Laurentides—Labelle is a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
since 2004.
Geography
The district is located north of
Gatineau
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and northwest of
Montreal
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, in the Quebec region of
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...
. It includes the Regional County Municipalities of
Antoine-Labelle
Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle.
Subdivisions
There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
* Mont ...
, and
Les Laurentides, and the eastern part of
Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
The main towns are
Saint-Sauveur Saint-Sauveur or St Sauveur (French for "Holy Savior") may refer to:
Places Canada
* Saint-Sauveur, New Brunswick
* Saint-Sauveur, Quebec
* Saint-Sauveur (electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec
* Saint-Sauveur, Quebe ...
,
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English). Sai ...
,
Mont-Laurier
Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto ...
,
Mont-Tremblant
Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ...
and
Val-David.
The neighbouring ridings are
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel,
Pontiac Pontiac may refer to:
*Pontiac (automobile), a car brand
*Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality
**Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...
,
Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Saint-Maurice–Champlain is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It consists of:
* the City of Shawinigan;
* the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-M ...
,
Joliette
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greate ...
and
Rivière-du-Nord.
History
The electoral district was created in 2004: 61.5 per cent of the riding came from
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...
, 34.9 per cent from
Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, and 3.6 per cent from
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel. The borders of the riding were not changed in the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following member of the
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 Common ...
:
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*
Past Canadian electoral districts
References
*
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 Results from Elections CanadaRiding historyfrom the
Library of Parliament
Notes
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Quebec federal electoral districts
Mont-Laurier
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts