Laurentides—Labelle

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

Geography

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—La Petite-Nation, Pontiac, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Joliette and Rivière-du-Nord.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

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

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

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

Election results

References

"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