Laval—Les Îles

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Laval—Les Îles
Laval—Les Îles in relation to the other Montréal ridings.
Member of Parliament	Raymonde Folco Liberal
Population, 2001	100 137
Electors, 2006	84 662
Area (km²)	59
Population density (people per km²)	1697
Electoral district created	2003, from Laval West
Census division	Laval
Polling divisions	193
Major neighbourhoods	• Fabreville (part) • Îles-Laval • Laval-Ouest • Laval-sur-le-Lac • Sainte-Dorothée

Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée and the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Laval, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Laval West prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006	Raymonde Folco	Liberal
39th	2006-	Raymonde Folco	Liberal

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	20739	39.2
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Pichette	17527	33.1
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	9055	17.1
	New Democrat	Alain Giguère	3817	7.2
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1557	2.9
	Marxist-Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	206	0.3
Total			52906	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	23,985
	Bloc Québécois	Micaël Poirier	18,597
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pratte	3,498
	New Democrat	Paul Michaud	2,202
	Green	Pierre Véronneau	1,178
	Marijuana	Michel Allard	498
	Marxist-Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	154

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Montreal
Liberal	Bourassa \| Honoré-Mercier \| Lac-Saint-Louis \| LaSalle—Émard \| Laval—Les Îles \| Mount Royal \| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine \| Outremont* \| Pierrefonds—Dollard \| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville \| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel \| Westmount—Ville-Marie
Bloc Québécois	Ahuntsic \| Alfred-Pellan \| Hochelaga \| Jeanne-Le Ber \| La Pointe-de-l'Île \| Laurier—Sainte-Marie \| Laval \| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin \| Papineau \| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Vacant	Outremont*
* Outremont MP Jean Lapierre resigned from the Liberal Party, and a by-election has not yet taken place to elect a successor.

Federal Ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour \| Berthier—Maskinongé \| Joliette \| Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière \| Montcalm \| Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier \| Repentigny \| Saint-Maurice—Champlain \| Trois-Rivières
Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord \| Jonquière—Alma \| Manicouagan \| Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord \| Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine \| Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia \| Lévis—Bellechasse \| Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup \| Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
The Eastern Townships	Beauce \| Brome—Missisquoi \| Compton—Stanstead \| Drummond \| Mégantic—L'Érable \| Richmond—Arthabaska \| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot \| Shefford \| Sherbrooke
The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou \| Abitibi—Témiscamingue \| Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel \| Gatineau \| Hull—Aylmer \| Laurentides—Labelle \| Pontiac \| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles \| Rivière-du-Nord \| Terrebonne—Blainville
Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic \| Alfred-Pellan \| Bourassa \| Hochelaga \| Honoré-Mercier \| Jeanne-Le Ber \| Lac-Saint-Louis \| La Pointe-de-l'Île \| LaSalle—Émard \| Laurier—Sainte-Marie \| Laval \| Laval—Les Îles \| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin \| Mount Royal \| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine \| Outremont \| Papineau \| Pierrefonds—Dollard \| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie \| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville \| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel \| Westmount—Ville-Marie
Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry \| Brossard—La Prairie \| Chambly—Borduas \| Châteauguay—Saint-Constant \| Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher \| Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert \| Saint-Jean \| Saint-Lambert \| Vaudreuil-Soulanges \| Verchères—Les Patriotes
Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou \| Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles \| Louis-Hébert \| Louis-Saint-Laurent \| Québec