Alfred-Pellan (formerly Duvernay and Laval East) is a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765.
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhoods of
Duvernay,
Pont-Viau,
Saint-François,
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of
Vimont in the City of
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
.
The neighbouring ridings are
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin,
Terrebonne—Blainville,
Montcalm,
Honoré-Mercier,
Ahuntsic
Ahuntsic (; French pronunciation ) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002.
...
, and
Vimy.
Demographics
:''According to the
Canada 2016 Census''
* Languages: (2016) 64.4% French, 10.1% Italian, 7.3% English, 4.1% Arabic, 4.0% Spanish, 3.3% Creole, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.0% Romanian, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.4% Kabyle, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Khmer, 0.3% Turkish
History
The riding was created in 1968 from
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
and was known as Duvernay until 1990 when it became Laval East. Upon redistribution in 2003 it was renamed Alfred-Pellan after the famous Quebec artist
Alfred Pellan. Also it lost a small part of its territory to the newly created
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin riding.
The riding lost territory to
Vimy and
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Member of Parliament:
Election results
Alfred-Pellan, 2003 - present
Laval East, 1990 - 2003
Duvernay, 1966 - 1990
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*
Past Canadian electoral districts
References
*
Riding history from the Library of ParliamentRiding history for Laval East from the Library of ParliamentRiding history for Duvernay from the Library of ParliamentCampaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
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Politics of Laval, Quebec
Quebec federal electoral districts
21st-century Canadian politicians