Laurentides—Labelle is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Geography The district is located north of Gatineau and northwest of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Laurentides. It includes the Regional County Municipalities of Antoine-Labelle, and Les Laurentides, and the eastern part of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
The main towns are Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Tremblant and Val-David.
The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Des Collines, Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Joliette—Manawan and Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Racial groups: 94.6% White, 4.0% Indigenous Languages: 94.0% French, 5.3% English Religions: 70.8% Christian (64.8% Catholic, 5.9% other), 28.4% none Median income: $36,400 (2020) Average income: $45,320 (2020)
History The electoral district was created in 2004: 61.5 per cent of the riding came from Laurentides, 34.9 per cent from Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, and 3.6 per cent from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel. The borders of the riding were not changed in the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the municipalities of Saint-Donat and Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci from Joliette, and lost all of its territory in the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality to the new riding of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Bloc Québécois 24,463 52.31 Liberal 10,974 23.47 Conservative 4,910 10.50 New Democratic 2,601 5.56 People's 1,701 3.64 Green 1,132 2.42 Free 841 1.80 Independent 132 0.28 Marijuana 11 0.02 Total valid votes 46,765 97.89 Rejected ballots 1,008 2.11 Registered voters/ estimated turnout 78,328 60.99
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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