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Joliette (electoral district)

Joliette
Quebec electoral district
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Joliette in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Gabriel Ste-Marie
Bloc Québécois
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.


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