The Visible Minority, Immigrant, And Bilingual Composition of Ridings and Party Support in the Canadian Federal Election of 2004 (1)‪.‬

ABSTRACT/RESUME Analysis of results among Canada's 308 electoral districts reveals that for the federal election of 2004, the visible minority, immigrant, and bilingual composition of ridings had substantial effects on levels of support for the Liberal, Conservative, and New Democratic Parties, as well as for the Bloc Quebecois. Regression analyses at national and regional levels reveal that riding characteristics--percent immigrant, percent visible minority, and percent bilingual--have impacts on party support that persist when social class composition, measured by average family income and percent with university degrees, is taken into account. The implications of these findings for the 2006 federal election are also discussed.