Laval—Les Îles

Quebec electoral district

Laval—Les Îles in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Fayçal El-Khoury
Liberal

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2015

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

103,053

Electors (2011)

81,562

Area (km²)^[2]

Pop. density (per km²)

2,192.6

Census divisions

Laval

Census subdivisions

Laval

Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox,^[3] and 14.0% are of Greek ethnic origin,^[4] both the highest such percentages in Canada.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Vimy, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Mother tongue: French (48%), English (10%), Greek (9%), Arabic (7%), Armenian (4%)

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.

This riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Laval—Les Îles Riding created from Laval West
38th	2004–2006	Raymonde Folco	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	François Pilon	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Fayçal El-Khoury	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	25,857	47.70	+27.07	–
	New Democratic	François Pilon	10,710	19.77	-27.43	–
	Conservative	Roland Dick	9,811	18.10	+1.67	–
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Redhead	6,731	12.42	-0.47	–
	Green	Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis	919	1.69	-0.09	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	175	0.32	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$217,963.44
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,203	–	–
Eligible voters			81,562
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,069	47.20
	Liberal	9,208	20.63
	Conservative	7,333	16.43
	Bloc Québécois	5,755	12.89
	Green	794	1.78
	Others	483	1.08

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Pilon	25,703	47.64	+36.18
	Liberal	Karine Joizil	11,108	20.59	-19.85
	Conservative	Zaki Ghavitian	8,587	15.92	-4.70
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	7,022	13.02	-10.52
	Green	Brent Neil	966	1.79	-1.49
	Pirate	Stéphane Bakhos	369	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	194	0.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			702	1.28	-0.06
Turnout			54,651	59.31	-2.38

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	21,603	40.44	+1.13	$46,790
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	12,576	23.54	-9.53	$43,306
	Conservative	Agop Evereklian	11,017	20.62	+3.55	$88,318
	New Democratic	Zahia El-Masri	6,124	11.46	+4.27	$5,682
	Green	Brent Neil	1,752	3.28	+0.35	$20
	Rhinoceros	Sylvain A. Trottier	336	0.62		$184
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,408	100.00	$90,317
Total rejected ballots			725	1.34	+0.03
Turnout			54,133	61.69	-1.78

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	20,849	39.31	-8.55	$53,323
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Pichette	17,537	33.07	-4.04	$51,106
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	9,055	17.07	+10.09	$24,108
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	3,817	7.19	+2.80	$1,122
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1,557	2.93	+0.58	$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	211	0.39	+0.08
Total			53,524	100.00	$82,901
Total rejected ballots			709	1.31
Turnout			54,133	63.47

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	23,985	47.86	–	$41,522
	Bloc Québécois	Micaël Poirier	18,597	37.11	–	$19,639
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pratte	3,498	6.98	–	$8,960
	New Democratic	Paul Michaud	2,202	4.39	–	$1,461
	Green	Pierre Véronneau	1,178	2.35	–	$1,860
	Marijuana	Michel Allard	498	0.99	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	154	0.31	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,112	100.00	$80,533

References

"(Code 24033) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "Religion (13) and Age Groups (8) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
↑ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Laval—Les Îles, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in Montreal and Laval

Liberal	Ahuntsic-Cartierville Alfred-Pellan Bourassa Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Honoré-Mercier Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs Vimy

New Democratic	Hochelaga Laurier—Sainte-Marie Outremont Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Bloc Québécois	La Pointe-de-l'Île

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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