Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district)

Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Rivière-du-Nord

Quebec electoral district
Rivière-du-Nord in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rhéal Fortin Bloc Québécois
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2019)[1]	112,156
Electors (2019)	95,813
Area (km²)[1]	381
Pop. density (per km²)	294.4
Census division(s)	La Rivière-du-Nord
Census subdivision(s)	Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte

Geography

The district consists of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. It includes the communities of Saint-Jérôme, Sainte-Sophie, Prévost, Saint-Hippolyte and Saint-Colomban

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Laurentides—Labelle, Joliette, Montcalm, Terrebonne and Mirabel.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[2]

Ethnic groups: 93.5% White, 2.3% Black, 1.8% Indigenous

Languages: 92.9% French, 1.9% English, 1.1% Spanish

Religions: 64.5% Christian (57.9% Catholic, 6.6% Other), 1.3% Muslim, 33.6% none

Median income: $40,000 (2020)

Average income: $47,200 (2020)

History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 83.3% of the population of the riding came from Laurentides, 9.3% from Berthier—Montcalm and 7.4% from Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel ridings. In the 2012 electoral redistribution, the riding lost Saint-Colomban to Mirabel.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Rivière-du-Nord Riding created from Laurentides, Berthier—Montcalm and Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
38th	2004–2006		Monique Guay	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Pierre Dionne Labelle	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2018		Rhéal Fortin	Bloc Québécois
	2018–2018			Groupe parlementaire québécois
	2018–2019			Bloc Québécois
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Rivière-du-Nord (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Rhéal Fortin	29,943	52.2	+0.2	$17,137.18
	Liberal	Theodora Bajkin	12,767	22.3	±0.0	$5,481.12
	Conservative	Patricia Morrissette	6,803	11.9	+0.1	$17,935.40
	New Democratic	Marie-Helen Paspaliaris	3,958	6.9	-0.1	$703.54
	People's	Keeyan Ravanshid	2,164	3.8	+3.1	$1,391.38
	Free	Marie-Eve Damour	1,036	1.8	N/A	$733.88
	Rhinoceros	Jean-François René	373	0.7	N/A	$0.00
	Indépendance du Québec	Nicolas Riqueur-Lainé	285	0.5	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,329	97.7	–	$126,251.14
Total rejected ballots			1,327	2.3
Turnout			58,656	59.1
Eligible voters			99,292
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+0.1
Source: Elections Canada[3]

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	26,505	51.60
	Liberal	11,542	22.47
	Conservative	6,183	12.04
	New Democratic	3,536	6.88
	People's	1,967	3.83
	Green	149	0.29
	Others	1,482	2.89

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Rhéal Fortin	31,281	52.0	+20.0	$14,299.86
	Liberal	Florence Gagnon	13,402	22.3	-4.1	$53,916.68
	Conservative	Sylvie Fréchette	7,120	11.8	+3.3	$28,363.50
	New Democratic	Myriam Ouellette	4,194	7.0	-23.1	none listed
	Green	Joey Leckman	3,345	5.6	+3.1	$7,366.15
	People's	Normand Michaud	407	0.7	–	$45.01
	Indépendence du Québec	Nicolas Riqueur-Lainé	225	0.4	–	$117.25
	Independent	Lucie St-Gelais	127	0.2	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,101	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,206
Turnout			61,307	64.0
Eligible voters			95,813
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+12.05
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Rhéal Fortin	18,157	32.05	+3.85	$29,318.93
	New Democratic	Pierre Dionne Labelle	17,077	30.14	-24.98	$42,630.13
	Liberal	Janice Bélair Rolland	14,933	26.36	+19.91	$11,873.97
	Conservative	Romain Vignol	4,793	8.46	+0.03	$3,414.56
	Green	Joey Leckman	1,436	2.53	+0.74	$4,357.78
	Rhinoceros	Fobozof A. Côté	261	0.46	–	$501.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,657	100.0		$230,280.85
Total rejected ballots			1,044	–	–
Turnout			57,701	65.13	–
Eligible voters			88,586
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.42
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	26,290	55.12
	Bloc Québécois	13,449	28.20
	Conservative	4,022	8.43
	Liberal	3,078	6.45
	Green	856	1.79

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pierre Dionne Labelle	29,603	55.3	+40.6
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	15,105	28.2	-25.4
	Conservative	Sylvain Charron	4,469	8.3	-6.1
	Liberal	Jonathan Juteau	3,400	6.3	-7.3
	Green	René Piché	972	1.8	-1.5
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,549	100.0
Total rejected ballots			880	1.6	–
Turnout			54,429	60.2	–
Eligible voters			90,398	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	26,588	53.6	-5.5	$30,431
	New Democratic	Simon Bernier	7,187	14.5	+7.3	$1,889
	Conservative	Gilles Duguay	7,170	14.4	-6.3	$21,051
	Liberal	Joao Neves	6,755	13.6	+4.3	$2,401
	Green	René Piché	1,656	3.3	-0.3
	Independent	Jocelyne Leduc	273	0.6		$165
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,629	100.0	$88,578
Total rejected ballots			851	1.0
Electors on lists			85,179
Turnout				59,26

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	27,789	59.1	-7.3	$48,755
	Conservative	Pierre Albert	9,769	20.8	+15.2	$6,473
	Liberal	Yannick Guénette	4,365	9.3	-12.3	$7,837
	New Democratic	Simon Bernier	3,393	7.2	+4.3	$1,863
	Green	Maude Genet	1,722	3.7	+1.1
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,038	100.0	$79,573

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Guay	29,204	66.3	–	$60,052
	Liberal	Lorraine Auclair	9,509	21.6	–	$55,195
	Conservative	Catherine Brousseau	2,435	5.5	–	$4,362
	New Democratic	François Côté	1,290	2.9	–
	Green	Marcel Poirier	1,129	2.6	–
	Marijuana	Christian Marcoux	459	1.0	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,026	100.0	$76,106

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district) (Code 24059) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Rivière-du-Nord [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
3. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
4. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Rivière-du-Nord, 30 September 2015
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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