“Citizens of the Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques provincial riding have started a petition and demonstrated Sunday to stop their district from being eliminated before the next election.”

A citizens’ movement is gaining ground against the decisions made by the Commission de la représentation électorale to remove Saint-Marie-Saint-Jacques riding from the electoral map.

Similarly, the Westmount-Saint-Louis riding might also me disappearing in order to form two new ridings, Ville Marie, with the Centre-sud district, and Westmount-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. That decision was denounced by the QCGN since it will not provide effective representation for the natural community of Westmount.

Read the article in the Montreal Gazette