Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

For the river channel, see Rivière des Mille-Îles.
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Linda Lapointe
Liberal

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015
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

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.

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

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[3][4]

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
Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse
Riding created from Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
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–Present     Linda Lapointe Liberal

Election results

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalLinda Lapointe 18,787 32.37 +21.27
New DemocraticLaurin Liu 17,111 29.48 -19.64
Bloc QuébécoisFélix Pinel 14,755 25.42 -1.70 $40,142.24
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier 6,099 10.51 +0.21 $31,082.28
GreenAlec Ware 1,136 1.96 -0.41
IndependentLuis Quinteros 158 0.27 n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,046100.00 $216,995.77
Total rejected ballots 9271.57
Turnout 58,97372.42
Eligible voters 81,429
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.45
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
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
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticLaurin Liu 25,639 49.2 +35.9
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desnoyers 14,873 28.5 -16.8
LiberalDenis Joannette 5,300 10.2 -7.2
ConservativeLucie Leblanc 5,057 9.7 -9.8
GreenGilles Bisson 1,229 2.4 -1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,098 100.0
Total rejected ballots 9731.8
Turnout 53,071 66.8
Eligible voters 79,428
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desnoyers 23,216 45.7 -8.2 $52,131
ConservativeClaude Carignan 9,911 19.5 -1.4 $81,773
LiberalDenis Joannette 8,823 17.4 +4.6 $15,359
New DemocraticNormand Beaudet 6,741 13.3 +6.3 $1,453
GreenMarie Martine Bédard 2,134 4.2 -1.2 $3,053
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,825100.0 $83,475
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron 26,272 53.9 -7.5 $28,133
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier 10,173 20.9 +14.2 $5,917
LiberalRobert Frégeau 6,239 12.8 -11.4 $30,097
New DemocraticFrancis Chartrand 3,418 7.0 +3.6 $1,522
GreenMarie 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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron 27,993 61.4 +12.0 $36,071
LiberalYolaine Savignac 11,025 24.2 -10.2 $36,430
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier 3,064 6.7 -5.6 $6,653
GreenMarie Martine Bédard 1,961 4.3 +1.8 $1,319
New DemocraticNicolas 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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron 26,508 49.4 +3.0
LiberalRobert Fragasso 18,456 34.4 +5.1
AllianceFrançois Desrochers 3,677 6.9
Progressive ConservativeJonathan Paquette 2,935 5.5 -17.1
GreenEric Squire 1,329 2.5
New DemocraticStéphane Thinel 739 1.4 -0.3
Total valid votes 53,644 100.0

Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron 25,807 46.5
LiberalYolaine Savignac 16,280 29.3
Progressive ConservativeJean Blanchard 12,522 22.5
New DemocraticValérie Kinslow 947 1.7
Total valid votes 55,556100.0

See also

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Notes

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