Laurentides—Labelle

One of Quebec’s largest ridings by area, Laurentides—Labelle spans nearly 20,000 square kilometres of the Laurentian Mountains northwest of Montreal. The riding encompasses the regional county municipalities of Antoine-Labelle and Les Laurentides, along with the eastern portion of Les Pays-d’en-Haut, taking in communities from Saint-Sauveur and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts in the south to Mont-Laurier in the north, with Mont-Tremblant and Val-David in between.

Candidates

David Graham (Liberal) — Born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and raised in the Laurentides region, David de Burgh Graham had worked as a political assistant to Liberal MP Scott Simms before seeking his own seat. He was deeply involved in the open-source software community, having co-founded the Open and Free Technology Community in late 2001 and served on the board of Software in the Public Interest.

Johanne Régimbald (Bloc Québécois) — Régimbald brought over a decade of experience in provincial politics, having worked for twelve years as a political attaché for MNA Jacques Léonard and served as chief of staff at the Treasury Board Secretariat under Premier Lucien Bouchard’s government.

Simon-Pierre Landry (NDP) — An emergency room physician, Landry won the NDP nomination after defeating incumbent MP Marc-André Morin in a nomination contest.

Sylvain Charron (Conservative) — Charron stood as the Conservative candidate across this vast Laurentian territory.

Niloufar Hedjazi (Green Party) — Hedjazi carried the Green Party banner in a riding where natural resource management and environmental protection carried particular weight.

About the Riding

With a population density of barely six people per square kilometre, Laurentides—Labelle is defined by the tension between its thriving southern tourism corridor and the more remote, resource-dependent communities to the north. Mont-Tremblant’s ski resort and the recreational lakes around Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and Val-David draw visitors year-round, sustaining a seasonal hospitality economy. Farther north, forestry and wood products remain the economic backbone of communities like Mont-Laurier and Rivière-Rouge. The riding’s sheer size creates challenges for service delivery: residents in the northern reaches face long drives to reach hospitals, government offices, and commercial centres. Broadband internet access in rural areas, seasonal employment and EI eligibility, health care staffing in regional hospitals, and the maintenance of Route 117—the primary north-south artery—were persistent concerns for voters across this sprawling constituency.