Laval-des-Rapides (provincial electoral district)

Laval-des-Rapides

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Saul Polo Liberal
District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	72,440
Electors (2014)[1]	54,691
Area (km²)[2]	25.6
Pop. density (per km²)	2,829.7
Census divisions	Laval (part)
Census subdivisions	Laval (part)

Laval-des-Rapides is a provincial electoral district in the Laval region of Quebec that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located between Autoroute 15 and Autoroute 19 and between Rivière des Prairies and Autoroute 440.

It was created for the 1981 election from parts of Fabre and Mille-Îles electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained a small amount of territory from Mille-Îles.

Since being created in 1981, the riding has always voted for the winning party in every general election.^[3]

Members of the National Assembly

1. Bernard Landry, Parti Québécois (1981–1985)
2. Guy Bélanger, Liberal (1985–1993)
3. Serge Ménard, Parti Québécois (1993–2003)
4. Alain Paquet, Liberal (2003–2012)
5. Léo Bureau-Blouin, Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
6. Saul Polo, Liberal (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Saul Polo	16,880	44.20	+11.93
	Parti Québécois	Léo Bureau-Blouin	11,902	31.17	-7.16
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Vincent Bolduc	6,552	17.16	-4.64
	Québec solidaire	Nicolas Chatel-Launay	2,151	5.63	+1.41
	Green	Léo McKenna	516	1.35	+0.02
	Option nationale	David Voyer	188	0.49	-1.04
Total valid votes			38,189	98.47	–
Total rejected ballots			593	1.53	–
Turnout			38,782	70.91	-2.45
Electors on the lists			54,691	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Léo Bureau-Blouin	14,934	38.33	-0.62
	Liberal	Alain Paquet	12,572	32.27	-11.80
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Maud Cohen	8,493	21.80	+11.60*
	Québec solidaire	Sylvie Des Rochers	1,643	4.22	+1.35
	Option nationale	Lawrence Côté-Collins	594	1.53	–
	Green	Carl Desmarais	517	1.33	-1.23
	Coalition pour la constituante	Monique Chartrand	205	0.53	–
Total valid votes			38,958	98.75	–
Total rejected ballots			492	1.25	–
Turnout			39,450	73.36	+18.25
Electors on the lists			53,773	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alain Paquet	11,757	44.07	+9.66
	Parti Québécois	Marc Demers	10,392	38.95	+8.99
	Action démocratique	Robert Goulet	2,722	10.20	-17.69
	Québec solidaire	Sylvie Des Rochers	766	2.87	-0.55
	Green	Nicholas Sarrazin	683	2.56	-1.77
	Parti indépendantiste	Mathieu Desbiens	150	0.56	–
	Independent	Jacques Frigon	112	0.42	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	96	0.36	–
Total valid votes			26,678	98.59	–
Total rejected ballots			382	1.41	–
Turnout			27,060	55.11	-14.56
Electors on the lists			49,100	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alain Paquet	11,532	34.41	-10.32
	Parti Québécois	Marc Demers	10,038	29.96	-8.94
	Action démocratique	Robert Goulet	9,344	27.89	+14.07
	Green	Michel Lefebvre	1,450	4.33	+3.25
	Québec solidaire	Nicole Caron	1,145	3.42	–
Total valid votes			33,509	98.83	–
Total rejected ballots			396	1.17	–
Turnout			33,905	69.67	-0.15
Electors on the lists			48,667	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alain Paquet	15,190	44.73	+3.95
	Parti Québécois	Serge Ménard	13,209	38.90	-6.59
	Action démocratique	Philippe Laurin	4,693	13.82	+1.51
	Green	Louis-Philippe Verenka	366	1.08	–
	Bloc Pot	Vincent Pelletier	339	1.00	+0.73
	Christian Democracy	Micheline Michelle Marleau	162	0.48	–
Total valid votes			33,959	98.74	–
Total rejected ballots			434	1.26	–
Turnout			34,393	69.82	-9.83
Electors on the lists			49,259	–	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Serge Ménard	13,938	45.49	-1.36
	Liberal	Robert Lefebvre	12,497	40.78	-0.34
	Action démocratique	Pierre Cadieu	3,771	12.31	+3.26
	Bloc Pot	Marie-Ève Samson	223	0.73	–
	Socialist Democracy	Nathalie Toussaint	117	0.38	-1.83
	Innovator	Réal Lalonde	97	0.32	–
Total valid votes			30,643	98.94	–
Total rejected ballots			327	1.06	–
Turnout			30,970	78.85	-3.83
Electors on the lists			39,279	–	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	19,057	52.65
	Non	17,142	47.35

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Serge Ménard	14,179	46.85	-7.46
	Liberal	Raymond Monette	12,446	41.12	-1.05
	Action démocratique	Claude Théberge	2,738	9.05	–
	New Democratic	Richard Aubert	669	2.21	+1.59
	Natural Law	Claude Viau	232	0.77	–
Total valid votes			30,264	97.74	–
Total rejected ballots			700	2.26	–
Turnout			30,964	82.68	+43.78
Electors on the lists			37,451	–	–

Quebec provincial by-election, December 13, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Serge Ménard	7,551	54.31	+10.57
	Liberal	Raymond Monette	5,831	42.17	-9.47
	Parti j'en peut pus	Robert Leclerc	197	1.42	–
	Parti Réforme Québec	André Dovon	178	1.29	–
	New Democratic	Robert Giguère	86	0.62	–
	Renaissance	Michel Le Brun	26	0.19	–
Total valid votes			13,829	98.86	–
Total rejected ballots			160	1.14	–
Turnout			13,989	38.90	-36.82
Electors on the lists			35,961	–	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	18,887	59.31
	Oui	12,960	40.69

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy Bélanger	14,821	51.52	-0.96
	Parti Québécois	François Shanks	12,622	43.87	-0.54
	Independent	Patrice Fortin	972	3.38	–
	United Social Credit	Emilien Martel	354	1.23	+0.81
Total valid votes			28,769	97.12	–
Total rejected ballots			853	2.88	–
Turnout			29,622	75.72	-0.49
Electors on the lists			39,118	–	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=439&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=439&section=superficie
3. "Le libéral Saul Polo a raison de Léo Bureau-Blouin". Le Devoir, April 8, 2014.

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Laval region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts