:''Sainte-Rose (electoral district) re-directs here. For the provincial electoral district, see

Sainte-Rose (provincial electoral district) Sainte-Rose is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Laval, Quebec. It was created for the 2012 election from parts of Fabre Fabre or Fabré is ...

'' Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2004.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of

Auteuil Auteuil may refer to: Places * Auteuil, Oise, a commune in France * Auteuil, Paris, a neighborhood of Paris ** Auteuil, Seine, the former commune which was on the outskirts of Paris * Auteuil, Quebec, a former city that is now a district within ...

and Sainte-Rose, the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville, and the western part of 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 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles,

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (formerly known as Argenteuil, Argenteuil—Papineau and Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of ...

Terrebonne—Blainville Terrebonne—Blainville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 until 2015. It was created in 1996 out of parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes, Repentigny and Joliet ...

Alfred-Pellan Alfred-Pellan (formerly Duvernay and Laval East) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765. Geography The district includes the ...

, and

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 ...

History

The district was created in 2004 from

Laval Centre Laval Centre (french: Laval-Centre; formerly known as Laval-des-Rapides) 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 "Laval-des-Rapides" riding ...

, Laval East and Rivière-des-Milles-Îles ridings. It is named in honour of the artist

Marc-Aurèle Fortin Marc-Aurèle Fortin (March 14, 1888 – March 2, 1970) was a Québécois painter. Career Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in 1888 in Ste-Rose, Quebec, son of Thomas Fortin. He studied in Montreal under Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet, then un ...

. This riding was significantly changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost territory to

Thérèse-De Blainville Thérèse-De Blainville is a federal electoral district in Quebec. Thérèse-De Blainville was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upo ...

and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and gained territory from

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 ...

and

making the riding entirely within the city of Laval.

Members of Parliament

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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