La Pointe-de-l'Île
 Quebec electoral district
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La Pointe-de-l'Île in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Bloc Québécois |
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| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 103,512 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 84,335 | ||
| Area (km²) | 43 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,407.3 | ||
| Census divisions | Montreal | ||
| Census subdivisions | Montreal, Montréal-Est | ||
La Pointe-de-l'Île is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,878.
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, and Mercier ridings.
The district includes the City of Montréal-Est, the neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles in the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Longue-Pointe and the southern part of the neighbourhood of Mercier-Est in the Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Honoré-Mercier, Montcalm, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, and Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher.
The riding is located in Eastern Montreal, traditionally the power base of the Quebec sovereignty movement. It had long been reckoned as the Bloc Québécois' safest riding. However, in 2011, after the retirement of longtime MP Francine Lalonde, it fell to the New Democratic Party along with all of the other ridings in Eastern Montreal.
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