Alfred-Pellan Explained

Alfred-Pellan
Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24004
Fed-Created:1966
Fed-Election-First:1968
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Angelo Iacono
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:101373
Demo-Electors:79083
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:113.98
Demo-Cd:Laval
Demo-Csd:Laval

Alfred-Pellan (formerly Duvernay and Laval East) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Duvernay, Pont-Viau, Saint-François, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Vimont in the City of Laval.

The neighbouring ridings are Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Terrebonne—Blainville, Montcalm, Honoré-Mercier, Ahuntsic, and Vimy.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

History

The riding was created in 1968 from Laval and was known as Duvernay until 1990 when it became Laval East. Upon redistribution in 2003 it was renamed Alfred-Pellan after the famous Quebec artist Alfred Pellan. Also it lost a small part of its territory to the newly created Marc-Aurèle-Fortin riding.

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

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Alfred-Pellan, 2003 - present

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 26,946 47.71
 15,013 26.58
 7,497 13.28
 4,419 7.82
 940 1.66
 192 0.34
 Others 1,467 2.60
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 20,329 42.21
 10,766 22.35
 10,751 22.32
 5,398 11.21
 697 1.45
 Others 219 0.45

Duvernay, 1966 - 1990

See also

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data. 2 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?rid=981 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections