# Laval Centre

Laval Centre (French: Laval-Centre; formerly known as Laval-des-Rapides) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004.
It was created as "Laval-des-Rapides" riding in 1976 from parts of Laval, Ahuntsic, Dollard and Duvernay ridings.
It was renamed "Laval Centre" in 1990.
It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Laval and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Laval-des-Rapides Riding created from Laval, Ahuntsic, Dollard and Duvernay |||||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Raymond Garneau | Liberal |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Jacques Tétreault | Progressive Conservative |
| Laval Centre |||||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | Bloc Québécois |
| Riding dissolved into Laval and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin |||||

## Election results
### Laval-des-Rapides

1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jeanne Sauvé | 36,387 |
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Trudeau | 5,033 |
| Social Credit | Jean-Luc Roualdes | 4,779 |
| New Democratic | Pierre Ivan Laroche | 3,702 |
| Union populaire | François A. Lachapelle | 472 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Marc Bélanger | 254 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jeanne Sauvé | 33,317 |
| New Democratic | Martin Vaillancourt | 4,699 |
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Villiard | 3,049 |
| Rhinoceros | Alain Bugs Bonnier | 2,152 |
| Social Credit | Jean-Luc Roualdes | 911 |
| Union populaire | Yves Henry | 216 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Marc Bélanger | 100 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Raymond Garneau | 22,789 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Hanigan | 20,420 |
| New Democratic | Léo St-Louis | 5,215 |
| Rhinoceros | Serge Lafortune | 1,910 |
| Parti nationaliste | Denis Bertrand | 1,492 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | François Lépine | 90 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Tétreault | 27,955 |
| Liberal | François Arsenault | 14,926 |
| New Democratic | John Shatilla | 7,397 |
| Green | Paul Savard | 1,511 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Pierre Vigneault | 224 |

### Laval Centre

1993 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | 31,391 |
| Liberal | Guymond Fortin | 19,027 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruno Fortier | 4,497 |
| Natural Law | Yvon Dodier | 662 |
| New Democratic | Afsun Qureshi | 630 |
| National | Joe De Santis | 323 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Michel Destroismaisons | 268 |
| Abolitionist | Emilien Martel | 172 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | 22,668 |
| Liberal | Sylvie Matteau | 20,222 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alain Dubois | 13,132 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Yves Dion | 1,188 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | 23,746 |
| Liberal | Pierre Lafleur | 23,704 |
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Fortin | 2,778 |
| Alliance | Eric Marchand | 2,437 |
| Green | Julien Bernard | 1,285 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Yves Dion | 832 |