Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)


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

Geography

This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.
The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Laval, Laval—Les Îles, and Pierrefonds—Dollard.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.0% White, 1.4% Black, 1.1% Southeast Asian

Languages: 85.5% French, 8.2% English, 1.8% Yiddish

Religions: 83.7% Christian, 3.1% Jewish, 1.1% Muslim, 12.2% No religion

Median income : $31,752

Average income : $39,705

History

It was created in 1996 as "Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse" riding from parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes riding.
It was renamed "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles" in 1998.
This riding lost territory to Mirabel and gained territory from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

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

Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse