Dollard (electoral district)

Dollard
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1987
First contested	1953
Last contested	1984

Dollard was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988.

History

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Laval and Mount Royal.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of:

the City of Saint-Laurent;
the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro;
two parts of the City of Pierrefonds, one situated northeast of the Town of Roxboro, and the other bounded on one side by Des Prairies River and on the three other sides by the Town of Roxboro;
the part of the City of Montreal bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the Montreal-Laurentians Autoroute and Des Prairies River; east following the Autoroute to the northwestern limit of the City of Saint-Laurent; along the limit with the City of Montreal to the northeastern limit of the City of Pierrefonds; northwest along that limit to Des Prairies River; and back to the Autoroute.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro;
those two parts of the City of Pierrefonds, one part lying northeast of the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro, and the other part bounded on one side by des Prairies River and on the other three sides by the Town of Roxboro;
the part of the City of Saint-Laurent bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the northwestern limit of the Town of Mount Royal and the track of the Canadian National Railways Company; northwest along the track and the border between the City of Saint-Laurent and the City of Montreal to the northeastern limit of the City of Pierrefonds; along the limit separating the City of Saint-Laurent from the City of Pierrefonds, the Town of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the City of Dorval, the City of Lachine, the City of Côte-Saint-Luc, the City of Montreal and the Town of Mount Royal to the point of commencement.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Pierrefonds—Dollard and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville ridings.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Dollard Riding created from Laval and Mount Royal
22nd	1953–1957	Guy Rouleau	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	Jean-Pierre Goyer
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Louis Desmarais
32nd	1980–1984	Louis Desmarais
33rd	1984–1988	Gerry Weiner	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Pierrefonds—Dollard and Saint-Laurent