Laurentides (electoral district)

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Laurentides
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1987
District abolished2003
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.

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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:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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

1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Jacques Vien 31,000
Liberal Serge Paquette15,752
New Democratic Bill Clay7,755
Rhinoceros Le Fakir Serge Hébert1,408
Commonwealth of Canada Jean Vigneault249
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc Québécois Monique Guay 41,476
Liberal Michelle Tisseyre18,716
Progressive Conservative Jacques Vien 7,059
New Democratic Patricia Houle815
Commonwealth of Canada Gilles Gervais484
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc Québécois Monique Guay 28,647
Liberal Paul-André Forget19,053
Progressive Conservative Jacques Vien 14,096
New Democratic David Rovins844
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc Québécois Monique Guay 30,338
Liberal Dominique Boyer23,616
Progressive Conservative Jacques Vien 3,094
Alliance William Azeff2,270
Natural Law Jacinthe Millaire757
New Democratic Brendan Naef720

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