
Turnout 38,20153.40––

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrwin Cotler33,11881.24-10.74
Progressive ConservativeStephane Gelgoot2,4896.11+2.34
Bloc QuébécoisJean-Sebastien Houle1,7404.27+2.03
AllianceAlex Gabanski1,4443.54
New DemocraticMaria Pia Chávez1,0342.54+0.52
GreenJean-Claude Balu6811.67
CommunistJudith Chafoya1400.34
Natural LawEna Kahn1220.30
Total valid votes 40,768100.00–
Canadian federal by-election, 15 November 1999
Resignation of Sheila Finestone
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrwin Cotler15,82091.98+29.72
Progressive ConservativeNoel Earl Alexander6483.77-6.58
Bloc QuébécoisMathieu Alarie3852.24-1.86
New DemocraticSerge Granger3472.02+0.02
Total valid votes 17,200100.00–

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSheila Finestone30,11562.26-20.68
IndependentHoward Galganov10,09020.86
Progressive ConservativeCarolyn Steinman5,00610.35+4.57
Bloc QuébécoisJacques Thibaudeau1,9814.10-2.86
New DemocraticAdam Giambrone9662.00+0.33
Natural LawEna Kahn2110.44-0.21
Total valid votes 48,369100.00–
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSheila Finestone39,59882.94+23.09
Bloc QuébécoisGuillaume Dumas3,3246.96
Progressive ConservativeNeil Drabkin2,7585.78-26.17
New DemocraticMichael Richard Werbowski7961.67-3.70
IndependentHarry Polansky5371.12
Natural LawKen Matthews3120.65
NationalKurtis Law3000.63
Commonwealth of CanadaGeorges Duchesnay710.15-0.09
AbolitionistMarie Vienneau470.10
Total valid votes 47,743100.00–
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSheila Finestone27,35459.85+12.38
Progressive ConservativeRobert Presser14,60131.95-7.14
New DemocraticTariq Alvi2,4555.37-4.52
RhinocerosLady Be Ann Poulin5121.12-0.50
GreenDaniel Reicher4380.96
IndependentBarry Goodman1650.36
Commonwealth of CanadaPaul G. Fraleigh1080.24+0.07
IndependentAbe Rosner680.15
Total valid votes 45,701100.00–
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSheila Finestone22,71647.47-33.76
Progressive ConservativeSharon Wolfe18,70739.09+28.52
New DemocraticNancy Pearson4,7359.89+4.23
RhinocerosClaude Parachute Racine7761.62-0.10
Parti nationalisteAndré Daoust3920.82
LibertarianVictor Lévis3380.71+0.41
IndependentMark Sholzberg1100.23
Commonwealth of CanadaGuy R. Huard800.17
Total valid votes 47,854100.00–
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau33,82181.23-3.9
Progressive ConservativeHarry Bloomfield4,40210.57+3.4
New DemocraticDavid C. Winch2,3565.66+1.7
RhinocerosMichel Flybin Rivard7151.72+0.4
IndependentGordon Edwards1490.36
LibertarianEddie Paul1260.30
Marxist–LeninistLiz Watkins680.16+0.0
Total valid votes 41,637100.00–
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau43,20285.2+10.2
Progressive ConservativeJ. David Dejong3,6607.2-6.1
New DemocraticDavid C. Winch2,0234.0-5.8
Social CreditLaflèche Trudeau1,0492.11.1
RhinocerosJacques Ferron6491.3
CommunistDavid G. Johnston810.2
Marxist–LeninistRobert Verrier610.1-0.3
Total valid votes 50,725100.0–
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau32,16675.0-5.6
Progressive ConservativeÉmile Mashaal5,72313.3+3.6
New DemocraticJoe Rabinovitch4,2149.8+2.7
Social CreditBertrand Marcil4141.0-0.4
IndependentEdward J. Sommer2110.5
Marxist–LeninistRobert A. Cruise1620.4+0.2
Total valid votes 42,890100.0–
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau36,87580.6-10.1
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Albert Brichant4,4469.7+5.0
New DemocraticHarry Yudin3,2747.2+3.3
Social CreditAlexander O. Bronstein6251.4+1.2
IndependentGaston Miron4330.9
IndependentRobert A. Cruise800.2
Total valid votes 45,733100.0–

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau37,40290.8+35.1
Progressive ConservativeHuguette Marleau1,9654.8-8.8
New DemocraticJussy Brainin1,5833.8-25.8
IndependentWalter Gallagher1820.4
Ralliement créditisteMichel Lamonde800.2-1.0
Total valid votes 41,212100.0–
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPierre Trudeau28,06455.6-14.7
New DemocraticCharles Taylor14,92929.6+13.1
Progressive ConservativePeter S. Wise6,84013.6+2.9
Ralliement créditisteMichel Smith5981.2-1.3
Total valid votes 50,431100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton37,64870.4+7.3
New DemocraticCharles Taylor8,85516.5+3.8
Progressive ConservativeThomas Joseph Coonan5,69310.6-12.0
Social CreditAustin G. Gordon1,3182.5+0.8
Total valid votes 53,514100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton31,65463.0+14.6
Progressive ConservativeStanley Shenkman11,35222.6-24.7
New DemocraticCharles Taylor6,38812.7+8.4
Social CreditHenri-J. Bernard8451.7
Total valid votes 50,239100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton22,05148.4-12.0
Progressive ConservativeReginald J. Dawson21,56247.3+11.4
Co-operative CommonwealthHarold Atwill1,9524.3+0.6
Total valid votes 45,565100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton23,33060.4-1.2
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Brown13,86135.9+2.0
Co-operative CommonwealthHarold Atwill1,4203.7+1.9
Total valid votes 38,611100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton17,18361.7-2.2
Progressive ConservativeDudley Holden Kerr9,46033.9-0.1
Labor–ProgressiveNorman Nerenberg7272.6
Co-operative CommonwealthRoss Worrall5001.8-0.3
Total valid votes 27,870100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAlan Macnaughton21,65463.8
Progressive ConservativeEarle Moore11,55034.0
Co-operative CommonwealthRoss Edward Worrall7192.1
Total valid votes 33,923100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrederick Primrose Whitman20,92546.76-9.72
Progressive ConservativeSt. Clair Holland17,79839.77+1.89
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Stanley Allen3,6088.06+2.42
Independent PCGilbert Layton1,2702.84
Labor–ProgressiveBeryl Truax1,1472.56
Total valid votes 44,748100.0
Liberal hold Swing -5.80

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrederick Primrose Whitman19,85856.48+19.96
National GovernmentWilliam Allen Walsh13,31937.88-11.57
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Stanley Allen1,9835.64+1.14
Total valid votes 35,160100.0
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.76

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Allen Walsh16,20349.44-26.01
LiberalAdam Kirk Cameron11,96736.52+11.98
ReconstructionClifford Henry Cheasley2,7828.49
Co-operative CommonwealthLloyd B. Almond1,4734.50
IndependentThomas Henry Carveth3431.05
Total valid votes 32,768100.0
Conservative hold Swing -18.99
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeRobert Smeaton White19,93275.46-0.55
LiberalOctavia Grace Ritchie England6,48324.54+0.55
Total valid votes 26,415100.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.55
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeRobert Smeaton White14,24976.00+6.33
LiberalThomas Henry Carveth4,49924.00
Total valid votes 18,748100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeRobert Smeaton White16,37769.67
Independent LiberalRobert Louis Calder7,12930.33
Total valid votes 23,506100.0

See also

References

  • "Mount Royal (electoral district) (Code 24044) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  3. ↑ "Quebec / Mount Royal". Elections Canada. 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nearly 200 rookie MPs were elected on Monday. Here's who to watch". National Post. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de. "Tableau de bord des résultats électoraux de Radio-Canada". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de. "Résultats | Élections Canada 2020". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de. "Résultats élections fédérales 2025 | Info". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Statistics Canada: Estimation of the Jewish Population". Elections Canada. 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". 8 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". 2 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  17. ↑ Elections Canada – Election Results, 22 October 2015
  18. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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