Laval (federal electoral district)

Laval was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917, 1949 to 1979, and from 2004 to 2015.

Laval
Quebec electoral district
Laval in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Coordinates:45°34′41″N 73°44′31″W / 45.578°N 73.742°W / 45.578; -73.742
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created2003
District abolished2012
First contested2004
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]110,376
Electors (2011)82,362
Area (km²)[2]45.37
Census division(s)Laval
Census subdivision(s)Laval

Geography edit

The district included the neighbourhoods of Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Fabreville in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings were Papineau, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval—Les Îles, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, and Alfred-Pellan.

History edit

The electoral district of Laval was created in 1867 covering the entire County of Laval (now the City of Laval). In 1914, Laval riding was abolished. The district of Laval—Two Mountains was created from Laval and Two Mountains.

In 1947, the new district of Laval was created from Laval—Two Mountains and Mercier. In 1976, riding was abolished when it was redistributed into Laval-des-Rapides and Mille-Îles ridings.

In 1977, a new Laval riding was created. In 1990, it was renamed Laval West.

In 2003, a new Laval riding was created from Laval Centre and Laval West ridings.

It was abolished for the 2015 election, and dissolved into Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

Members of Parliament edit

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laval
1st  1867–1872     Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose Conservative
2nd  1872–1873
 1873–1874 Joseph-Aldric Ouimet
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1892
 1892–1896
8th  1896–1900     Thomas Fortin Liberal
9th  1900–1901
 1902–1904     Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard Conservative
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911     Charles-Avila Wilson Liberal
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Laval—Two Mountains
Riding re-created from Laval—Two Mountains and Mercier
21st  1949–1953     Léopold Demers Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Rodrigue Bourdages Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Jean-Léo Rochon Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Marcel-Claude Roy
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Laval-des-Rapides and Mille-Îles
Riding re-created from Laval Centre and Laval West
38th  2004–2006     Nicole Demers Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     José Núñez-Melo New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin

Election results edit

2004-present edit

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic José Núñez-Melo 22,050 43.33 +30.88
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 11,567 22.73 -15.06
Liberal Eva Nassif 9,422 18.51 -9.59
Conservative Robert Malo 6,366 12.33 -5.51
Green Jocelyne Leduc 1,260 2.48 -0.70
Marxist–Leninist Yvon Breton 224 0.44 +0.01
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,889 100.00
Total rejected ballots 738 1.43 -0.07
Turnout 51,627 60.74 -1.50
Eligible voters 84,991
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 19,085 37.79 -6.6 $68,964
Liberal Alia Haddad 14,190 28.10 +2.5 $19,244
Conservative Jean-Pierre Bélisle 9,101 18.02 -0.6 $73,966
New Democratic Alain Giguère 6,289 12.45 +4.3 $1,831
Green Eric Madelein 1,607 3.18 -0.2
Marxist–Leninist Yvon Breton 221 0.43
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,493 100.00 $86,875
Total rejected ballots 769 1.50
Turnout 51,262 62.24
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 22,032 44.3 -5.7 $74,484
Liberal Alia Haddad 12,698 25.6 -10.6 $23,250
Conservative Émilio Migliozzi 9,236 18.6 +12.2 $5,780
New Democratic Benoit Beauchamp 4,047 8.1 +4.0 $1,467
Green Philippe Mari 1,666 3.4 +1.1 $828
Total 49,679 100.0 $80,650
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 24,425 50.1 $61,946
Liberal Pierre Lafleur 17,639 36.2 $67,777
Conservative Stéphane D'Amours 3,115 6.4 $12,823
New Democratic Alain Giguère 1,998 4.1 $221
Green Damien Pichereau 1,091 2.2
Marijuana Pierre Losier-Côté 492 1.0
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,760 100.0 $79,622

1979-1993 edit

See Laval West.

1949-1979 edit

1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 29,715 65.3 +6.5
Progressive Conservative Marial Jolicoeur 7,224 15.9 +2.9
New Democratic Paul Laliberté 4,258 9.4 -2.9
Social Credit Pierre Gouroff 3,922 8.6 -5.9
Independent Maurice Juteau 382 0.8
Total valid votes 45,501 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 28,121 58.8 -5.5
Social Credit Pierre Gouroff 6,921 14.5 +12.0
Progressive Conservative Georges Massicotte 6,219 13.0 +0.5
New Democratic D.A. Boyle 5,868 12.3 -2.8
Independent Robert Fine 669 1.4
Total valid votes 47,798 100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcel-Claude Roy 24,740 64.4 +13.7
New Democratic D.-A. Boyle 5,807 15.1 -9.3
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Léger 4,801 12.5 -2.9
  Franc Lib Jean-Roger Marcotte 2,141 5.6
Ralliement créditiste Thomas Leclerc 940 2.4 -7.1
Total valid votes 38,429 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Léo Rochon 44,533 50.7 -3.3
New Democratic Louis-Philippe Lecours 21,484 24.4 +9.0
Progressive Conservative Rudy Hébert 13,553 15.4 +1.8
Ralliement créditiste Jean-Charles Brouillard 8,349 9.5 -7.5
Total valid votes 87,919 100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Léo Rochon 43,452 53.9 +4.4
Social Credit Roland Reeves 13,701 17.0 +11.1
New Democratic Louis-Philippe Lecours 12,478 15.5 +8.2
Progressive Conservative Georges Long 10,963 13.6 -17.6
Total valid votes 80,594 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Léo Rochon 36,248 49.5 +3.3
Progressive Conservative J.-Rodrigue Bourdages 22,843 31.2 -16.3
New Democratic Louis-Ph. Lecours 5,302 7.2 +3.3
Independent Liberal Adrien Bonin 4,513 6.2
Social Credit Léopold Mercier 4,294 5.9
Total valid votes 73,200 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rodrigue Bourdages 26,076 47.5 +34.8
Liberal Léopold Demers 25,363 46.2 -14.4
Co-operative Commonwealth Jacques Champagne 2,165 3.9 +1.2
Independent PC Alexandre Joly 796 1.5
Independent Liberal Arthur Prévost 476 0.9
Total valid votes 54,876 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Léopold Demers 26,254 60.6 -10.2
Independent Rodrigue Bourdages 10,333 23.9
Progressive Conservative Alexandre Joly 5,525 12.8 -14.0
Co-operative Commonwealth Gisèle Couture 1,205 2.8 +0.4
Total valid votes 43,317 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Léopold Demers 19,337 70.9 +6.1
Progressive Conservative Louis Jarry 7,309 26.8 -8.4
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph-Roméo Martin 645 2.4
Total valid votes 27,291 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Léopold Demers 18,202 64.8
Progressive Conservative Léopold Pouliot 9,888 35.2
Total valid votes 28,090 100.0

1867-1917 edit

1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles-Avila Wilson 2,648 52.0 +1.2
Conservative Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard 2,449 48.0 -1.2
Total valid votes 5,097 100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles-Avila Wilson 2,194 50.8 +1.4
Conservative Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard 2,125 49.2 -1.4
Total valid votes 4,319 100.0
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard 1,842 50.6 +1.1
Liberal C. Paquette 1,798 49.4 +0.2
Total valid votes 3,640 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 15 January 1902
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Fortin named Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec,
Montreal District, 25 September 1901


1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Fortin 1,821 54.8 +3.3
Conservative J.E. Émile Léonard 1,502 45.2 -3.3
Total valid votes 3,323 100.0
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Fortin 1,541 51.5 +17.9
Conservative F.J. Bisaillon 1,449 48.5 -17.9
Total valid votes 2,990 100.0
By-election on 25 January 1892

Ouimet named Minister of Public Works, 11 January 1892

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet acclaimed


1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet 1,082 66.4 +4.9
Liberal N.H. Ladouceur 548 33.6 -4.9
Total valid votes 1,630 100.0
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet 854 61.5
Liberal Adolp. Ouimet 534 38.5
Total valid votes 1,388 100.0
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet acclaimed
By-election on 18 October 1873

On Mr. Bellerose being called to the Senate, 7 October 1873

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[4]

See also edit

References edit

  • "Laval (federal electoral district) (Code 24032) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes edit

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
  4. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.