Chomedey is a provincial electoral district in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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that elects members to the
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...
. It is located in the western part of
Laval. It takes in part of the
Chomedey neighbourhood
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. It includes most of the territory bounded by the
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
to the south,
Autoroute 15 to the east,
Autoroute 440 to the north and
Autoroute 13 to the west.
It was created for the
1981 election from parts of
Fabre
Fabre or Fabré is a surname of Occitan French origin, and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* André Fabre (born 1945), French thoroughbred horse racing trainer
* Cándido Fabré, Cuban musician, songwriter and singer
* Cath ...
and
Laval electoral districts.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost some territory to Fabre. In the change from the 2011 to 2017 electoral map, it will lose some more territory to Fabre, in the area around
Parc Le Boutillier.
The district is named after
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (15 February 1612 9 September 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Fort Ville-Marie (modern day Montreal) in New France (Province of Quebec, Canada).
Early life
Maisonneuve was born in ...
, who founded Ville-Marie (now
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
) in 1642.
Members of the National Assembly
Election results
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New Democratic
, Monique Durand
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United Social Credit
, Léopold Milton
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, align="right", 0.31
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New Democratic
, Norman Buchbinder
, align="right", 799
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Parti indépendantiste
, Lucien Chevalier
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United Social Credit
, Léopold Milton
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Christian Socialist
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, Fabien Rivest
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References
External links
;Information:
Elections Quebec
;Election results:
(National Assembly)
Election results(QuébecPolitique)
;Maps
2011 map(PDF)
2001 map(Flash)
2001–2011 changes(Flash)
(Flash)
Electoral map of Laval regionQuebec electoral map, 2011
{{Coord missing, Quebec
Politics of Laval, Quebec
Chomedey