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Laporte (electoral District)
Laporte is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1973 Quebec general election, 1973 election from parts of Taillon (provincial electoral district), Taillon and Chambly (provincial electoral district), Chambly. It was named after former Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal Minister (government), Minister Pierre Laporte who was kidnapped and killed by militants of the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis in 1970. In the change from the 2011 to the 2017 electoral map, it will gain the area around the Champlain Mall from the riding of La Pinière. Geography The riding currently includes: *The entire Saint-Lambert, Quebec, City of Saint-Lambert * The following areas of the Longueuil, City of Longueuil: **Greenfield Park, Quebec, Borough of Greenfield Park, **LeMoyne, Quebec, LeMoyne district of the Le Vieux-Longueuil, Borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil, **L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Agglomeration Of Longueuil
The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and still retains the same area as that mega-city. The urban agglomeration of Longueuil is coextensive with the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Longueuil, whose geographical code is 58. In 2012, Longueuil mayor Caroline St-Hilaire proposed that the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil leave the Montérégie and become its own administrative region. History Longueuil merged on January 1, 2002 with the communities of Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. These cities became boroughs of the Longueuil megacity. Saint-Lambert and LeMoyne combined to become one borough called Saint-Lambert/LeMoyne. The former city of Longue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
