The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 24031Quebec
La Pointe-de-l'Île
La Pointe-de-l'Île is a federal riding in Quebec. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois, first elected to the House in 2015) represents La Pointe-de-l'Île. Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois) held La Pointe-de-l'Île for the Bloc Québécois in the 2025 election by 2,889 votes (5.4 points), with 43.1% of the vote. Viviane Minko (Liberal) was second with 37.7%, on a turnout of 65.0% of 83,342 electors. Member as of .
Who represents La Pointe-de-l'Île
Mario Beaulieu
Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île
Bloc Québécois
MP since · 4 terms
- Official Languages committee
- Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair, Official Languages committee
241 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1.
The 2025 result: Bloc Québécois hold
Share of the valid votes by candidate, La Pointe-de-l'Île, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Beaulieu | Bloc Québécois | 22,940 | 43.1% |
| Viviane Minko | Liberal | 20,051 | 37.7% |
| Violetta Potapova | Conservative | 6,781 | 12.7% |
| Ghada Chaabi | New Democratic | 2,279 | 4.3% |
| Olivier Huard | Green | 977 | 1.8% |
| Other (1) | 181 | 0.3% |
Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois) won La Pointe-de-l'Île on with 22,940 votes, 43.1% of the 53,209 valid votes. Viviane Minko (Liberal) was second with 20,051 (37.7%), 2,889 votes and 5.4 points behind.
Of the 53,209 valid votes, Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois) took 43.1%, Viviane Minko (Liberal) 37.7%, Violetta Potapova (Conservative) 12.7%, Ghada Chaabi (New Democratic) 4.3% and Olivier Huard (Green) 1.8%; one other candidate took 0.3%. Turnout was 65.0% of 83,342 electors: 54,196 ballots cast, 53,209 of them valid, for 6 candidates.
Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Bloc Québécois are down 2.5 (45.6% to 43.1%), the Liberals up 6.1 (31.6% to 37.7%), the Conservatives up 6.1 (6.6% to 12.7%) and the New Democrats down 5.2 (9.5% to 4.3%), in points of the valid votes.
2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.
Since 2004: usually Bloc
The party first in La Pointe-de-l'Île at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries
- 2004Bloc Québécois63.0%by 36.9 points over the Liberals
- 2006Bloc Québécois57.0%by 39.7 points over the Liberals
- 2008Bloc Québécois52.3%by 32.6 points over the Liberals
- 2011changed handsNew Democratic46.7%by 16.1 points over the Bloc Québécois
- 2015changed handsBloc Québécois33.6%by 5.0 points over the Liberals
- 2019Bloc Québécois46.8%by 16.4 points over the Liberals
- 2021Bloc Québécois45.6%by 14.0 points over the Liberals
- 2025Bloc Québécois43.1%by 5.4 points over the Liberals
The figures
| Year | First | Share | Second | Margin (pts) | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bloc Québécois | 63.0% | Liberal | 36.9 | carried, our estimate |
| 2006 | Bloc Québécois | 57.0% | Liberal | 39.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2008 | Bloc Québécois | 52.3% | Liberal | 32.6 | carried, our estimate |
| 2011 | New Democratic | 46.7% | Bloc Québécois | 16.1 | carried, our estimate |
| 2015 | Bloc Québécois | 33.6% | Liberal | 5.0 | carried, our estimate |
| 2019 | Bloc Québécois | 46.8% | Liberal | 16.4 | carried, our estimate |
| 2021 | Bloc Québécois | 45.6% | Liberal | 14.0 | transposed by Elections Canada |
| 2025 | Bloc Québécois | 43.1% | Liberal | 5.4 | official result |
The Bloc Québécois were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the NDP were first in 2011. In 2025 the Bloc Québécois took 43.1% of the vote here, 3.9 points below their average of 47.0% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.
On today's boundaries the Bloc Québécois were first here in 2004 (63.0%), 2006 (57.0%), 2008 (52.3%), 2015 (33.6%), 2019 (46.8%), 2021 (45.6%) and 2025 (43.1%) and the NDP in 2011 (46.7%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.
A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.
- 2021 Bloc Québécois · Mario Beaulieu, by 7,327 votes (14.4 pts)
- 2019 Bloc Québécois · Mario Beaulieu, by 9,112 votes (16.4 pts)
- 2015 Bloc Québécois · Mario Beaulieu, by 2,768 votes (5.0 pts)
In the old La Pointe-de-l'Île on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's La Pointe-de-l'Île lived in; Elections Canada's official results.
What kind of place La Pointe-de-l'Île is
- Population
- 110,4852021 census
- Area
- 51km²
- Density
- 2,175people per km²
- Electors
- 83,342on the 2025 lists
- Share of households that own their home is 49.0% — about 69 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest44th lowest of 343
- Median total household income is $67,500 — about 80 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest51st lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 76.4% — about 47.8 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest52nd highest of 343
- Median age is 43.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest118th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.6% — a little lower than the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest140th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 19.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest160th highest of 343
2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's La Pointe-de-l'Île, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old La Pointe-de-l'Île, but it is only 99% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.
IIThe 2025 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Beaulieu | Bloc Québécois | 22,940 | 43.1% | 45.6% | −2.5 |
| Viviane Minko | Liberal | 20,051 | 37.7% | 31.6% | +6.1 |
| Violetta Potapova | Conservative | 6,781 | 12.7% | 6.6% | +6.1 |
| Ghada Chaabi | New Democratic | 2,279 | 4.3% | 9.5% | −5.2 |
| Olivier Huard | Green | 977 | 1.8% | — | +1.8 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Geneviève Royer | Other | 181 | 0.3% |
IIIHow close was it, really
It would have taken 1,445 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Liberal — 2.7% of the 53,209 valid votes, 2.7 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 68.2% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
On election day the Bloc Québécois took 41.7%, the Liberals 36.9%, the Conservatives 14.3%, the New Democrats 4.6% and the Greens 2.1%; in advance and special ballots, 46.1%, 39.3%, 9.4%, 3.6% and 1.3%, in that order.
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, La Pointe-de-l'Île, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Party | Election day | Advance and special | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloc Québécois | 41.7% | 46.1% | +4.4 |
| Liberal | 36.9% | 39.3% | +2.4 |
| Conservative | 14.3% | 9.4% | −4.9 |
| New Democratic | 4.6% | 3.6% | −1.0 |
| Green | 2.1% | 1.3% | −0.8 |