Laurentides—Labelle is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Laurentides—Labelle
Quebec electoral district
Laurentides—Labelle in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Coordinates:46°13′08″N 74°30′00″W / 46.219°N 74.500°W / 46.219; -74.500
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Marie-Hélène Gaudreau
Bloc Québécois
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]113,815
Electors (2019)100,315
Area (km²)[1]19,694
Pop. density (per km²)5.8
Census division(s)Antoine-Labelle RCM, Les Laurentides RCM, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Census subdivision(s)Mont-Laurier, Sainte-Adèle, Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Tremblant, Val-David, Rivière-Rouge, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Mont-Blanc, Piedmont

Geography

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The district is located north of Gatineau and northwest of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Laurentides. It includes the Regional County Municipalities of Antoine-Labelle, and Les Laurentides, and the eastern part of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.

The main towns are Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Tremblant and Val-David.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Pontiac, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Joliette and Rivière-du-Nord.

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 3.3% Indigenous

Languages: 91.4% French, 4.7% English

Religions: 69.1% Christian (62.9% Catholic, 6.2% other), 29.8% none

Median income: $38,000 (2020)

Average income: $48,760 (2020)

History

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The electoral district was created in 2004: 61.5 per cent of the riding came from Laurentides, 34.9 per cent from Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, and 3.6 per cent from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel. The borders of the riding were not changed in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurentides—Labelle
Riding created from Laurentides, Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle
and Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
38th  2004–2006     Johanne Deschamps Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Marc-André Morin New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019     David Graham Liberal
43rd  2019–2021     Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Bloc Québécois
44th  2021–present

Election results

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Graph of election results in Laurentides—Labelle (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marie-Hélène Gaudreau 32,133 50.11 +3.29 $21,484.26
Liberal Antoine Menassa 15,966 24.90 -8.21 $30,189.73
Conservative Kathy Laframboise 6,770 10.56 +2.94 $4,502.65
New Democratic Eric-Abel Baland 3,907 6.09 -0.21 $2,232.62
People's Richard Evanko 2,432 3.79 +3.15 $2,846.39
Green Michel Le Comte 1,570 2.45 -2.38 $0.00
Free Michel Leclerc 1,165 1.82 +1.55 $2,135.77
Independent Jean-Noël Sorel 180 0.28 2,135.77
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,123 98.02 $140,281.75
Total rejected ballots 1,293 1.98
Turnout 65,416 61.91 -4.30
Registered voters 105,659
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +5.75
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Bloc Québécois 24,463 52.31
  Liberal 10,974 23.47
  Conservative 4,910 10.50
  New Democratic 2,601 5.56
  People's 1,701 3.64
  Green 1,132 2.42
  Others 984 2.10
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marie-Hélène Gaudreau 30,625 46.8 +17.05 $15,620.09
Liberal David Graham 21,655 33.1 +1.0 $98,928.72
Conservative Serge Grégoire 4,983 7.6 -2.23 $11,670.89
New Democratic Claude Dufour 4,122 6.3 -20.05 $10,091.59
Green Gaël Chantrel 3,157 4.8 +2.82 $2,631.54
People's Richard Evanko 418 0.6 $2,112.25
Rhinoceros Ludovic Schneider 272 0.4 none listed
Independent Michel Leclerc 174 0.3 $1,784.92
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,406 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 1018 1.53 -0.07
Turnout 66,424 66.22 -0.15
Eligible voters 100,315
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +8.03
Source: Elections Canada[6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal David Graham 20,277 32.10 +19.43 $42,071.27
Bloc Québécois Johanne Régimbald 18,793 29.75 -1.71 $38,438.60
New Democratic Simon-Pierre Landry 16,644 26.35 -17.48 $46,974.86
Conservative Sylvain Charron 6,209 9.83 +0.56 $4,589.93
Green Niloufar Hedjazi 1,251 1.98 -0.53
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,173 100.00   $259,852.50
Total rejected ballots 1,030 1.60
Turnout 64,203 66.37
Eligible voters 96,737
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +18.45
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Marc-André Morin 24,800 43.83 +34.60 $1,258.43
Bloc Québécois Johanne Deschamps 17,799 31.45 -15.63 $86,253.84
Liberal Jean-Marc Lacoste 7,169 12.67 -14.01 $57,752.84
Conservative Guy Joncas 5,246 9.27 -3.77 $6,075.77
Green François Beauchamp 1,423 2.51 -1.44
Marxist–Leninist Mikaël St-Louis 149 0.26
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,586 100.00
Total rejected ballots 695 1.21 +0.15
Turnout 57,281 62.44 +2.04
Eligible voters 91,742
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Johanne Deschamps 24,956 47.08 -6.7 $84,074
Liberal Pierre Gfeller 14,143 26.68 +12.2 $68,722
Conservative Guy Joncas 6,914 13.04 -7.3 $21,200
New Democratic David Dupras 4,896 9.23 +2.8 $2,719
Green Jacques Rigal 2,094 3.95 -0.9 $700
Total valid votes/expense limit 53,003 100.00 $98,720
Total rejected ballots 570 1.06
Turnout 53,573 60.40
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Johanne Deschamps 28,217 53.8 -4.6 $82,985
Conservative Guy Joncas 10,666 20.3 +14.5 $46,224
Liberal Jean-Pierre Fortin 7,616 14.5 -14.9 $22,123
New Democratic Rose-Aimée Auclair 3,382 6.5 +3.8 $1,635
Green Richard Savignac 2,543 4.9 +1.2
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,424 100.0 $90,966
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Johanne Deschamps 28,675 58.4 $76,294
Liberal Dominique Boyer 14,459 29.4 $75,647
Conservative Guillaume Desjardins 2,887 5.9 $13,907
Green Jacques Léger 1,781 3.6 $2,090
New Democratic Brendan Naef 1,320 2.7 $877
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,122 100.0 $88,110

See also

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References

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  • "Laurentides—Labelle (Code 24030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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