Terrebonne—Blainville

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24071
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Diane Bourgeois
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 107694
demo-electors = 77964
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 227
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Terrebonne, Blainville, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

Terrebonne—Blainville (formerly known as Terrebonne) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.

It was created as "Terrebonne" riding by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada

It was renamed "Terrebonne—Blainville" when parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes and Repentigny ridings were added to Terrebonne riding.

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

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
# Paul Mercier, Bloc Québécois (1997-2000)
# Diane Bourgeois, Bloc Québécois, (2000-present)

Election results

Terrebonne—Blainville, 1997 - present

Terrebonne, 1867 - 1997

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=723 Riding history 1867-1996 from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1068 Riding history 1997-present from the] Library of Parliament