- Terrebonne—Blainville
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec
caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24071
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Diane Bourgeois
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 107694
demo-electors = 77964
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 227
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Terrebonne, Blainville, Sainte-Anne-des-PlainesTerrebonne—Blainville (formerly known as Terrebonne) is a federal electoral district in
Quebec ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1867.It was created as "Terrebonne" riding by the
British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts inLower Canada It was renamed "Terrebonne—Blainville" when parts of
Blainville—Deux-Montagnes and Repentigny ridings were added to Terrebonne riding.Geography
The riding contains the towns of Blainville et Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the region of
Laurentides , and the town ofTerrebonne inLanaudière .The neighbouring ridings are
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel ,Rivière-du-Nord , Montcalm, Alfred-Pellan, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
# Paul Mercier,Bloc Québécois (1997-2000)
# Diane Bourgeois, Bloc Québécois, (2000-present)Election results
Terrebonne—Blainville, 1997 - present
Terrebonne, 1867 - 1997
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=723 Riding history 1867-1996 from the]
Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1068 Riding history 1997-present from the]Library of Parliament
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