Bourassa (provincial electoral district)
Bourassa is a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada.
| Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
| District created | 1965 |
| District abolished | 2001 |
| First contested | 1966 |
| Last contested | 1998 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Montreal (part) |
| Census subdivision(s) | Montreal (part) |
It included part of the city and later borough of Montréal-Nord.
It was created for the 1966 election from part of Bourget electoral district. Its last election was in 1998. It disappeared in the 2003 election. Its successor electoral districts were Bourassa-Sauvé (formed by merging part of Bourassa with all of Sauvé electoral district) and Crémazie.
It was named after nationalist politician Henri Bourassa, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1907 to 1912 and also served in the House of Commons of Canada.
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