Vimy (electoral district)
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 104,373 | ||
Electors (2015) | 85,511 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 35 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,982.1 | ||
Census divisions | Laval | ||
Census subdivisions | Laval |
Vimy is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Vimy was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Laval (78%), Laval—Les Îles (12%) and Alfred-Pellan (11%).[3]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Vimy Riding created from Alfred-Pellan, Laval and Laval—Les Îles |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Eva Nassif | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Eva Nassif | 25,082 | 46.15 | +25.8 | – | |||
New Democratic | France Duhamel | 11,391 | 20.96 | -21.74 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Barek Kaddouri | 9,068 | 16.69 | -5.05 | – | |||
Conservative | Anthony Mavros | 7,262 | 13.36 | +0.59 | – | |||
Green | José Núñez-Melo | 1,280 | 2.36 | +0.43 | $22,013.37 | |||
Christian Heritage | Brian Jenkins | 260 | 0.48 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,343 | 100.0 | $224,281.29 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 941 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 55,284 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 85,889 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 20,140 | 42.70 | |
Bloc Québécois | 10,255 | 21.74 | |
Liberal | 9,597 | 20.35 | |
Conservative | 6,021 | 12.77 | |
Green | 910 | 1.93 | |
Others | 240 | 0.51 |
References
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