Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)
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- For the river channel, see Rivière des Mille-Îles
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[2] | 104,211 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 77,006 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 112.83 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 923.6 | ||
| Census divisions | |||
| Census subdivisions | Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | ||
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (formerly known as Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
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[edit] Geography
This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.
The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Laval, Laval—Les Îles, and Pierrefonds—Dollard.
[edit] History
It was created in 1996 as "Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse" riding from parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes riding.
It was renamed "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles" in 1998.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Gilles Perron | Bloc Québécois | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Luc Desnoyers | Bloc Québécois | |
| 41st | 2011–present | Laurin Liu | New Democratic | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | Laurin Liu | 25,639 | 49.2 | +35.9 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Desnoyers | 14,873 | 28.5 | -16.8 | ||
| Liberal | Denis Joanette | 5,300 | 10.2 | -7.2 | ||
| Conservative | Lucie Leblanc | 5,057 | 9.7 | -9.8 | ||
| Green | Gilles Bisson | 1,229 | 2.4 | -1.8 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,098 | 100.0 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 973 | 1.8 | – | |||
| Turnout | 53,071 | 66.8 | – | |||
| Eligible voters | 79,428 | – | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Desnoyers | 23,216 | 45.7 | -8.2 | $52,131 | |
| Conservative | Claude Carignan | 9,911 | 19.5 | -1.4 | $81,773 | |
| Liberal | Denis Joannette | 8,823 | 17.4 | +4.6 | $15,359 | |
| New Democratic | Normand Beaudet | 6,741 | 13.3 | +6.3 | $1,453 | |
| Green | Marie Martine Bédard | 2,134 | 4.2 | -1.2 | $3,053 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,825 | 100.0 | $83,475 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles A. Perron | 26,272 | 53.9 | -7.5 | $28,133 | |
| Conservative | Érick Gauthier | 10,173 | 20.9 | +14.2 | $5,917 | |
| Liberal | Robert Frégeau | 6,239 | 12.8 | -11.4 | $30,097 | |
| New Democratic | Francis Chartrand | 3,418 | 7.0 | +3.6 | $1,522 | |
| Green | Marie Martine Bédard | 2,643 | 5.4 | +1.1 | $1,860 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,745 | 100.0 | $76,468 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles A. Perron | 27,993 | 61.4 | +12.0 | $36,071 | |
| Liberal | Yolaine Savignac | 11,025 | 24.2 | -10.2 | $36,430 | |
| Conservative | Érick Gauthier | 3,064 | 6.7 | -5.6 | $6,653 | |
| Green | Marie Martine Bédard | 1,961 | 4.3 | +1.8 | $1,319 | |
| New Democratic | Nicolas Du Cap | 1,559 | 3.4 | +2.0 | $411 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,602 | 100.0 | $74,324 | |||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles A. Perron | 26,508 | 49.4 | +3.0 | ||
| Liberal | Robert Fragasso | 18,456 | 34.4 | +5.1 | ||
| Alliance | François Desrochers | 3,677 | 6.9 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jonathan Paquette | 2,935 | 5.5 | -17.1 | ||
| Green | Eric Squire | 1,329 | 2.5 | |||
| New Democratic | Stephane Thinel | 739 | 1.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Total valid votes | 53,644 | 100.0 | ||||
[edit] Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles A. Perron | 25,807 | 46.5 | |||
| Liberal | Yolaine Savignac | 16,280 | 29.3 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Blanchard | 12,522 | 22.5 | |||
| New Democratic | Valérie Kinslow | 947 | 1.7 | |||
| Total valid votes | 55,556 | 100.0 | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "(Code 24057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=24057&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- Riding history for Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
[edit] Notes
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
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