Laval—Les Îles

Laval—Les Îles
Quebec electoral district
	Laval—Les Îles in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Coordinates:	45°32′38″N 73°50′13″W / 45.544°N 73.837°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Fayçal El-Khoury; Liberal
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	108,003
Electors (2019)	83,233
Area (km²)	47
Pop. density (per km²)	2,297.9
Census division(s)	Laval
Census subdivision(s)	Laval

Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox,^[3] and 14.0% are of Greek ethnic origin,^[4] both the highest such percentages in Canada.

Geography edit

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

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Mother tongue: French (48%), English (10%), Greek (9%), Arabic (7%), Armenian (4%)

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

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Laval—Les Îles Riding created from Laval West
38th	2004–2006	Raymonde Folco	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	François Pilon	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Fayçal El-Khoury	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Graph of election results in Laval—Les Îles (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	24,758	48.9	+0.7	$67,794.59
	Bloc Québécois	Guillaume Jolivet	9,656	19.1	-1.5	$3,008.90
	Conservative	Spyridonas Pettas	8,963	17.7	+1.4	$25,344.16
	New Democratic	Rowan Woodmass	3,889	7.7	-1.2	$450.32
	People's	Matthieu Couture	2,571	5.1	+3.4	$1,531.26
	Green	Ahmed Taleb	760	1.5	-2.8	$2,760.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,597	98.4	–	$112,913.17
Total rejected ballots			819	1.6
Turnout			51,416	61.9
Eligible voters			83,045
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.1
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	26,031	48.2	+0.50	$93,691.28
	Bloc Québécois	Nacera Beddad	11,120	20.6	+8.18	$1,900.53
	Conservative	Tom Pentefountas	8,816	16.3	-1.80	none listed
	New Democratic	Noémia Onofre De Lima	4,803	8.9	-10.87	none listed
	Green	Sari Madi	2,306	4.3	+2.61	none listed
	People's	Marie-Louise Beauchamp	885	1.7		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,961	100.0
Total rejected ballots			840
Turnout			54,801	65.8
Eligible voters			83,233
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.84
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	25,857	47.70	+27.07	$86,424.50
	New Democratic	François Pilon	10,710	19.77	-27.43	$29,014.20
	Conservative	Roland Dick	9,811	18.10	+1.67	$114,413.09
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Redhead	6,731	12.42	-0.47	$19,952.32
	Green	Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis	919	1.69	-0.09	$2,605.36
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	175	0.32	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			–	100.0		$218,884.73
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,203	–	–
Eligible voters			81,562
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,069	47.20
	Liberal	9,208	20.63
	Conservative	7,333	16.43
	Bloc Québécois	5,755	12.89
	Green	794	1.78
	Others	483	1.08

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Pilon	25,703	47.64	+36.18
	Liberal	Karine Joizil	11,108	20.59	-19.85
	Conservative	Zaki Ghavitian	8,587	15.92	-4.70
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	7,022	13.02	-10.52
	Green	Brent Neil	966	1.79	-1.49
	Pirate	Stéphane Bakhos	369	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	194	0.36	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			702	1.28	-0.06
Turnout			54,651	59.31	-2.38

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	21,603	40.44	+1.13	$46,790
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	12,576	23.54	-9.53	$43,306
	Conservative	Agop Evereklian	11,017	20.62	+3.55	$88,318
	New Democratic	Zahia El-Masri	6,124	11.46	+4.27	$5,682
	Green	Brent Neil	1,752	3.28	+0.35	$20
	Rhinoceros	Sylvain A. Trottier	336	0.62		$184
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,408	100.00	$90,317
Total rejected ballots			725	1.34	+0.03
Turnout			54,133	61.69	-1.78

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	23,985	47.86	–	$41,522
	Bloc Québécois	Micaël Poirier	18,597	37.11	–	$19,639
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pratte	3,498	6.98	–	$8,960
	New Democratic	Paul Michaud	2,202	4.39	–	$1,461
	Green	Pierre Véronneau	1,178	2.35	–	$1,860
	Marijuana	Michel Allard	498	0.99	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	154	0.31	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,112	100.00	$80,533