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Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212/212 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Laurin Liu | 25,639 | 49.21 |
Elected |
| BQ | Luc Desnoyers | 14,873 | 28.55 |
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| LIB | Denis Joannette | 5,300 | 10.17 |
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| CON | Lucie Leblanc | 5,057 | 9.71 |
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| GRN | Gilles Bisson | 1,229 | 2.36 |
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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
This urban riding is located on the shore of Rivière-des-Milles-Îles across from Laval. It contains that part of the regional county municipality of Deux-Montagnes comprised of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, St-Eustache and Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and that part of Thérèse-de Blainville comprised of the city of Boisbriand.
In 2004, 79 per cent of the riding was retained. The riding of Blainville-Deux Montagnes was created in the 1976 redistribution from 57 per cent of Terrebonne and 43 per cent of Argenteuil-Deux Montagnes. In 1996, the riding became St-Eustache-Ste-Thérèse and kept 71 per cent of Blainville-Deux Montagnes. The riding name was changed to Rivière-des-Mille-Îes in 1998.
Population: 97,258 (2006 census; an increase of 4.6% since 2001)
Political History
In 2008, the Bloc Québécois's Luc Desnoyers easily won the seat vacated by the retirement of Bloc Québécois MP Gilles A. Perron. Perron had trounced all comers in the 2006 election. Perron garnered 63 per cent of the vote, taking more than twice as many votes as the next-closest candidate.
In 2004, Perron won his third term with 61 per cent of the vote.
The former Terrebone riding had been Liberal since 1921, except for one PC win in 1958.
Liberal Francis Fox won in Argenteuil-Deux Montagnes in 1972 and 1974. Pierre Trudeau appointed him as solicitor general in 1976, but Fox resigned from that post in 1978. Fox won in Blainville-Deux Montagnes in 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984. In recent years a lobbyist, he became Paul Martin's principal secretary in 2003.
PC Monique Landry won in Blainville-Deux Montagnes in 1984 and 1988. She was appointed minister for external relations and international development in 1986, minister of state for Indian and northern affairs in 1991, and secretary of state and minister of communications in 1993. The BQ's Paul Mercier was elected in Blainville-Deux Montagnes in 1993 and re-elected in 1997 in Terrebonne-Blainville.
Blainville-Deux Montagnes:
- 1979, 1980 - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993 - BQ
St-Eustache-Ste-Thérèse:
- 1997 - BQ
Rivière-des-Milles-Îles:
- 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 3.34% (3,180) |
| French | 31.08% (29,585) |
| Aboriginal | 1.73% (1,645) |
| American | 0.22% (210) |
| Canadian | 79.94% (76,085) |
| Caribbean | 0.11% (100) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.12% (110) |
| Western European | 1.03% (980) |
| Northern European | 0.02% (15) |
| Eastern European | 0.13% (125) |
| S European | 0.51% (490) |
| Other European | 0.05% (50) |
| Scandinavian | 0.02% (20) |
| Baltic | 0.02% (15) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.00% (0) |
| African | 0.13% (125) |
| Arab | 0.05% (50) |
| Maghrebi | 0.04% (40) |
| West Asia | 0.00% (0) |
| South Asia | 0.02% (20) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.23% (220) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 95,180 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 0% (330) |
| French | 99% (94,135) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (20) |
| 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% (65) |
| 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% (40) |
| Portuguese | 0% (0) |
| Romanian | 0% (30) |
| Spanish | 0% (190) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (0) |
| Flemish | 0% (10) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (55) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (0) |
| Russian | 0% (15) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (10) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (0) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (0) |
| Greek | 0% (0) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (20) |
| 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% (0) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (0) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (25) |
| Mandarin | 0% (0) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (15) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (10) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (10) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 95,030 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.27 |
| Mining | 0.06 |
| Utilities | 0.89 |
| Construction | 4.44 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 4.72 |
| Retail | 11.53 |
| Transport | 5.16 |
| Info Culture | 4.05 |
| Finance Insurance | 5.07 |
| Real Estate | 1.82 |
| ProSciTech | 9.18 |
| Management | 0.09 |
| Waste/Remediation | 4.53 |
| Education | 6.50 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.37 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.98 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.80 |
| Public Admin | 4.39 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 49,415 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 7.1%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 17.68%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 30.32%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $58,366
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 5%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 30.79%
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.
Laurin Liu | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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