Spotlight on Montreal ridings: Mount Royal

The home riding of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Mount Royal has long been a Liberal stronghold.

But the opening created by the departure of longtime MP Irwin Cotler may just be large enough for contenders to squeeze through.

It is seen as a vulnerable enough target that Conservative Leader Stephen Harper made his first official campaign stop there shortly after the election was called.

• Voter's Voice in Mount Royal
• 5 reasons Stephen Harper started his campaign in Mont-Royal
• RobertLibman, AnthonyHousefatherface off in federal riding of Mount Royal

Robert Libman, a well-known English-language rights activist and former MNA, won the conservative nomination in April. He'll try and take the riding from the hands of the Liberal's new candidate, who is also no stranger to residents of the riding.

Anthony Housefather, the current mayor of Cte Saint-Luc, has been tasked with keeping the riding red.

The NDP is putting its faith in candidateMario Jacinto Rimbao, a fleet operator and a longtime basketball coach and volunteer in the riding's substantial Filipino community.

• See a larger version of the riding map here

Riding History

• Established in 1924.
• Liberal since 1940.
• One per cent of the riding was merged intoOutremont in 1996, but the boundaries have remained the same since.

Riding snapshot

Population: 101,260 (2011 Census)

Mother tongue: English (33 per cent), French (23.8 per cent), non-official languages (43.2 per cent, largest linguistic groups are Filipino, Arabic,Russian,Romanianand Spanish)

Average householdincome: $118,558 (2011 National Household Survey)

Results last election

Liberal: 16,151
Conservative: 13,891
NDP: 6,963
Bloc Qubcois: 1,136
Green Party: 683
Marxist-Leninist: 109
Independent: 74

Candidates 2015

• Jade Boss Blanger, Bloc Qubcois
• RobertLibmanConservative Party of Canada
• TimothyLandry,Green Party of Canada
• Anthony Housefather Liberal Party of Canada
• Diane Johnston Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
• Mario Jacinto Rimbao New Democratic Party