Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)
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 House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Bloc Québécois | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 102,816 | ||
Electors (2015) | 80,957 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 117 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 878.8 | ||
Census divisions | Deux-Montagnes RCM, Thérèse-De Blainville RCM | ||
Census subdivisions | Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Rosemère |
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.
Demographics
Ethnic groups: 94.0% White, 1.4% Black, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 85.5% French, 8.2% English, 1.8% Yiddish
Religions: 83.7% Christian (78.4% Catholic, 5.3% Other), 3.1% Jewish, 1.1% Muslim, 12.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $31,752
Average income (2010): $39,705
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.
This riding lost territory to Mirabel and gained territory from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Riding created from Blainville—Deux-Montagnes |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Gilles Perron | Bloc Québécois | |
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | ||||
37th | 2000–2004 | Gilles Perron | Bloc Québécois | |
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | Luc Desnoyers | ||
41st | 2011–2015 | Laurin Liu | New Democratic | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | Linda Lapointe | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–present | Luc Desilets | Bloc Québécois |
Election results
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Luc Desilets | 23,629 | 40.6 | +15.18 | ||||
Liberal | Linda Lapointe | 21,009 | 36.1 | +3.73 | ||||
New Democratic | Joseph Hakizimana | 5,002 | 8.6 | -19.98 | ||||
Conservative | Maikel Mikhael | 4,684 | 8.1 | -2.41 | ||||
Green | Ceylan Borgers | 3,015 | 5.2 | +3.24 | ||||
People's | Hans Roker Jr. | 845 | 1.5 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,184 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,090 | |||||||
Turnout | 59,274 | 72.1 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 82,203 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Linda Lapointe | 18,787 | 32.37 | +21.27 | $24,179.08 | |||
New Democratic | Laurin Liu | 17,111 | 29.48 | -19.64 | $54,641.76 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Félix Pinel | 14,755 | 25.42 | -1.70 | $40,335.73 | |||
Conservative | Érick Gauthier | 6,099 | 10.51 | +0.21 | $31,082.28 | |||
Green | Alec Ware | 1,136 | 1.96 | -0.41 | $665.90 | |||
Independent | Luis Quinteros | 158 | 0.27 | n/a | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,046 | 100.00 | $217,630.75 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 927 | 1.57 | – | |||||
Turnout | 58,973 | 72.42 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 81,429 | |||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +20.45 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 25,758 | 49.1 | |
Bloc Québécois | 14,223 | 27.1 | |
Liberal | 5,819 | 11.1 | |
Conservative | 5,399 | 10.3 | |
Green | 1,242 | 2.4 |
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Laurin Liu | 25,639 | 49.2 | +35.9 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Luc Desnoyers | 14,873 | 28.5 | -16.8 | ||||
Liberal | Denis Joannette | 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 | – |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | 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 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles 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 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles 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.
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles 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 | Stéphane Thinel | 739 | 1.4 | -0.3 | ||||
Total valid votes | 53,644 | 100.0 |
Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles 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 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
- "(Code 24057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. 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
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=24062&Data=Count&SearchText=Riviere&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=24062&Data=Count&SearchText=Riviere&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections