# Laval-des-Rapides (provincial electoral district)

Laval-des-Rapides (French pronunciation:) is a provincial electoral district in the Laval region of Quebec that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located between Autoroute 15 and Autoroute 19 and between Rivière des Prairies and Autoroute 440.
It was created for the 1981 election from parts of Fabre and Mille-Îles electoral districts.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained a small amount of territory from Mille-Îles.
From when the riding was created in 1981 until 2014, the riding had always voted for the winning party in every general election.

## Members of the National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Fabre and Mille-Îles |||||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Guy Bélanger | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1993 | Guy Bélanger | Liberal |
| 34th | 1993–1994 | Serge Ménard | Parti Québécois |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Serge Ménard | Parti Québécois |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Serge Ménard | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Alain Paquet | Liberal |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Alain Paquet | Liberal |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Alain Paquet | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Léo Bureau-Blouin | Parti Québécois |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Saul Polo | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Saul Polo | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Céline Haytayan | Coalition Avenir Québec |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Céline Haytayan | 10,599 | 31.90 | +1.16 |
| | Liberal | Saul Polo | 9,546 | 28.73 | -2.81 |
| | Québec solidaire | Josée Chevalier | 5,542 | 16.68 | -0.28 |
| | Parti Québécois | Andréanne Fiola | 4,293 | 12.92 | -2.48 |
| | Conservative | Nicolas Lussier-Clément | 2,852 | 8.58 | +7.51 |
| | Green | Zied Damergi | 398 | 1.20 | -0.99 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,230 | 98.52 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 500 | 1.48 | -0.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,730 | 61.48 | -0.20 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 54,861 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +1.99 |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Saul Polo | 10,637 | 31.54 | -12.67 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christine Mitton | 10,366 | 30.73 | +13.58 |
| | Québec solidaire | Graciela Mateo | 5,721 | 16.96 | +11.33 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jocelyn Caron | 5,195 | 15.40 | -15.76 |
| | Green | Estelle Obeo | 738 | 2.19 | +0.84 |
| | Conservative | Benoit Larocque | 361 | 1.07 | |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Bianca Bozsodi | 271 | 0.80 | |
| | New Democratic | Jean Phariste Pharicien | 257 | 0.76 | |
| | Parti libre | Elias Progakis | 184 | 0.55 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,730 | 98.22 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 611 | 1.78 | +0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,341 | 61.68 | -9.23 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 55,678 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -13.12 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Saul Polo | 16,880 | 44.20 | +11.93 |
| | Parti Québécois | Léo Bureau-Blouin | 11,902 | 31.17 | -7.16 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Vincent Bolduc | 6,552 | 17.16 | -4.64 |
| | Québec solidaire | Nicolas Chatel-Launay | 2,151 | 5.63 | +1.41 |
| | Green | Léo McKenna | 516 | 1.35 | +0.02 |
| | Option nationale | David Voyer | 188 | 0.49 | -1.04 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,189 | 98.47 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 593 | 1.53 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,782 | 70.91 | -2.45 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 54,691 | – | – |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Léo Bureau-Blouin | 14,934 | 38.33 | -0.62 |
| | Liberal | Alain Paquet | 12,572 | 32.27 | -11.80 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Maud Cohen | 8,493 | 21.80 | +11.60* |
| | Québec solidaire | Sylvie Des Rochers | 1,643 | 4.22 | +1.35 |
| | Option nationale | Lawrence Côté-Collins | 594 | 1.53 | – |
| | Green | Carl Desmarais | 517 | 1.33 | -1.23 |
| | Coalition pour la constituante | Monique Chartrand | 205 | 0.53 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,958 | 98.75 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 492 | 1.25 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,450 | 73.36 | +18.25 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 53,773 | – | – |
* Result compared to Action démocratique
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alain Paquet | 11,757 | 44.07 | +9.66 |
| | Parti Québécois | Marc Demers | 10,392 | 38.95 | +8.99 |
| | Action démocratique | Robert Goulet | 2,722 | 10.20 | -17.69 |
| | Québec solidaire | Sylvie Des Rochers | 766 | 2.87 | -0.55 |
| | Green | Nicholas Sarrazin | 683 | 2.56 | -1.77 |
| | Parti indépendantiste | Mathieu Desbiens | 150 | 0.56 | – |
| | Independent | Jacques Frigon | 112 | 0.42 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Yvon Breton | 96 | 0.36 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,678 | 98.59 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 382 | 1.41 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,060 | 55.11 | -14.56 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 49,100 | – | – |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alain Paquet | 11,532 | 34.41 | -10.32 |
| | Parti Québécois | Marc Demers | 10,038 | 29.96 | -8.94 |
| | Action démocratique | Robert Goulet | 9,344 | 27.89 | +14.07 |
| | Green | Michel Lefebvre | 1,450 | 4.33 | +3.25 |
| | Québec solidaire | Nicole Caron | 1,145 | 3.42 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,509 | 98.83 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 396 | 1.17 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,905 | 69.67 | -0.15 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 48,667 | – | – |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alain Paquet | 15,190 | 44.73 | +3.95 |
| | Parti Québécois | Serge Ménard | 13,209 | 38.90 | -6.59 |
| | Action démocratique | Philippe Laurin | 4,693 | 13.82 | +1.51 |
| | Green | Louis-Philippe Verenka | 366 | 1.08 | – |
| | Bloc Pot | Vincent Pelletier | 339 | 1.00 | +0.73 |
| | Christian Democracy | Micheline Michelle Marleau | 162 | 0.48 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,959 | 98.74 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 434 | 1.26 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,393 | 69.82 | -9.83 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 49,259 | – | – |
1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Serge Ménard | 13,938 | 45.49 | -1.36 |
| | Liberal | Robert Lefebvre | 12,497 | 40.78 | -0.34 |
| | Action démocratique | Pierre Cadieu | 3,771 | 12.31 | +3.26 |
| | Bloc Pot | Marie-Ève Samson | 223 | 0.73 | – |
| | Socialist Democracy | Nathalie Toussaint | 117 | 0.38 | -1.83 |
| | Innovator | Réal Lalonde | 97 | 0.32 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,643 | 98.94 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 327 | 1.06 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,970 | 78.85 | -3.83 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 39,279 | – | – |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 19,057 | 52.65 |
| | Non | 17,142 | 47.35 |
1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Serge Ménard | 14,179 | 46.85 | -7.46 |
| | Liberal | Raymond Monette | 12,446 | 41.12 | -1.05 |
| | Action démocratique | Claude Théberge | 2,738 | 9.05 | – |
| | New Democratic | Richard Aubert | 669 | 2.21 | +1.59 |
| | Natural Law | Claude Viau | 232 | 0.77 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,264 | 97.74 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 700 | 2.26 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,964 | 82.68 | +43.78 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 37,451 | – | – |
Quebec provincial by-election, December 13, 1993 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Serge Ménard | 7,551 | 54.31 | +10.57 |
| | Liberal | Raymond Monette | 5,831 | 42.17 | -9.47 |
| | Parti j'en peut pus | Robert Leclerc | 197 | 1.42 | – |
| | Parti Réforme Québec | André Dovon | 178 | 1.29 | – |
| | New Democratic | Robert Giguère | 86 | 0.62 | – |
| | Renaissance | Michel Le Brun | 26 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,829 | 98.86 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 160 | 1.14 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,989 | 38.90 | -36.82 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 35,961 | – | – |
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 18,887 | 59.31 |
| | Oui | 12,960 | 40.69 |
1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Guy Bélanger | 14,821 | 51.52 | -0.96 |
| | Parti Québécois | François Shanks | 12,622 | 43.87 | -0.54 |
| | Independent | Patrice Fortin | 972 | 3.38 | – |
| | United Social Credit | Emilien Martel | 354 | 1.23 | +0.81 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,769 | 97.12 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 853 | 2.88 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,622 | 75.72 | -0.49 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 39,118 | – | – |