Laurentides (electoral district)

Laurentides
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 2003
First contested 1988
Last contested 2000

Laurentides was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2003.

This riding was created in 1987 from Labelle riding. It was abolished in 2003, and redistributed between Laurentides—Labelle and Rivière-du-Nord

Laurentides initially consisted of the towns of Estérel, Sainte-Adèle, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Saint-Antoine and Saint-Jérôme, and parts of the Counties of Labelle and Montcalm.

In 1996, the riding was redefined to consist of the cities of Estérel, Saint-Antoine, Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Jovite, Sainte-Adèle and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, and parts of the County Regional Municipalities of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, La Rivière-du-Nord, and Le Laurentides.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurentides
Riding created from Labelle
34th  1988–1993     Jacques Vien Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Monique Guay Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Laurentides—Labelle and Rivière-du-Nord

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJacques Vien 31,000
LiberalSerge Paquette 15,752
New DemocraticBill Clay 7,755
RhinocerosLe Fakir Serge Hébert 1,408
Commonwealth of CanadaJean Vigneault 249
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Guay 41,476
LiberalMichelle Tisseyre 18,716
Progressive ConservativeJacques Vien 7,059
New DemocraticPatricia Houle 815
Commonwealth of CanadaGilles Gervais 484
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Guay 28,647
LiberalPaul-André Forget 19,053
Progressive ConservativeJacques Vien 14,096
New DemocraticDavid Rovins 844
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Guay 30,338
LiberalDominique Boyer 23,616
Progressive ConservativeJacques Vien 3,094
AllianceWilliam Azeff 2,270
Natural LawJacinthe Millaire 757
New DemocraticBrendan Naef 720

See also

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