Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Quebec

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, Canada

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, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542.

This riding occupies the northwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Rivière des Prairies. It contains the former cities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Roxboro, and L'Île-Bizard.

This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Over 17% of the population has a university degree, while just over 4% has less than a Grade 9 education. The average family income is $75,497 with an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

According to the 2001 census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. This is an ethnically-mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities. The total immigrant population is almost 30%.

Geography

The district includes the Montreal

Montreal

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 borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a borough of the city of Montreal. It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island...

, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève is a borough of the city of Montreal.-Geography:The borough is composed of the former municipalities of L'Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève. The first is a separate island, the largest of the City of Montreal besides the Island of Montreal itself, and the second is a...

 and the municipality of Dollard-des-Ormeaux. The neighbouring ridings are Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine

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, Lac-Saint-Louis, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.-Geography:...

, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...

, Laval—Les Îles

Laval—Les Îles

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, and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

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.

History

This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard

Dollard (electoral district)

Dollard was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.-History:This riding was created in 1952.In 1966, it was defined to consist of:* the City of Saint-Laurent;...

 and Vaudreuil

Vaudreuil (electoral district)

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 ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.

In the redistribution of 2004, 91% of the riding was retained.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Dollard Dollard (electoral district) Dollard was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.-History:This riding was created in 1952.In 1966, it was defined to consist of:* the City of Saint-Laurent;...  and Vaudreuil Vaudreuil (electoral district) Vaudreuil was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1914, and from 1968 to 1997.-History:...  prior to 1986
Pierrefonds—Dollard
34th Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....	1988–1993		Gerry Weiner Gerry Weiner Gerald "Gerry" Weiner, PC is a Canadian politician.A pharmacist educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, Weiner entered local politics and eventually became mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
35th Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...	1993–1997		Bernard Patry Bernard Patry Bernard Patry is a Canadian politician, and was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard from 1993 to 2011....	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
36th Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...	1997–2000
37th Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....	2000–2004
38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...	2004–2006
39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...	2006–2008
40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe is a Canadian politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard in the 2011 Canadian federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party, defeating longtime Liberal MP Bernard Patry....	New Democratic New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.


Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada