Laval—Les Îles is a federal

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

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 thirtee ...

, Canada, that has been represented in the

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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-Ouest is a district in Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. Geography Laval-Ouest is delimited north and north-west by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, south-west by Laval-su ...

Laval-sur-le-Lac Laval-sur-le-Lac is a small sector on the western part of Laval and was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965. This community contains North America's oldest French speaking private golf club, Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac, estab ...

, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey 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

Vimy Vimy ( or ; ; Dutch: ''Wimi'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Located east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers ...

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Laurent (formerly Saint-Laurent—Cartierville) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Geography The district corresponds exactly to the borough of S ...

Pierrefonds—Dollard Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population was 108,587 at the 2016 Canadian Census. This riding occupies the northwest part of ...

, 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 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" ...

riding. This riding lost territory to

and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution. This riding has elected the following

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Election results

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 Results from Elections CanadaRiding history from the

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