Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
province = Quebec


caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24057
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Gilles-A. Perron
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 97258
demo-electors = 73369
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 116
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (formerly known as Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Laval, Laval—Les Îles, and Pierrefonds—Dollard.

History

It was created in 1996 as "Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse" riding from parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes riding.

It was renamed "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles" in 1998.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
# Gilles-A. Perron, "Bloc Québécois", (1997-present)

Election results

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

aint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

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&rid=1057&Include= Riding history for Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1190 Riding history for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles from the] Library of Parliament