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Blainville—Deux-Montagnes (formerly known as Deux-Montagnes) was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1979 to 1997.

The riding was created as "Deux-Montagnes" in 1976 from parts of Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes and Terrebonne ridings. It was renamed "Blainville—Deux-Montagnes" in 1977. The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and divided between Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse and Terrebonne—Blainville

Terrebonne—Blainville

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

ridings.

Blainville—Deux-Montagnes initially consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes and Sainte-Thérèse; the towns of Blainville, Boisbriand, Lorraine, Rosemère, Saint Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-surle-Lac; and the village municipality of Pointe-Calumet and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac in the county of Deux-Montagnes. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Blainville, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Lorraine, Rosemère, Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and Sainte-Thérèse.

Electoral history

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|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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|FOX, Francis

Francis Fox

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|align="right"|34,885

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|PAQUIN-HOULE, Carmen
|align="right"| 5,972

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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|ROBERT, François de Sales
|align="right"|5,042

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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Libertarian Party of Canada

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|KENDALL, Richard
|align="right"|211

|Union Populaire

Union Populaire

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|RAINVILLE, Guy
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|Marxist-Leninist

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Liberal Party of Canada

|FOX, Francis

Francis Fox

|align="right"|35,979

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|LABRIE, Normand
|align="right"|5,460

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|ROBERT, François de Sales
|align="right"| 3,448

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

Union Populaire

|DESROSIERS, Pierre
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|Libertarian

Libertarian Party of Canada

The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:...

|KENDALL, Richard
|align="right"|73

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)

The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...

|ZAPF, Carolyn
|align="right"|58
|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|LANDRY, Monique

Monique Landry

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|align="right"|28,863

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|FOX, Francis

Francis Fox

|align="right"|23,732

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

Parti nationaliste du Québec

-Origins:For decades, the Social Credit Party's Quebec wing, the Ralliement créditiste, attracted many Quebec nationalists as a party that could represent Quebec's interests in the Canadian House of Commons...

|EPINAT, Daniel
|align="right"|1,032

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

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Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|LANDRY, Monique

Monique Landry

|align="right"|40,810

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|POGANY, Zsolt
|align="right"|13,787

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada was a Canadian political party formed by Canadians who supported the ideology of U.S. politician Lyndon LaRouche in the 1984, 1988 and 1993 elections....

|GERVAIS, Gilles
|align="right"|150
|Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

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|MERCIER, Paul
|align="right"| 47,931

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|BRIEN, Pierre
|align="right"|18,830

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|LANDRY, Monique

Monique Landry

|align="right"|11,823

|Natural Law

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|LÉGARÉ-ST-CYR, Linda
|align="right"|1,009

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|RIOUX, Jean-Paul
|align="right"| 853

|Libertarian

Libertarian Party of Canada

The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:...

|KENDALL, Richard Kirkman
|align="right"| 498

|Commonwealth

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada was a Canadian political party formed by Canadians who supported the ideology of U.S. politician Lyndon LaRouche in the 1984, 1988 and 1993 elections....

|RAY, Gisèle
|align="right"|115

External links

Riding history for Deux-Montagnes from the Library of Parliament
Library of Parliament
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Riding history for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes from the Library of Parliament
Library of Parliament
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Electoral history

See also

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