- Pierrefonds—Dollard
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec
caption = Pierrefonds—Dollard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24049
fed-created = 1986
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Bernard Patry
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 105504
demo-electors = 80211
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 53
demo-cd =Montreal
demo-csd =Montreal , Dollard-Des OrmeauxPierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in
Quebec ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542.This riding occupies the northwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Rivière des Prairies. It contains the former cities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Roxboro, and L'Île-Bizard.
This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Over 17% of the population has a university degree, while just over 4% has less than a Grade 9 education. The average family income is $75,497 with an unemployment rate of 6.5%.
According to the 2001 census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. This is an ethnically-mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities. The total immigrant population is almost 30%.
Geography
The district includes the
Montreal borough ofPierrefonds-Roxboro ,L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and the municipality of Dollard-Des Ormeaux. The neighbouring ridings areNotre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine ,Lac-Saint-Louis ,Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel , Rivière-des-Mille-Îles,Laval—Les Îles , andSaint-Laurent—Cartierville .History
This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard and Vaudreuil ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.
In the redistribution of 2004, 91% of the riding was retained.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=940 Riding history from the]
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