Marguerite-D'Youville
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the regional county municipality, see Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality.
Marguerite-D'Youville is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it consisted of the cities of Boucherville and Sainte-Julie.
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Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
District created | 1992 |
District abolished | 2011 |
First contested | 1994 |
Last contested | 2008 |
Demographics | |
Population (2001) | 62,832 |
Electors (2008)[1] | 51,956 |
Area (km²)[2] | 132.55 |
Census division(s) | Longueuil (part), Marguerite D'Youville (part) |
Census subdivision(s) | Boucherville, Sainte-Julie |
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It was created for the 1994 election from Bertrand and named after Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the Order of Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Montarville.[3]
In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 59% for Quebec to separate.