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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230/230 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Alain Giguère | 28,998 | 49.58 |
Elected |
| BQ | Marie-France Charbonneau | 15,477 | 26.46 |
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| LIB | Eduardo Gonzalo Agurto Catalán | 7,032 | 12.02 |
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| CON | Johanne Théorêt | 5,767 | 9.86 |
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| GRN | Charles Sicotte | 1,208 | 2.07 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
One of Quebec's newer ridings, this one is split by Rivière-des-Milles-Îles. East of the river, it contains the cities of Bois-des-Filion, Lorraine, Rosemère and Ste-Thérèse, which are part of the regional county municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville. West of the river, it contains that part of Laval from Rivière-des-Milles-Îles east to the hydro transmission line and between Avenue Papineau, Rue Riopelle, Boulevard René-Laennec, hydro line 1156-57 and Boulevard des Laurentides in north and Autoroute des Laurentides in the south.
The riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin was created in the 2004 redistribution from 30 per cent of Laval Centre, 25 per cent of Terrebonne-Blainville, 21 per cent of Rivière-des-Milles-Îles and 10 per cent of Laval Est.
Population: 107,149 (2006 census; an increase of 8.2% since 2001)
Political History
In the 2008 election, Bloc Québécois incumbent Serge Menard won a third term comfortably, beating Liberal Robert Frégeau by almost 12,000 votes. He was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006, easily outdistancing Conservative Claude Moreau by more than 15,000 votes.
This riding was new in 2004 when Ménard won more than twice the votes of Liberal Nancy Girard, the runner-up, to earn his first term as an MP.
In 2000, in Laval Centre, the BQ's Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral defeated Liberal Pierre Lafleur by 42 votes. It was her third term. In Terrebonne-Blainville in the 2000 election, BQ Diane Bourgeois defeated Liberal F.H. Liberge to win a first term. In Rivière-Des-Milles-Iles, BQ Gilles A. Perron defeated Liberal Robert Fragasso to win a second term.
Laval Centre was the riding held by Jeanne Sauvé in 1979 and in 1980. She was appointed Speaker in 1980, and served as Governor General from 1984 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold these posts. In 1984, Liberal Raymond Garneau was elected and in 1988, Progressive Conservative Jacques Tétreault won.
- 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 4.35% (3,720) |
| French | 28.88% (24,690) |
| Aboriginal | 1.75% (1,495) |
| American | 0.30% (255) |
| Canadian | 79.52% (67,975) |
| Caribbean | 0.18% (155) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.33% (280) |
| Western European | 1.47% (1,255) |
| Northern European | 0.06% (50) |
| Eastern European | 0.39% (330) |
| S European | 1.10% (940) |
| Other European | 0.08% (65) |
| Scandinavian | 0.06% (50) |
| Baltic | 0.00% (0) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.03% (25) |
| African | 0.04% (30) |
| Arab | 0.07% (60) |
| Maghrebi | 0.04% (35) |
| West Asia | 0.10% (85) |
| South Asia | 0.03% (25) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.17% (145) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 85,485 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 1% (920) |
| French | 98% (83,090) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (35) |
| Portuguese | 0% (35) |
| Romanian | 0% (10) |
| Spanish | 0% (330) |
| Danish | 0% (10) |
| Dutch | 0% (45) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (80) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (50) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (10) |
| Russian | 0% (15) |
| Serbian | 0% (15) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (85) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (10) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (25) |
| Greek | 0% (45) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (25) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (0) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (10) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (25) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (0) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (45) |
| Mandarin | 0% (20) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (60) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (15) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 85,060 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.43 |
| Mining | 0.10 |
| Utilities | 0.59 |
| Construction | 2.91 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 3.81 |
| Retail | 10.10 |
| Transport | 3.41 |
| Info Culture | 4.14 |
| Finance Insurance | 3.41 |
| Real Estate | 1.10 |
| ProSciTech | 7.53 |
| Management | 0.06 |
| Waste/Remediation | 5.67 |
| Education | 7.69 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 9.52 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 2.78 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.57 |
| Public Admin | 3.33 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 53,010 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 6.7%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 18.47%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 31.86%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $56,835
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 9%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 28.91%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
LIB – Eduardo Gonzalo Agurto Catalán
Marie-France Charbonneau | |
| Party: Bloc Québécois Contact Information: 450-575-8200 221 René-A-Robert, Bureau A Sainte-Thérèse J7E 4L1 450-575-8200 1800 Boul. Le Corbusier, Bureau 102 Laval H7S 2K1 | |
| Profession: | Political assistant |
| Education: | Master's in public administration, ÉNAP, 2009 |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Defeated in Vimont in 2007 |
Johanne Théorêt | |
| Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: 514-967-7753 1275, boul des Laurentides Laval, Que. | |
| Profession: | Sales |
Charles Sicotte | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: Website450-543-0240 | |
Alain Giguère | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Education: | Two bachelor's degrees in political science and juridical science from University of Quebec at Montreal Certificate in social studies and labour law Graduate diploma in fiscal law from the University of Sherbrooke |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Defeated in Roberval in 1993 FEDERAL: Defeated: in Roberval in 1997, 2000; in Laval in 2004. Defeated in Laval-Les Îles in 2006. Defeated in Laval in 2008 |
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Updated: May. 3, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
| BQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 |
| GRN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.91 |
| IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 |
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