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Laporte (electoral district)

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MNA
  
Nicole Ménard Liberal

First contested
  
1973

Population (2011)
  
60,970

Elector
  
45,573

District created
  
1972

Last contested
  
2014

Province
  
Québec

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

Census divisions
  
Longueuil (part), Saint-Lambert

Laporte is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

Contents

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Taillon and Chambly.

It was named after former Liberal Minister Pierre Laporte who was kidnapped and killed by militants of the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis in 1970.

Geography

The riding currently includes:

  • The entire City of Saint-Lambert
  • The following areas of the City of Longueuil:
  • Borough of Greenfield Park,
  • LeMoyne district of the Borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil,
  • Laflèche district of the Borough of Saint-Hubert

    • In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

    Members of the National Assembly

    This riding has elected the following Members of the National Assembly:

    Election results

    * Result compared to Action démocratique

    * Result compared to UFP

    References

    Laporte (electoral district) Wikipedia
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