Laval West

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Laval West
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1976
District abolished2003
First contested 1979
Last contested 2000

Laval West (French : Laval-Ouest; formerly known as Mille-Iles and Laval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004.

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It was created as the riding of "Mille-Iles" in 1976 from parts of Laval riding. It was renamed "Laval" in 1977, and "Laval West" in 1990.

In 2003, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into Laval and Laval—Les Îles ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Laval
Riding created from Laval
31st  1979–1980   Marcel-Claude Roy Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988   Guy Ricard Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
Laval West
35th  1993–1997   Michel Dupuy Liberal
36th  1997–2000 Raymonde Folco
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Laval and Laval—Les Îles

Election results

Laval, 1977-1993

1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 40,067
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Léger5,484
Social Credit Madeleine Piquette Bédard4,592
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt3,521
Rhinoceros Jean Bonnier1,191
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Carbonneau196
Union populaire Yves Scofield156
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 38,580
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt5,709
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Léger3,715
Rhinoceros Jean Chat Botté Bonnier1,679
Social Credit Madeleine Piquette Bédard1,110
Union populaire Lucie Poirier271
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Carbonneau142
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard 30,696
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 23,002
New Democratic John Fasciano8,158
Parti nationaliste Conrad Monière2,331
Commonwealth of Canada Jean-Claude Souvray299
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard 26,858
Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette18,819
New Democratic Paul Cappon8,546
Commonwealth of Canada Mario Ouellet468

Laval West, 1993-2004

1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Michel Dupuy 28,380
Bloc Québécois Michel Leduc 26,368
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard4,155
Libertarian Rick Blatter712
New Democratic Marcella Tardif-Provencher678
Natural Law Eddy Gagné545
National Cyril G. MacNeil295
Commonwealth of Canada John Ajemian187
Abolitionist Georges Vaudrin110
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymonde Folco 31,566
Bloc Québécois Sylvain Gauthier19,547
Progressive Conservative Yves Désormeaux12,365
New Democratic Karina Zeidler1,072
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymonde Folco 31,758
Bloc Québécois Manon Sauvé19,975
Alliance Leo Housakos 4,631
Progressive Conservative Michael Fortier 3,613
Green Luc Beaulieu983
New Democratic Christian Patenaude764
Marxist–Leninist Polyvios Tsakanikas180

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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