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1 Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Chomedey and Laval-des-Rapides in the City of Laval.

2 History

The electoral district of Laval was created in 1867 covering the entire County of Laval (now the City of Laval). In 1914, the district of Laval—Two Mountains was created from Laval and Two Mountains . In 1947, the new district of Laval was created from Laval—Two Mountains and Mercier. In 1976, the district of Laval-des-Rapides was created from Laval. The name was changed to Laval Centre in 1990 and to Laval in 2004.

List of Members:

1. Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose , Conservative ( 1867- 1873)
2. Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet, Conservative ( 1873- 1896)
3. Thomas Fortin , LiberalLiberal Party of Canada Current Leader Paul Martin Founded July 1, 1867 (nation's founding) Headquarters Suite 40081 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, OntarioK1P 6M8 Colours Red Political ideology liberal International alignment Liberal International The Liberal Pa ( 1896- 1902Events January-April January 28 The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'evangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 Police beat up universal suffrage)
4. Émile Léonard , Conservative ( 1902Events January-April January 28 The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'evangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 Police beat up universal suffrage- 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T)
5. Charles-Avila Wilson , Liberal ( 1908- 1914)
6. Joseph-Arthur Éthier , Liberal ( 1914- 1925)
7. Liguori Lacombe , Liberal ( 1925- 1930)
8. Arthur Sauvé, Conservative ( 1930- 1935)
9. Liguori Lacombe , Liberal ( 1935- 1948)
10. Léopold Demers , Liberal ( 1948- 1958)
11. Rodrigue Bourdages , Progressive Conservative ( 1958- 1962)
12. Jean Rochon , Liberal ( 1962- 1968)
13. Marcel Roy , Liberal ( 1968- 1979)
14. Jeanne Sauvé, Liberal ( 1979- 1984)
15. Raymond Garneau , Liberal ( 1984- 1988)
16. Jacques Tétreault , Progressive Conservative ( 1988- 1993)
17. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral , Bloc Québécois ( 1993- 2004)
18. Nicole Demers , Bloc Québécois ( 2004-present)

From 1987 until 1990 the riding now named Laval—Les Îles was named Laval.