Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (electoral district) explained

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24065
Fed-Created:2004
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Yves Robillard
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Liberal Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:101750
Demo-Electors:78371
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:54
Demo-Cd:Laval
Demo-Csd:Laval

Sainte-Rose (electoral district) re-directs here. For the provincial electoral district, see Sainte-Rose (provincial electoral district)

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Auteuil and Sainte-Rose, the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville, and the western part of neighbourhood of Vimont in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Terrebonne—Blainville, Alfred-Pellan, and Vimy.

History

The district was created in 2004 from Laval Centre, Terrebonne—Blainville, Laval East and Rivière-des-Milles-Îles ridings. It is named in honour of the artist Marc-Aurèle Fortin.

This riding was significantly changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost territory to Thérèse-De Blainville and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and gained territory from Laval, Laval—Les Îles and Alfred-Pellan making the riding entirely within the city of Laval.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed results[3]
PartyVote%
 23,154 48.98
 11,471 24.27
 6,545 13.85
 4,904 10.37
 1,108 2.34
 Others 90 0.19

See also

References

Notes

45.592°N -73.772°W

Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1933 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections