:Sainte-Rose (electoral district) re-directs here. For the provincial electoral district, see Sainte-Rose (provincial electoral district)
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhoods of Auteuil and Sainte-Rose, the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville, and the western part of neighbourhood of Vimont in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Terrebonne—Blainville, Alfred-Pellan, and Vimy.
History
The district was created in 2004 from Laval Centre, Terrebonne—Blainville, Laval East and Rivière-des-Milles-Îles ridings. It is named in honour of the artist Marc-Aurèle Fortin.
This riding was significantly changed during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It lost territory to Thérèse-De Blainville and Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and gained territory from Laval, Laval—Les Îles and Alfred-Pellan making the riding entirely within the city of Laval.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 23,154 ||align=right| 48.98
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| Bloc Québécois ||align=right| 11,471 ||align=right| 24.27
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| Liberal ||align=right| 6,545 ||align=right| 13.85
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| Conservative ||align=right| 4,904 ||align=right| 10.37
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| Green ||align=right| 1,108 ||align=right| 2.34
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| Others ||align=right| 90 ||align=right| 0.19
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament