Quebec electoral district | |||
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2003 boundaries
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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) | 102,085 | ||
Electors (2015) | 88,586 | ||
Area (km²) | 381 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 267.9 | ||
Census divisions | La Rivière-du-Nord | ||
Census subdivisions | Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte |
Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
The district consists of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. It includes the communities of Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte and Saint-Colomban
The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Laurentides—Labelle, Joliette, Montcalm, Terrebonne and Mirabel.
The electoral district was created in 2003: 83.3% of the population of the riding came from Laurentides, 9.3% from Berthier—Montcalm and 7.4% from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel ridings. In the 2012 electoral redistribution, the riding lost Saint-Colomban to Mirabel.