Les Pays-d'en-Haut (electoral district)
Les Pays-d'en-Haut (English: The Upper Countries) is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It was created by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and legally defined by the 2023 representation order for Quebec, which came into effect for the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Geography
Les Pays-d'en-Haut was created to accommodate population growth in the Laurentides and Lanaudière regions. It comprises the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality as well as parts of the neighbouring Regional County Municipalities of Argenteuil, Matawinie, Montcalm, and La Rivière-du-Nord.[2][3]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
- Racial groups: 98.1% White, 1.9% Visible minority
- Languages: 91.5% French, 7.5% English
- Religions: 64.7% Christian (58.1% Catholic, 6.6% Other), 34.3% No religion
- Median income: $42,000 (2020)
- Average income: $53,950 (2020)
History
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Pays-d'en-Haut Riding created from Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Joliette, Laurentides—Labelle, Mirabel, Montcalm, and Rivière-du-Nord |
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Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Eric-Abel Baland | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Ariane Charbonneau | |||||||
| Conservative | Vincent Leroux | |||||||
| People's | George Mogiljansky | |||||||
| Green | Karine Steinberger | |||||||
| Liberal | Tim Watchorn | |||||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
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| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Bloc Québécois | 26,240 | 47.54 | |
| Liberal | 14,290 | 25.89 | |
| Conservative | 6,436 | 11.66 | |
| New Democratic | 3,800 | 6.89 | |
| People's | 2,388 | 4.33 | |
| Green | 844 | 1.53 | |
| Others | 1,192 | 2.16 | |
References
- ^ "Les Pays-d'en-Haut – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Proposal of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec. 29 July 2022. pp. 17–18.
- ^ "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec. 22 September 2023. pp. 40–41.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Les Pays-d'en-Haut [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.