Laval West
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. 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: Election results Laval, 1977-1993 Laval West, 1993-2004 See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament (MPs). There have been 338 MPs since the most recent electoral district redistribution for the 2015 federal election, which saw the addition of 30 seats. Members are elected by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ended before their expiry and the sitting government has typically dissolved parliament within four years of an election according to a long-standing convention. In any case, an ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laval (electoral District)
Laval was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917, 1949 to 1979, and from 2004 to 2015. Geography The district included the neighbourhoods of Chomedey, Quebec, Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Fabreville, Quebec, Fabreville in the City of Laval, Quebec, Laval. The neighbouring ridings were Ahuntsic (electoral district), Papineau, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval—Les Îles, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district), Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, and Alfred-Pellan. History The electoral district of Laval was created in 1867 covering the entire County of Laval (now the City of Laval). In 1914, Laval electoral district (Canada), riding was abolished. The district of Laval—Two Mountains was created from Laval and Two Mountains (electoral district), Two Mountains. In 1947, the new district of Laval was created from Laval—Two Mountains and Mercier (e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laval—Les Îles
Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 100,137. Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox, and 14.0% are of Greek ethnic origin, both the highest such percentages in Canada. Geography The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Vimy, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' * Mother tongue: French (48%), English (10%), Greek (9%), Arabic (7%), Armenian (4%) History The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding. This riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electora ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcel-Claude Roy
Marcel-Claude Roy (11 September 1936 – 31 May 2018) was a member of the . Born in , , Roy was an [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guy Ricard
Guy Ricard (born 2 August 1942 in Saint-Côme, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an engineer by career. He represented the Quebec riding of Laval where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments. After the riding was renamed Laval West, Ricard was defeated in the 1993 federal election by Michel Dupuy Michel Dupuy, (born January 11, 1930) is a Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician. Born in Paris, France, his father was Pierre Dupuy who was also a Canadian diplomat. Dupuy was a long time diplomat in the Department of Exte ... of the Liberals. Electoral record (incomplete) External links * 1942 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michel Dupuy
Michel Dupuy, (born January 11, 1930) is a Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician. Born in Paris, France, his father was Pierre Dupuy who was also a Canadian diplomat. Dupuy was a long time diplomat in the Department of External Affairs. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from 1980 to 1981, and Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985. He subsequently entered politics and was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 election. He was elected on his second attempt in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Laval West. He immediately joined the Cabinet, serving concurrently as Minister of Communications and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1993 until January 1996. During his tenure, the departments he oversaw were merged into the new Department of Canadian Heritage Dupuy came under fire for "representing a constituency in a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michel Leduc
Michel Leduc (July 4, 1941 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian doctor and politician. Leduc served as the Mayor of former borough of LaSalle, Quebec, from 1983 until December 31, 2001. Leduc was the last Mayor of LaSalle. The borough was annexed by the neighbouring city of Montreal on January 1, 2002. He was born in Châteauguay, Quebec. Leduc was a doctor before entering politics. He was first elected Mayor of LaSalle in 1983 and won re-election four times. Under Leduc, LaSalle became the first major Quebec city to launch a large, far-reaching recycling program. The CEGEP André-Laurendreau sports complex and the Aquadome aquatic centre were both constructed during his tenure. Leduc served as Mayor until December 31, 2001; the city of LaSalle was annexed by neighboring Montreal on January 1, 2002. Leduc died from cancer in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raymonde Folco
Raymonde Folco is a Canadian politician, member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She represented the Quebec riding of Laval—Les Îles in the House of Commons of Canada through 5 successive parliaments from 1997 to 2011, when she left politics. Born in Paris, she received a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Melbourne (Australia), a Baccalauréat Spécialisé in Linguistics from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Concordia University (Montreal). Folco was vice president in 1988, and president from 1990–95, of the '. This agency's role is to advise the government on matters relating to the immigration and integration of ethnic minorities. In 1996–97 she acted as Commissioner with the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, an independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on the status of persons seeking refugee status in Canada, in accordance with the law. While h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leo Housakos
Leonidas Housakos (born January 10, 1968) is a Canadian politician who has served as the senator for Wellington, Quebec since January 8, 2009. A member of the Conservative Party, Housakos was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Housakos served as the speaker of the Senate for part of 2015. Background Housakos was born in Montreal, Quebec into a Greek family. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1992 and worked as a ministerial staffer in the Ministry of Multiculturalism under Gerry Weiner. Soon after, he became involved with the Hellenic Congress of Quebec and served two terms as its Vice-President, National Issues between 1998 and 2000. Prior to entry to politics, Housakos worked as the president of Terrau Inc., the presidency of Quadvision International and Sales at Constant Laboratories. He was also a member of the North America Advisory Board for the Alexander Proudfoot Company, an organization specializing in the productivi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Fortier
Michael M. Fortier, (born January 10, 1962) is a Canadian financier, lawyer and former politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2006 to 2008, and Minister of International Trade in 2008 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Fortier served in Cabinet of Canada while a Senator, which proved controversial. In 2008, he resigned from the Senate to run for a seat in the House of Commons in the 2008 election;Fortier resigns from Senate to run for Tories www.cbc.ca, September 8, 2008. he placed second in riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. As a for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |