Laurentides—Labelle Explained

Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24038
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Marie-Hélène Gaudreau
Fed-Rep-Party:BQ
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Bloc Quebecois
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:113815
Demo-Electors:100315
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:19694
Demo-Cd:Antoine-Labelle RCM, Les Laurentides RCM, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Demo-Csd:Mont-Laurier, Sainte-Adèle, Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Tremblant, Val-David, Rivière-Rouge, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Mont-Blanc, Piedmont

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

Geography

The district is located north of Gatineau and northwest of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Laurentides. It includes the Regional County Municipalities of Antoine-Labelle, and Les Laurentides, and the eastern part of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.

The main towns are Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Tremblant and Val-David.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Pontiac, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Joliette and Rivière-du-Nord.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 3.3% Indigenous

Languages: 91.4% French, 4.7% English

Religions: 69.1% Christian (62.9% Catholic, 6.2% other), 29.8% none

Median income: $38,000 (2020)

Average income: $48,760 (2020)

History

The electoral district was created in 2004: 61.5 per cent of the riding came from Laurentides, 34.9 per cent from Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, and 3.6 per cent from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel. The borders of the riding were not changed in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results[3]
PartyVote%
 24,463 52.31
 10,974 23.47
 4,910 10.50
 2,601 5.56
 1,701 3.64
 1,132 2.42
 Others 984 2.10

See also

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Laurentides--Labelle [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec ]. 2023-10-03 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  3. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.