Laval West (French: Laval-Ouest; formerly known as Mille-Iles and Laval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004.

Laval West
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished2003
First contested1979
Last contested2000

It was created as the riding of "Mille-Iles" in 1976 from parts of Laval riding. It was renamed "Laval" in 1977, and "Laval West" in 1990.

In 2003, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into Laval and Laval—Les Îles ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laval
Riding created from Laval
31st  1979–1980     Marcel-Claude Roy Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Guy Ricard Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
Laval West
35th  1993–1997     Michel Dupuy Liberal
36th  1997–2000 Raymonde Folco
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Laval and Laval—Les Îles

Election results

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Laval, 1977-1993

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 40,067
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Léger 5,484
Social Credit Madeleine Piquette Bédard 4,592
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt 3,521
Rhinoceros Jean Bonnier 1,191
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Carbonneau 196
Union populaire Yves Scofield 156
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 38,580
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt 5,709
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Léger 3,715
Rhinoceros Jean Chat Botté Bonnier 1,679
Social Credit Madeleine Piquette Bédard 1,110
Union populaire Lucie Poirier 271
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Carbonneau 142
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard 30,696
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 23,002
New Democratic John Fasciano 8,158
Parti nationaliste Conrad Monière 2,331
Commonwealth of Canada Jean-Claude Souvray 299
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard 26,858
Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette 18,819
New Democratic Paul Cappon 8,546
Commonwealth of Canada Mario Ouellet 468

Laval West, 1993-2004

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1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Michel Dupuy 28,380
Bloc Québécois Michel Leduc 26,368
Progressive Conservative Guy Ricard 4,155
Libertarian Rick Blatter 712
New Democratic Marcella Tardif-Provencher 678
Natural Law Eddy Gagné 545
National Cyril G. MacNeil 295
Commonwealth of Canada John Ajemian 187
Abolitionist Georges Vaudrin 110
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Raymonde Folco 31,566
Bloc Québécois Sylvain Gauthier 19,547
Progressive Conservative Yves Désormeaux 12,365
New Democratic Karina Zeidler 1,072
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Raymonde Folco 31,758
Bloc Québécois Manon Sauvé 19,975
Alliance Leo Housakos 4,631
Progressive Conservative Michael Fortier 3,613
Green Luc Beaulieu 983
New Democratic Christian Patenaude 764
Marxist–Leninist Polyvios Tsakanikas 180

See also

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament: