Summary: This Laval riding has the same name, but the boundaries have changed significantly. With NDP MP Alain Giguère running in Thérèse-De Blainville, voters in Marc-Aurèle-Fortin will elect a rookie MP.
Boundaries: Communities on the western side of Rivière des Mille-Îles have been moved out of this redefined riding. It now includes only Laval neighbourhoods, including Auteuil and Sainte-Rose, the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville, and the western part of Vimont.
Last Election: The NDP’s Giguère won this riding by 13,637 votes over the Bloc Québécois candidate. If the current boundaries were in effect in 2011, the NDP would have won with 49.0 per cent of the vote, followed by the Bloc Québécois with 24.3 per cent.
History: This riding was originally created in 2004, with voters sending Bloc Québécois MP Serge Ménard to Ottawa in three straight elections. Prior to the NDP victory in 2011, the party’s best finish was in 2008, when their candidate finished third with 12 per cent of the vote.
Demographics: Just 10.8 per cent of the population were seniors as of the last census, the fifth lowest percentage in the province.
Candidates
Conservative: Nicolas Makridis
NDP: Marie-Josée Lemieux, psychologist
Liberal: Yves Robillard, high school teacher
Bloc Québécois: Patrice Jasmin-Tremblay, photographer
Green: Charles Sicotte
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