Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

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.

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Quebec electoral district
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Luc Desilets
Bloc Québécois
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]102,816
Electors (2015)80,957
Area (km²)[2]117
Pop. density (per km²)878.8
Census division(s)Deux-Montagnes RCM, Thérèse-De Blainville RCM
Census subdivision(s)Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Rosemère

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 2021 Census[3]

Ethnic groups: 87.3% White, 3.4% Black, 2.8% Arab, 1.8% Latin American, 1.7% Indigenous, 1.0% Southeast Asian
Languages: 77.6% French, 6.8% English, 2.0% Arabic, 1.9% Yiddish, 1.8% Spanish
Religions: 65.3% Christian (54.8% Catholic, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 8.2% Other), 3.6% Muslim, 2.7% Jewish, 27.4% None
Median income: $44,000 (2020)
Average income: $53,650 (2020)

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  2015–2019     Linda Lapointe Liberal
43rd  2019–2021     Luc Desilets Bloc Québécois
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desilets21,64540.6±0.0$17,235.31
LiberalLinda Lapointe18,83535.3-0.8$63,876.62
ConservativeMarc Duffy-Vincelette5,47910.3+2.2$9,189.50
New DemocraticJoseph Hakizimana3,8527.2-1.4$24.86
People'sHans Roker Jr.1,4682.8+1.3$0.00
GreenAlex Ware9721.8-3.4$0.00
FreeValérie Beauséjour8471.6N/A$0.00
PatrioteMichael Dionne1490.3N/A$0.00
Indépendance du QuébecJulius Bute1190.2N/A$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,36698.1$113,035.56
Total rejected ballots 1,0611.9
Turnout 54,42765.4
Eligible voters 83,171
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +0.4
Source: Elections Canada[4]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desilets23,62940.61+15.19$9,764.52
LiberalLinda Lapointe21,00936.11+3.74none listed
New DemocraticJoseph Hakizimana5,0028.60-20.88$19,322.13
ConservativeMaikel Mikhael4,6848.05-2.46$20,256.23
GreenCeylan Borgers3,0155.18+3.22none listed
People'sHans Roker Jr.8451.45$1,000.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,18498.16
Total rejected ballots 1,0901.84+0.27
Turnout 59,27471.96-0.38
Eligible voters 82,372
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +5.72
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalLinda Lapointe18,78732.37+21.27$24,179.08
New DemocraticLaurin Liu17,11129.48-19.64$54,641.76
Bloc QuébécoisFélix Pinel14,75525.42-1.70$40,335.73
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier6,09910.51+0.21$31,082.28
GreenAlec Ware1,1361.96-0.41$665.90
IndependentLuis Quinteros1580.27n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,04698.43 $217,630.75
Total rejected ballots 9271.57
Turnout 58,97372.33
Eligible voters 81,528
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.45
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic25,75849.1
  Bloc Québécois14,22327.1
  Liberal5,81911.1
  Conservative5,39910.3
  Green1,2422.4
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLaurin Liu25,63949.2+35.9
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desnoyers14,87328.5-16.8
LiberalDenis Joannette5,30010.2-7.2
ConservativeLucie Leblanc5,0579.7-9.8
GreenGilles Bisson1,2292.4-1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,098 100.0
Total rejected ballots 9731.8
Turnout 53,071 66.8
Eligible voters 79,428
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisLuc Desnoyers23,21645.7-8.2$52,131
ConservativeClaude Carignan9,91119.5-1.4$81,773
LiberalDenis Joannette8,82317.4+4.6$15,359
New DemocraticNormand Beaudet6,74113.3+6.3$1,453
GreenMarie Martine Bédard2,1344.2-1.2$3,053
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,825100.0 $83,475
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron26,27253.9-7.5$28,133
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier10,17320.9+14.2$5,917
LiberalRobert Frégeau6,23912.8-11.4$30,097
New DemocraticFrancis Chartrand3,4187.0+3.6$1,522
GreenMarie Martine Bédard2,6435.4+1.1$1,860
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,745 100.0 $76,468
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron27,99361.4+12.0$36,071
LiberalYolaine Savignac11,02524.2-10.2$36,430
ConservativeÉrick Gauthier3,0646.7-5.6$6,653
GreenMarie Martine Bédard1,9614.3+1.8$1,319
New DemocraticNicolas Du Cap1,5593.4+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.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron26,50849.4+3.0
LiberalRobert Fragasso18,45634.4+5.1
AllianceFrançois Desrochers3,6776.9
Progressive ConservativeJonathan Paquette2,9355.5-17.1
GreenEric Squire1,3292.5
New DemocraticStéphane Thinel7391.4-0.3
Total valid votes 53,644 100.0

Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Perron25,80746.5
LiberalYolaine Savignac16,28029.3
Progressive ConservativeJean Blanchard12,52222.5
New DemocraticValérie Kinslow9471.7
Total valid votes 55,556100.0

See also

References

  • "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district) (Code 24057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history for Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse from the Library of Parliament
  • Riding history for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

45.602°N 73.878°W / 45.602; -73.878

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