L'Assomption () is a provincial electoral district in the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geogr ...
region of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, that elects members to the
National Assembly of Quebec
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. It includes the city of
L'Assomption
L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area. ...
and part of the city of
Repentigny, as well as a few other municipalities.
It was created for the
1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
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and the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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).
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost
Saint-Sulpice and part of the city of
Repentigny to the newly created
Repentigny electoral district, but it gained
Charlemagne
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and a different part of the city of Repentigny from
Masson; it also gained the
city of L'Épiphanie and the
parish of L'Épiphanie as well as the part of the city of L'Assomption that it did not already have from
Rousseau
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; it also gained part of the city of Terrebonne from
Terrebonne electoral district.
In the change from the 2011 to 2017 electoral map, it lost all of its territory in Terrebone to the riding of
Masson.
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Election results
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
* Result compared to UFP
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 Lanaudière regionQuebec electoral map, 2011
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Quebec provincial electoral districts
Repentigny, Quebec
Terrebonne, Quebec