Alfred-Pellan
Alfred-Pellan is a federal electoral [district (Canada)|electoral district] in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765.
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhoods of Duvernay, Pont-Viau, Laval, Quebec|Saint-François], Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Vimont in the City of Laval.The neighbouring ridings are Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Terrebonne—Blainville, Montcalm (federal [electoral district)|Montcalm], Honoré-Mercier, Ahuntsic, and Vimy.
History
The riding was created in 1968 from Laval and was known as Duvernay until 1990 when it became Laval East. Upon redistribution in 2003 it was renamed Alfred-Pellan after the famous Quebec artist Alfred Pellan. Also it lost a small part of its territory to the newly created Marc-Aurèle-Fortin riding.The riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the Canadian federal [electoral redistribution, 2012|2012 electoral redistribution].
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it gained territory east of Boul. des Laurentides from Vimy.