Laval—Les Îles

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Laval—Les Îles

Quebec electoral district
Laval—Les Îles in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Raymonde Folco Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,958
Electors (2006)	84,662
Area (km²)	59
Pop. density (per km²)	1,897.6
Census divisions	Laval
Census subdivisions	Laval

Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée and the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Laval, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Laval West prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006		Raymonde Folco	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	20739	39.2
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Pichette	17527	33.1
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	9055	17.1
	New Democrat	Alain Giguère	3817	7.2
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1557	2.9
	Marxist-Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	206	0.3
Total			52906	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	23,985
	Bloc Québécois	Micaël Poirier	18,597
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pratte	3,498
	New Democrat	Paul Michaud	2,202
	Green	Pierre Véronneau	1,178
	Marijuana	Michel Allard	498
	Marxist-Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	154

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Montreal Liberal Bourassa • Honoré-Mercier • Lac-Saint-Louis • LaSalle—Émard • Laval—Les Îles • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie Bloc Québécois Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Hochelaga • Jeanne-Le Ber • La Pointe-de-l'Île • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Papineau • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie New Democratic Outremont

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