Quebec electoral district | |||
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Joliette in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Bloc Québécois |
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District created | 1966 | ||
First contested | 1968 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 100,683 | ||
Electors (2015) | 85,545 | ||
Area (km²) | 9,102 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 11.1 | ||
Census divisions | Joliette, Matawinie | ||
Census subdivisions | Joliette, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Rawdon |
Joliette is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.
This electoral district, located northeast of Montreal in the Quebec region of Lanaudière, currently consists of:
It is bounded by the:
It was created by the British North America of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. In 1933, Joliette became part of the new electoral district of Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm.
It was created again in 1966 from Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne ridings.
This riding lost territory to Berthier—Maskinongé during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
Note: results from the 1974 federal election are missing from the Library of Parliament website. Results shown are incomplete results (250 of 256 polling stations reporting) reported in the Globe and Mail on July 9, 1974.
Note: percentage change for Roch LaSalle compares his vote as a PC candidate in 1974 to his vote as an independent candidate in 1972.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.