Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Quebec electoral district

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Linda Lapointe
Liberal

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

102,816

Electors (2015)

80,957

Area (km²)^[2]

117

Pop. density (per km²)

878.8

Census divisions

Deux-Montagnes RCM, Thérèse-De Blainville RCM

Census subdivisions

Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Rosemère

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (formerly known as Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Laval, Laval—Les Îles, and Pierrefonds—Dollard.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[3]^[4]

Ethnic groups: 94.0% White, 1.4% Black, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 85.5% French, 8.2% English, 1.8% Yiddish
Religions: 83.7% Christian (78.4% Catholic, 5.3% Other), 3.1% Jewish, 1.1% Muslim, 12.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $31,752
Average income (2010): $39,705

History

It was created in 1996 as "Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse" riding from parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes riding.

It was renamed "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles" in 1998.

This riding lost territory to Mirabel and gained territory from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Riding created from Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
36th	1997–2000		Gilles Perron	Bloc Québécois
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
37th	2000–2004		Gilles Perron	Bloc Québécois
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Luc Desnoyers
41st	2011–2015		Laurin Liu	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present		Linda Lapointe	Liberal

Election results

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Linda Lapointe	18,787	32.37	+21.27	$24,179.08
	New Democratic	Laurin Liu	17,111	29.48	-19.64	$54,641.76
	Bloc Québécois	Félix Pinel	14,755	25.42	-1.70	$40,335.73
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	6,099	10.51	+0.21	$31,082.28
	Green	Alec Ware	1,136	1.96	-0.41	$665.90
	Independent	Luis Quinteros	158	0.27	n/a	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,046	100.00		$217,630.75
Total rejected ballots			927	1.57	–
Turnout			58,973	72.42	–
Eligible voters			81,429
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.45
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,758	49.1
	Bloc Québécois	14,223	27.1
	Liberal	5,819	11.1
	Conservative	5,399	10.3
	Green	1,242	2.4

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Laurin Liu	25,639	49.2	+35.9
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Desnoyers	14,873	28.5	-16.8
	Liberal	Denis Joannette	5,300	10.2	-7.2
	Conservative	Lucie Leblanc	5,057	9.7	-9.8
	Green	Gilles Bisson	1,229	2.4	-1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,098	100.0
Total rejected ballots			973	1.8	–
Turnout			53,071	66.8	–
Eligible voters			79,428	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Desnoyers	23,216	45.7	-8.2	$52,131
	Conservative	Claude Carignan	9,911	19.5	-1.4	$81,773
	Liberal	Denis Joannette	8,823	17.4	+4.6	$15,359
	New Democratic	Normand Beaudet	6,741	13.3	+6.3	$1,453
	Green	Marie Martine Bédard	2,134	4.2	-1.2	$3,053
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,825	100.0	$83,475

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Perron	26,272	53.9	-7.5	$28,133
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	10,173	20.9	+14.2	$5,917
	Liberal	Robert Frégeau	6,239	12.8	-11.4	$30,097
	New Democratic	Francis Chartrand	3,418	7.0	+3.6	$1,522
	Green	Marie Martine Bédard	2,643	5.4	+1.1	$1,860
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,745	100.0	$76,468

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Perron	27,993	61.4	+12.0	$36,071
	Liberal	Yolaine Savignac	11,025	24.2	-10.2	$36,430
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	3,064	6.7	-5.6	$6,653
	Green	Marie Martine Bédard	1,961	4.3	+1.8	$1,319
	New Democratic	Nicolas Du Cap	1,559	3.4	+2.0	$411
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,602	100.0	$74,324

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Perron	26,508	49.4	+3.0
	Liberal	Robert Fragasso	18,456	34.4	+5.1
	Alliance	François Desrochers	3,677	6.9
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Paquette	2,935	5.5	-17.1
	Green	Eric Squire	1,329	2.5
	New Democratic	Stéphane Thinel	739	1.4	-0.3
Total valid votes			53,644	100.0

Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Perron	25,807	46.5
	Liberal	Yolaine Savignac	16,280	29.3
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Blanchard	12,522	22.5
	New Democratic	Valérie Kinslow	947	1.7
Total valid votes			55,556	100.0

See also

References

Notes

Federal ridings in the Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec
Liberal	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Gatineau Hull—Aylmer Laurentides—Labelle Pontiac Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Thérèse-De Blainville
Bloc Québécois	Mirabel Rivière-du-Nord Terrebonne
New Democratic	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Federal ridings in Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Bourassa Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard La Pointe-de-l'Île Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

Coordinates: 45°36′07″N 73°52′41″W / 45.602°N 73.878°W / 45.602; -73.878

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