Pointe-aux-Trembles (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pointe-aux-Trembles is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located at the east point of the Island of Montreal and comprises the city of Montréal-Est and the neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles in the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough of Montreal.
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
District created | 1988 | ||
First contested | 1989 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 53,485 | ||
Electors (2014)[1] | 40,905 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 37.2 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,437.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Montreal (part) | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Montreal (part), Montréal-Est |
It was created for the 1989 election from parts of Anjou, Bourget and LaFontaine electoral districts.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.
In the 1995 Quebec referendum it (under its current boundaries) voted 63% for Quebec to become independent.