La Pointe-de-l'Île () 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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since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,878.
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of
Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies,
Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, and
Mercier ridings.
Geography
The district includes the City of
Montréal-Est, the neighbourhood of
Pointe-aux-Trembles in the Borough of
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of
Longue-Pointe
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and the southern part of the neighbourhood of
Mercier-Est in the Borough of
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
The neighbouring ridings are
Hochelaga,
Honoré-Mercier,
Montcalm,
Repentigny,
Verchères—Les Patriotes, and
Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher.
Demographics
:''According to the
2016 Canadian census''
* Languages: (2016) 83.0% French, 3.5% Spanish, 2.6% English, 2.0% Creole, 1.9% Arabic, 1.3% Italian, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Kabyle
History
The riding is located in Eastern Montreal, traditionally the power base of the
Quebec sovereignty movement. It had long been reckoned as the
Bloc Québécois' safest riding. However, in
2011
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, after the retirement of longtime MP
Francine Lalonde, it fell to the
New Democratic Party along with all of the other ridings in Eastern Montreal.
This riding lost territory to
Hochelaga and gained territory from
Honoré-Mercier during the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 Results from Elections CanadaRiding history from the
Library of Parliament
Notes
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Federal electoral districts of Montreal
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Montréal-Est
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve