East Saint Louis

East Saint Louis, city (1990 pop. 40,944), St. Clair co., SW Ill., on the Mississippi River opposite St. Louis; inc. 1859. Once a rail and transportation hub with stockyards and warehouses, East St. Louis has suffered serious economic decline; in 1994 Illinois took over operation of the city government. Oil refining, steel, chemicals, glass, and construction materials have all been important industries, but unemployment, population loss, and social problems have wracked the city since the 1960s. A riverboat gambling casino is now a major employer. The first settlement here was in 1765. Cahokia Creek was bridged in 1795, and a ferry across the Mississippi began operation shortly thereafter. East St. Louis was plagued by devastating floods until its first dike was completed in 1909. Just northeast are the Cahokia Mounds.

Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1987 from Lachine and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East ridings. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 and redistributed between Lac-Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine ridings. Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis consisted of the City of Dorval, and the towns of Beaconsfield, Ile-Dorval, Lachine and Pointe-Claire.

Electoral history

|- |Progressive Conservative |LAYTON, Bob |align="right"|25,870 |Liberal |DRURY, Victor |align="right"|25,136 |New Democratic Party |UDVARHELY, Val |align="right"|4,518 |Green |PAXTON, Marilyn K. |align="right"|858 |Libertarian |FORD, Neal |align="right"|325 |No affiliation |DAVIGNON, André |align="right"|227 |Commonwealth |FORTIER, Catherine |align="right"|102 |}

|- |Liberal |LINCOLN, Clifford |align="right"|39,714 |Bloc Québécois |AMYOT, Guy |align="right"|12,012 |Progressive Conservative |DI TOMASO, Nick |align="right"|4,720 |New Democratic Party |UDVARHELY, Val |align="right"|829 |Independent |SHAW, Bill |align="right"|612 |Natural Law |BESSETTE, Ronald |align="right"|551 |Libertarian |WIEBE, Jim |align="right"|194 |Commonwealth |BROSSEAU, Claude |align="right"|176 |Abolitionist |ROBINSON, Michael |align="right"|85 |}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament