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, Thérèse-De Blainville, Alfred-Pellan, Vimy, and Laval—Les Îles.
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
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 23,154 48.98 Bloc Québécois 11,471 24.27 Liberal 6,545 13.85 Conservative 4,904 10.37 Green 1,108 2.34 Others 90 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
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