*** Welcome to piglix ***

Marguerite-D'Youville

Marguerite-D'Youville
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created 1992
District abolished 2011
First contested 1994
Last contested 2008
Demographics
Population (2001) 62,832
Electors (2008) 51,956
Area (km²) 132.55
Census divisions Longueuil (part), Marguerite D'Youville (part)
Census subdivisions Boucherville, Sainte-Julie

Marguerite-D'Youville is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it consisted of the cities of Boucherville and Sainte-Julie.

It was created for the 1994 election from Bertrand and named after Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Montarville.

In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 59% for Quebec to separate.

* Increase is from UFP




...
Wikipedia

...