Groulx
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Groulx is a provincial electoral district in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

. The district consists of the municipalities of Boisbriand
Boisbriand, Quebec
Boisbriand is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh is located within the city limits...

, Rosemère
Rosemère, Quebec
Rosemère is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high density of trees. Some wooded areas in the town have...

 and Sainte-Thérèse
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville....

. The riding was created in 1981 from a part of Terrebonne
Terrebonne (provincial electoral district)
Terrebonne is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. Created in 1829, it includes large portions of the city of Terrebonne.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

.

Members of the National Assembly

  1. Élie Fallu, Parti Québécois
    Parti Québécois
    The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

     (1981–1985)
  2. Madeleine Bleau, Liberal (1985–1994)
  3. Robert Kieffer, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
  4. Pierre Descoteaux, Liberal (2003–2007)
  5. Linda Lapointe
    Linda Lapointe
    Linda Lapointe is a politician from Quebec, Canada. She was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Groulx from 2007 to 2008.-Background:...

    , ADQ
    Action démocratique du Québec
    The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

     (2007–2008)
  6. René Gauvreau
    René Gauvreau
    René Gauvreau is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Groulx in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois....

    , Parti Québécois (2008–2011) then Independent (2011–present)

Election results

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|Parti québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|Rene Gauvreau
|align="right"|11,226
|align="right"|37.62
|align="right"|
|-

|Liberal
|Monique Laurin
|align="right"|10,823
|align="right"|36.27
|align="right"|
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Linda Lapointe
|align="right"|6,036
|align="right"|20.23
|align="right"|
|-

|Green Party
|Carmen Brisebois
|align="right"|955
|align="right"|3.20
|align="right"|
|-

|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...


|Adam Veilleux
|align="right"|701
|align="right"|2.35
|align="right"|
|-

|Parti independantiste
Parti indépendantiste
The Parti indépendantiste was a provincial party which advocated Quebec sovereignty in Québec, Canada in the second half of the 1980s.-Denis Monière:...


|Sebastien Hotte
|align="right"|102
|align="right"|0.34
|align="right"|
|-
|}

Neighbouring electoral districts

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