Laval—Les Îles

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

Laval—Les Îles

Quebec electoral district
Laval—Les Îles in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Coordinates:	45°32′38″N 73°50′13″W / 45.544°N 73.837°W / 45.544; -73.837
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Fayçal El-Khoury Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	108,003
Electors (2019)	83,233
Area (km²)^[2]	47
Pop. density (per km²)	2,297.9
Census division(s)	Laval
Census subdivision(s)	Laval

Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox,^[3] and 14.0% are of Greek ethnic origin,^[4] both the highest such percentages in Canada.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Vimy, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

• Mother tongue: French (48%), English (10%), Greek (9%), Arabic (7%), Armenian (4%)

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.

This riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Laval—Les Îles Riding created from Laval West
38th	2004–2006		Raymonde Folco	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		François Pilon	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Fayçal El-Khoury	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Laval—Les Îles (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	24,758	48.9	+0.7	$67,794.59
	Bloc Québécois	Guillaume Jolivet	9,656	19.1	-1.5	$3,008.90
	Conservative	Spyridonas Pettas	8,963	17.7	+1.4	$25,344.16
	New Democratic	Rowan Woodmass	3,889	7.7	-1.2	$450.32
	People's	Matthieu Couture	2,571	5.1	+3.4	$1,531.26
	Green	Ahmed Taleb	760	1.5	-2.8	$2,760.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,597	98.4	–	$112,913.17
Total rejected ballots			819	1.6
Turnout			51,416	61.9
Eligible voters			83,045
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.1
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	26,031	48.2	+0.50	$93,691.28
	Bloc Québécois	Nacera Beddad	11,120	20.6	+8.18	$1,900.53
	Conservative	Tom Pentefountas	8,816	16.3	-1.80	none listed
	New Democratic	Noémia Onofre De Lima	4,803	8.9	-10.87	none listed
	Green	Sari Madi	2,306	4.3	+2.61	none listed
	People's	Marie-Louise Beauchamp	885	1.7		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,961	100.0
Total rejected ballots			840
Turnout			54,801	65.8
Eligible voters			83,233
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.84
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	25,857	47.70	+27.07	$86,424.50
	New Democratic	François Pilon	10,710	19.77	-27.43	$29,014.20
	Conservative	Roland Dick	9,811	18.10	+1.67	$114,413.09
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Redhead	6,731	12.42	-0.47	$19,952.32
	Green	Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis	919	1.69	-0.09	$2,605.36
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	175	0.32	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			–	100.0		$218,884.73
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,203	–	–
Eligible voters			81,562
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,069	47.20
	Liberal	9,208	20.63
	Conservative	7,333	16.43
	Bloc Québécois	5,755	12.89
	Green	794	1.78
	Others	483	1.08

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Pilon	25,703	47.64	+36.18
	Liberal	Karine Joizil	11,108	20.59	-19.85
	Conservative	Zaki Ghavitian	8,587	15.92	-4.70
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	7,022	13.02	-10.52
	Green	Brent Neil	966	1.79	-1.49
	Pirate	Stéphane Bakhos	369	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	194	0.36	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			702	1.28	-0.06
Turnout			54,651	59.31	-2.38

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	21,603	40.44	+1.13	$46,790
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	12,576	23.54	-9.53	$43,306
	Conservative	Agop Evereklian	11,017	20.62	+3.55	$88,318
	New Democratic	Zahia El-Masri	6,124	11.46	+4.27	$5,682
	Green	Brent Neil	1,752	3.28	+0.35	$20
	Rhinoceros	Sylvain A. Trottier	336	0.62		$184
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,408	100.00	$90,317
Total rejected ballots			725	1.34	+0.03
Turnout			54,133	61.69	-1.78

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	20,849	39.31	-8.55	$53,323
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Pichette	17,537	33.07	-4.04	$51,106
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	9,055	17.07	+10.09	$24,108
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	3,817	7.19	+2.80	$1,122
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1,557	2.93	+0.58	$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	211	0.39	+0.08
Total			53,524	100.00	$82,901
Total rejected ballots			709	1.31
Turnout			54,133	63.47

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymonde Folco	23,985	47.86	–	$41,522
	Bloc Québécois	Micaël Poirier	18,597	37.11	–	$19,639
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pratte	3,498	6.98	–	$8,960
	New Democratic	Paul Michaud	2,202	4.39	–	$1,461
	Green	Pierre Véronneau	1,178	2.35	–	$1,860
	Marijuana	Michel Allard	498	0.99	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	154	0.31	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,112	100.00	$80,533

See also

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

References

• "Laval—Les Îles (Code 24033) 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

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. Statistics Canada: 2016
3. "Religion (13) and Age Groups (8) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
4. "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
5. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Laval—Les Îles, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections