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Naming of Electoral Districts
The changes in boundaries also brought about the following changes in
the names of electoral districts. To do so, we have again taken into account
the new reality and the historical pattern.
Among other things, the Commission drew on recommendations made by various
commissions on toponymy. The guidelines for selecting the names of federal
electoral districts published by the Secretariat of the Geographical Names
Board of Canada in December 2001 were given uppermost consideration:
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Each federal electoral boundaries commission should verify the appropriateness
of all the names of electoral districts that fall within their jurisdiction.
The names chosen must have a Canadian flavour, be clear and be free
of ambiguity.
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The name of a federal electoral district should only be kept from
one readjustment to another if it is suitable and if the new district
falls essentially within the boundaries of the former electoral district.
When the boundaries of an electoral district are changed considerably,
one must, without question, consider assigning it another name.
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The names best suited to designate federal electoral districts are
those that immediately lead one to recall the province in which the
district is situated, or that refer to a region or to a part of its
region.
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Ideally, a federal electoral district should be designated by a single
geographical name that is not repeated elsewhere; this is the easiest
form of designation, even when some parts of the electoral district
fall beyond the municipality, the physical entity or any other obvious
characteristic that inspired the chosen name.
The Commission proceeded to use single-word names that were, hopefully,
both the most representative of the electoral district and that seemed
to be able to rally the greatest number of citizens in the community.
In this manner, the Commission determined new names for eleven
(11) electoral districts, namely:
- Chomedey
- de l'Outaouais
- des Mille-Îles
- Deux-Montagnes
- du Saguenay
- Duvernay
- Gaspésie
- Laval
- Memphrémagog
- Richelieu
- Samuel-de-Champlain
Finally, the Commission turned to former names for the sixty-four
(64) other electoral districts, namely:
| - Abitibi |
- Lac-Saint-Jean |
- Repentigny |
| - Ahuntsic |
- Lac-Saint-Louis |
- Rimouski |
| - Anjou |
- La Pointe-de-l'Île |
- Rivière-du-Loup |
| - Arthabaska |
- LaSalle |
- Rosemont |
| - Aylmer |
- Laurentides |
- Saint-Hubert |
| - Beauce |
- Laurier |
- Saint-Hyacinthe |
| - Beauport |
- Lévis |
- Saint-Jean |
| - Berthier |
- Longueuil |
- Saint-Lambert |
| - Bourassa |
- Lotbinière |
- Saint-Laurent |
| - Brossard |
- Louis-Hébert |
- Saint-Léonard |
| - Chambly |
- Manicouagan |
- Saint-Maurice |
| - Charlesbourg |
- Mégantic |
- Salaberry |
| - Charlevoix |
- Missisquoi |
- Shefford |
| - Châteauguay |
- Montcalm |
- Sherbrooke |
| - Chicoutimi |
- Montmagny |
- Terrebonne |
| - Drummond |
- Mount Royal |
- Trois-Rivières |
| - Gatineau |
- Nunavik |
- Vaudreuil |
| - Hochelaga |
- Outremont |
- Verchères |
| - Hull |
- Papineau |
- Verdun |
| - Joliette |
- Pierrefonds |
- Westmount |
| - Labelle |
- Portneuf |
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| - Lachine |
- Québec |
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