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Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Terrebonne—Blainville
Quebec electoral district
2003 boundaries
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2012
First contested1997
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)121,095
Electors (2011)83,300
Area (km²)220.13
Census division(s)Thérèse-De Blainville, Les Moulins
Census subdivision(s)Terrebonne, Blainville, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

Terrebonne—Blainville (French pronunciation: [tɛʁbɔn blɛ̃vil]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 until 2015.

It was created in 1996 out of parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes, Repentigny and Joliette ridings.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution saw the riding abolished into Terrebonne, Thérèse-De Blainville and Mirabel.

Geography

The riding contains the towns of Blainville et Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the region of Laurentides, and the town of Terrebonne in Lanaudière.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Rivière-du-Nord, Montcalm, Alfred-Pellan, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Terrebonne—Blainville
Riding created from Blainville—Deux-Montagnes,
Terrebonne and Joliette
36th  1997–2000     Paul Mercier Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004 Diane Bourgeois
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Charmaine Borg New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Terrebonne, Thérèse-De Blainville and Mirabel

Election results, 1997–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Charmaine Borg 28,260 49.3 +35.8
Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 17,663 30.8 -21.8
Conservative Jean-Philippe Payment 5,236 9.1 -4.9
Liberal Robert Frégeau 4,893 8.5 -8.0
Green Michel Paulette 1,219 2.1 -1.1
Total valid votes/expense limit 57,271 100.0
Total rejected ballots 1,025 1.8 +0.1
Turnout 58,296 65.9 -0.1
Eligible voters 88,442
New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +28.8
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 28,303 52.3 -6.8 $62,243
Liberal Eva Nassif 8,937 16.5 +7.6 $14,566
Conservative Daniel Lebel 7,551 14.0 -6.0 $36,447
New Democratic Michel Le Clair 7,278 13.5 +6.0 $2,256
Green Martin Drapeau 1,714 3.2 -1.2 $806
Independent M. Zamboni Cadieux 283 0.5
Total valid votes/expense limit 54,066 100.0 $87,417
Total rejected ballots 911 1.7 0.0
Turnout 54,977 66.0 +3.7
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 30,197 59.2 -9.0 $42,306
Conservative Daniel Lebel 10,212 20.0 +14.4 $15,696
Liberal Maxime Thériault 4,576 9.0 -10.7 $8,126
New Democratic Michel Leclair 3,829 7.5 +4.3 $1,211
Green Martin Drapeau 2,216 4.3 +1.0 $291
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,030 100.0 $78,841
Total rejected ballots 886 1.7 -1.0
Turnout 51,916 62.3 +5.7
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 31,288 68.1 +16.2 $62,201
Liberal Pierre Gingras 9,048 19.7 -12.0 $54,385
Conservative Patrick Légaré 2,582 5.6 -6.6 $3,305
Green Martin Drapeau 1,554 3.4
New Democratic Normand Beaudet 1,451 3.2 +1.2
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,923 100.0 $75,469
Total rejected ballots 1,252 2.7
Turnout 47,175 56.6

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 28,933 51.9 +1.5
Liberal François-Hugues Liberge 17,668 31.7 +5.3
Alliance Guylaine St-Georges 3,741 6.7
Progressive Conservative Mélanie Gemme 3,089 5.5 -15.8
Natural Law Pascale Levert 1,193 2.1
New Democratic Normand Beaudet 1,111 2.0 0.0
Total valid votes 55,735 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Paul Mercier 28,066 50.4 -18.5
Liberal Marcel Therrien 14,687 26.4 +8.5
Progressive Conservative Dominic Dupuis 11,883 21.3 +9.7
New Democratic Colette Bouchard 1,090 2.0 +0.9
Total valid votes 55,726 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
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