Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Nicola Di Iorio, the Liberal candidate, won the riding with 28,826 votes (64.7% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Rosannie Filato (NDP-New Democratic Party) with 6,611 votes (14.8%), defeated by a margin of 22,215 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Jean Philippe Fournier (Conservative, 11%) and Steeve Gendron (Bloc Québécois, 7%).
Riding information
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Located in the northeastern quadrant of the Island of Montreal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel spans two densely populated neighbourhoods with deep roots in the city's immigrant communities. Saint-Léonard is historically associated with Montreal's Italian-Canadian population, while Saint-Michel is home to large Haitian, North African, and Latin American communities.
Candidates
Nicola Di Iorio (Liberal) — Born on March 13, 1958, Di Iorio earned a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1981 and also studied at Columbia University. He practised labour and employment law in Montreal for over three decades, including a period with the firm Heenan Blaikie, and was considered one of Quebec's leading specialists in the field. He taught at several Quebec university faculties of law and management. Following a personal tragedy in 2010 when his daughter was seriously injured as a passenger in a car driven by an impaired driver, he championed the Cool Taxi road safety initiative.
Rosannie Filato (NDP) — Filato was a labour lawyer with the United Food and Commercial Workers union. She ran an active grassroots campaign in the riding's neighbourhoods.
Jean Philippe Fournier (Conservative) — Fournier stood as the Conservative candidate in a riding where the party had limited support.
Steeve Gendron (Bloc Québécois) — Gendron represented the Bloc in a riding where the party faced an uphill battle against the dominant Liberals.
About the Riding
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel had been a Liberal stronghold since 1976. The outgoing member, Massimo Pacetti, had represented the riding since 2002 but was suspended from the Liberal caucus in November 2014 and announced in March 2015 that he would not seek re-election. The riding includes one of the highest concentrations of Italian Canadians in Montreal alongside growing populations from the Maghreb, Haiti, and South Asia. The borough of Saint-Léonard is characterized by its brick duplexes and triplexes, backyard gardens, and Italian cafés and pastry shops. Saint-Michel, to the north, includes the former Miron quarry site and a more socioeconomically diverse population. Immigrant settlement, affordable housing, and access to public services were key local concerns heading into the election.
