Vaudreuil—Soulanges (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding. For the defunct provincial riding, see Vaudreuil-Soulanges (provincial electoral district).
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Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Peter Schiefke
Liberal
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]111,905
Electors (2015)89,766
Area (km²)[1]408
Pop. density (per km²)274.3
Census division(s)Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Census subdivision(s)Vaudreuil-Dorion, Saint-Lazare, Pincourt, L'Île-Perrot, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Rigaud, Les Cèdres, Hudson, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pointe-des-Cascades

Vaudreuil—Soulanges is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867.

It consists of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Lac-Saint-Louis, Salaberry—Suroît, Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, and Glengarry—Prescott—Russell.

Profile

In recent electoral history, the Liberals have been dominant after taking the riding from the NDP in 2015. Their strength comes particularly from Vaudreuil, Dorion and Ile Perrot. The Bloc has its best showings in the south of the constituency, in Les Cèdres, with pockets in Vaudreuil and Rigaud. The Conservatives have also historically done relatively well, with notable showings in 2006 and 2008 (when they came second to the Bloc).

Demographics

According to the 2016 census, 58% had French as their mother tongue, 26% spoke English as their mother tongue, 2% combined the two and 14% spoke another language.[2]

History

It was originally created by the British North America Act, 1867 as Vaudreuil. It initially consisted of Isle Perrot, the Seigniories of Vaudreuil and Rigaud, and the first, second, third and fourth ranges of the Township of Newton and augmentation adjacent.

It was merged with Soulanges in 1914 and was re-named Vaudreuil—Soulanges. In keeping with the usual Canadian naming practices, the appellations 'Vaudreuil' and 'Soulanges' were linked by an em-dash as the two counties remained officially separate, and their combination was for electoral purposes only. It was renamed Vaudreuil in 1966, adding a portion of the Island of Montreal and Île Bizard in the process. At the time, it was defined to consist of:

  • that part of the City of Pierrefonds situated southwest of the Town of Roxboro;
  • the Towns of Baie-D'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Dorion, Île-Cadieux, Île-Perrot, Kirkland, Pincourt, Pointe-du-Moulin, Rigaud, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève and Vaudreuil;
  • the Counties of Soulanges and Vaudreuil;
  • the village municipality of Senneville;
  • the parish municipality of Saint-Raphaël-de-l'Île-Bizard.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the Towns of Baie-D'Urfé, Dorion, Hudson, Île-Cadieux, Île-Perrot, Kirkland, Pincourt, Pointe-du-Moulin, Rigaud, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève and Vaudreuil;
  • the Counties of Soulanges and Vaudreuil;
  • the village municipality of Senneville and the parish municipality of Saint-Raphaël-de-l'Île-Bizard;
  • that part of the City of Pierrefonds lying southwest of the Town of Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the towns of Baie-D'Urfé, Dorion, Hudson, Île-Cadieux, Île-Perrot, Kirkland, Pincourt, Rigaud, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue and Vaudreuil;
  • in the County of the Île de Montréal: the Village Municipality of Senneville;
  • the counties of Vaudreuil and Soulanges.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the cities of Dorion, Hudson, L'Île-Cadieux, L'Île-Perrot, Pincourt, Rigaud and Vaudreuil;
  • the County Regional Municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

In 1997, it was renamed "Vaudreuil-Soulanges", as it had been realigned to be perfectly co-terminal to the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.

This riding lost territory to Salaberry—Suroît during the 2012 electoral redistribution and was renamed "Vaudreuil—Soulanges".

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed back to Vaudreuil. It will lose the municipalities of Les Cèdres and Pointe-des-Cascades to Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon.[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Vaudreuil
1st  1867–1872     Donald McMillan Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Robert Harwood Liberal–Conservative
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Jean-Baptiste Mongenais Conservative
5th  1882–1887 Hugh McMillan
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1892     Henry Stanislas Harwood Liberal
 1892–1893     Hugh McMillan Conservative
 1883–1896     Henry Stanislas Harwood Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908 Gustave Benjamin Boyer
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Riding created from Vaudreuil and Soulanges
13th  1917–1921     Gustave Benjamin Boyer Liberal
14th  1921–1922
 1922–1925 Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet
15th  1925–1926 Lawrence Alexander Wilson
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935 Joseph Thauvette
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Louis-René Beaudoin
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Marcel Bourbonnais Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965     René Émard Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Vaudreuil
28th  1968–1972     René Émard Liberal
29th  1972–1974 Hal Herbert
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Pierre Cadieux Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Nick Discepola Liberal
Vaudreuil-Soulanges
36th  1997–2000     Nick Discepola Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006     Meili Faille Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Jamie Nicholls New Democratic
Vaudreuil—Soulanges
42nd  2015–2019     Peter Schiefke Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Vaudreuil (future)

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 28,437 47.47
  Bloc Québécois 12,558 20.96
  Conservative 9,870 16.47
  New Democratic 6,372 10.64
  Green 1,514 2.53
  Others 1,158 1.93

Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 2015–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Peter Schiefke 30,001 46.5 -0.8 $86,137.80
Bloc Québécois Thierry Vadnais-Lapierre 14,308 22.2 -2.2 $2,242.01
Conservative Karen Cox 10,556 16.3 +4.8 $10,931.31
New Democratic Niklas Brake 6,780 10.5 -0.3 $403.80
Green Cameron Stiff 1,631 2.5 -2.5 $1,085.30
Free Ginette Destrempes 1,288 2.0 N/A $399.41
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,564 98.1 – $125,354.78
Total rejected ballots 1,233 1.9
Turnout 65,797 66.9
Eligible voters 98,289
Liberal hold Swing +0.7
Source: Elections Canada[5]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Peter Schiefke 32,254 47.3 +0.68 $108,254.46
Bloc Québécois Noémie Rouillard 16,600 24.4 +9.36 none listed
Conservative Karen Cox 7,804 11.5 -2.31 none listed
New Democratic Amanda MacDonald 7,368 10.8 -11.51 none listed
Green Cameron Stiff 3,405 5.0 +2.79 none listed
People's Kaylin Tam 711 1.0 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 68,142 100.0
Total rejected ballots 962
Turnout 69,104 72.4
Eligible voters 95,435
Liberal hold Swing -4.34
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Peter Schiefke 30,550 46.62 +34.23 –
New Democratic Jamie Nicholls 14,627 22.31 -21.19 –
Bloc Québécois Vincent François 9,858 15.04 -8.62 –
Conservative Marc Boudreau 9,048 13.81 -3.8 –
Green Jennifer Kaszel 1,445 2.21 -0.63 –
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,528 100.0     $231,083.77
Total rejected ballots 714 – –
Turnout 66,242 – –
Eligible voters 89,766
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 24,134 43.50
  Bloc Québécois 13,129 23.66
  Conservative 9,770 17.61
  Liberal 6,873 12.39
  Green 1,574 2.84

Vaudreuil-Soulanges, 1997–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jamie Nicholls 30,177 43.61 +33.98
Bloc Québécois Meili Faille 17,781 25.69 -15.65
Conservative Marc Boudreau 11,360 16.41 -7.28
Liberal Lyne Pelchat 8,023 11.59 -9.74
Green Jean-Yves Massenet 1,864 2.69 -1.32
Total valid votes/expense limit 69,205 100.00
Total rejected ballots 763 1.09
Turnout 69,968 67.23
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Meili Faille 27,044 41.34 -1.82 $80,072
Conservative Michael Fortier 15,496 23.69 +4.69 $87,967
Liberal Brigitte Legault 13,954 21.33 -6.96 $32,958
New Democratic Maxime Héroux-Legault 6,298 9.63 +4.09 $1,519
Green Jean-Yves Massenet 2,625 4.01 +0.10 $1,913
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,417 100.00 $96,487
Total rejected ballots 729 1.10
Turnout 66,146 67.76
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Meili Faille 27,012 43.16 -1.13 $85,133
Liberal Marc Garneau 17,768 28.39 -10.41 $79,413
Conservative Stephane Bourgon 11,889 19.00 +10.81 $35,090
New Democratic Bert Markgraf 3,468 5.54 +1.64 $3,385
Green Pierre Pariseau-Legault 2,450 3.91 +0.14 $1,144
Total valid votes/expense limit 62,587 100.00 $85,543
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Meili Faille 24,675 44.29 +4.31 $67,962
Liberal Nick Discepola 21,613 38.80 -12.77 $57,607
Conservative Robert Ramage 4,558 8.18 -3.99 $25,438
New Democratic Bert Markgraf 2,175 3.90 +2.13 $2,698
Green Julie C. Baribeau 2,103 3.77 – $1,206
Marijuana Charles Soucy 585 1.05 –
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,709 100.00 $81,759

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nick Discepola 26,292 51.56 +6.56
Bloc Québécois Éric Cimon 17,587 34.49 +1.09
Alliance Dean Drysdale 4,188 8.21 +7.12
Progressive Conservative Stratos Psarianos 2,020 3.96 -14.59
New Democratic Shaun G. Lynch 904 1.77 +0.75
Total valid votes 50,991 100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Nick Discepola 23,676 45.00
Bloc Québécois René St-Onge 17,574 33.40
Progressive Conservative Jean Lajoie 9,760 18.55
Reform Peter McLoughlin 573 1.09
New Democratic Jason Sigurdson 538 1.02
Natural Law Eric E. Simon 490 0.93
Total valid votes 52,611 100.00

Vaudreuil, 1968–1997

1993 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Nick Discepola 31,120
Bloc Québécois Mario Turbide 25,133
Progressive Conservative Richard Préfontaine 6,459
New Democratic Yves Marie Christin 1,107
Natural Law Eric E. Simon 727
Libertarian Neal Ford 438
Commonwealth of Canada Robert Charles 186
1988 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Cadieux 30,392
Liberal Jean Blais 16,393
New Democratic Suzanne Aubertin 6,185
Green Yves-Marie Christin 912
Rhinoceros Maureen Decelles 671
Commonwealth of Canada Isajlovic Momcilo 43
1984 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Cadieux 37,499
Liberal Hal Herbert 20,362
New Democratic Anne Erskine 7,993
Rhinoceros Nicole B.D. Pans 1,470
Parti nationaliste Benoît Duchesne 1,017
Libertarian Gordon Gouldson 345
Commonwealth of Canada Jacques Cartier 139
1980 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hal Herbert 39,159
New Democratic Lorne Brown 7,309
Progressive Conservative Thomas Thé 6,277
Union populaire Guy Cousineau 513
Libertarian Irena Bubniuk 479
Marxist–Leninist Michelle Duford 234
lop.parl.ca
1979 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hal Herbert 41,508
Progressive Conservative Diana Togneri 7,787
New Democratic Lorne Brown 4,512
Social Credit Mario G. Turbide 3,625
Rhinoceros Claude Simard 1,177
Libertarian Claude Lévesque 437
Union populaire Jérome Chaput 237
1974 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hal Herbert 29,685
Progressive Conservative Ron Brown 12,422
New Democratic Tom Rees 4,397
Social Credit Sarah Audet 2,752
Independent Gaëtan Boyer 805
1972 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hal Herbert 27,372
Progressive Conservative Jeannette-T. Burley 11,477
Social Credit Joseph-Endré De Csavossy 4,526
New Democratic Michel Beauséjour 3,573
Independent André Théoret 3,066
Independent Walter J. Williams 330
1968 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal René Émard 29,830
Progressive Conservative Harold G. Fairhead 7,654
New Democratic Maurice Daviau 2,905

Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 1917–1968

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal René Émard 8,955 50.79 +1.04
Progressive Conservative Marcel Bourbonnais 6,580 37.32 +2.59
New Democratic Roger Carrier 1,346 7.63
Ralliement créditiste Jean-Marie Veilleux 750 4.25 -9.22
Total valid votes 17,631 100.00

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal René Émard 8,639 49.75 +3.72
Progressive Conservative J.-Marcel Bourbonnais 6,031 34.73 -12.81
Social Credit Marcel Lessard 2,340 13.48 +7.05
Independent Gérard Raymond 354 2.04
Total valid votes 17,364 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative J.-Marcel Bourbonnais 8,392 47.54 -5.33
Liberal Pierre Léger 8,126 46.03 -1.09
Social Credit Gabriel Godin 1,135 6.43
Total valid votes 17,653 100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Marcel Bourbonnais 8,161 52.87 +21.36
Liberal Armand Asselin 7,274 47.13 -21.36
Total valid votes 15,435 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-René Beaudoin 9,055 68.49 -10.48
Progressive Conservative Marcel Bourbonnais 4,166 31.51 +10.48
Total valid votes 13,221 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-René Beaudoin 8,463 78.97 +11.40
Progressive Conservative Roger-Paul Sullivan 2,254 21.03 -11.40
Total valid votes 10,717 100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-René Beaudoin 7,622 67.56 +4.62
Progressive Conservative J.-Omer Lalonde 3,659 32.44
Total valid votes 11,281 100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-René Beaudoin 6,267 62.94 +14.75
Independent Jean Lamarche 1,880 18.88
Bloc populaire Robert Stocker 1,619 16.26
Co-operative Commonwealth J.-Albert Bourbonnais 191 1.92
Total valid votes 9,957 100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Thauvette 4,381 48.19 -19.95
National Government J.-E.-Philippe Deguire 2,210 24.31 -4.38
Independent Liberal Édouard Charlebois 1,441 15.85
Independent Liberal J.-Ernest Chevrier 1,059 11.65
Total valid votes 9,091 100.00

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Thauvette 5,983 68.14 +17.17
Conservative Horace-Joseph Gagné 2,519 28.69 -0.05
Reconstruction Albert Lacombe 279 3.18
Total valid votes 8,781 100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Thauvette 4,313 50.96 -17.07
Conservative Horace-Joseph Gagné 2,432 28.74
Independent Liberal Roland-Gilles Mousseau 1,718 20.30 -6.95
Total valid votes 8,463 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 29 July 1929
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
On Mr. Wilson's resignation, 1 February 1929
Liberal Lawrence Alexander Wilson 4,409 68.03 -6.44
Independent Liberal Roland-Gilles Mousseau 1,766 27.25
Independent Liberal Émile Gagné 306 4.72
Total valid votes 6,481 100.00


1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Alexander Wilson 5,391 74.47 -2.23
Conservative Eugène Leroux 1,848 25.53 +2.23
Total valid votes 7,239 100.00
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Alexander Wilson 5,554 76.70 +13.17
Conservative Eugène Leroux 1,687 23.30
Total valid votes 7,241 100.00

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1921 general election.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 5,366 63.53 -27.37
Independent Adrien Pharand 2,787 33.00
Progressive Julien Charlebois 293 3.47
Total valid votes 8,446 100.00
By-election on 21 March 1922

On Mr. Boyer being called to the Senate, 11 March 1922

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet acclaimed


Note: Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote in 1917 general election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Gustave Benjamin Boyer 4,075 90.90
Government (Unionist) Julien-Firmin Bissonnette 408 9.10
Total valid votes 4,483 100.00

Vaudreuil, 1867–1914

1911 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,345
Conservative Archibald de Léry Macdonald 1,130
1908 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,408
Conservative Elzéar Montpetit 655
1904 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,297
Conservative François de Sales-Alphonse Bastien 825
1900 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henry Stanislas Harwood 1,140
Conservative Alfred Lapointe 665
1896 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henry Stanislas Harwood 1,296
Conservative Aldéric Séguin 801
By-election on 12 April 1893

On election being declared void, 1 March 1893

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henry Stanislas Harwood acclaimed
By-election on 29 February 1892

On Mr. Harwood being unseated, 8 January 1892

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Hugh McMillan acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henry Stanislas Harwood 1,087
Conservative Hugh McMillan 989
1887 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Hugh McMillan 996
Liberal E. Lalonde 783
1882 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Hugh McMillan 522
Unknown Alfred Lapointe 490
Unknown F.X. Archambault 418
Unknown H.A. Desrosiers 10
1878 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Mongenais 764
Liberal–Conservative Robert Harwood 702
1874 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Robert Harwood acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca
1872 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–Conservative Robert Harwood 962
Unknown Godard 727
Source: Canadian Elections Database[11]
1867 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Donald McMillan acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[12]

See also

References

  • "Vaudreuil—Soulanges (federal electoral district) (Code 24073) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Vaudreuil--Soulanges [Federal electoral district], Quebec and Quebec [Province]". February 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".
  4. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 30 September 2015
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  10. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  11. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
  12. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.


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