Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

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Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Gilles-A. Perron BQ
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	97,258
Electors (2006)	73,369
Area (km²)	116
Pop. density (per km²)	838.4
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

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 Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 3.2 Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

1. Gilles-A. Perron, Bloc Québécois, (1997-present)

Francis Chartrand is the NDP candidate for the next election.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles A. Perron	26,272
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	10,173
	Liberal	Robert Frégeau	6,239
	New Democrat	Francis Chartrand	3,418
	Green	Marie Martine Bédard	2,643

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles A. Perron	27,993
	Liberal	Yolaine Savignac	11,025
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	3,064
	Green	Marie Martine Bédard	1,961
	New Democrat	Nicolas Du Cap	1,559

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles A. Perron	26,508
	Liberal	Robert Fragasso	18,456
	Canadian Alliance	François Desrochers	3,677
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Paquette	2,935
	Green	Eric Squire	1,329
	New Democrat	Stephane Thinel	739

[edit] Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles A. Perron	25,807
	Liberal	Yolaine Savignac	16,280
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Blanchard	12,522
	New Democrat	Valérie Kinslow	947

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles from the Library of Parliament

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