Vaudreuil-Soulanges (electoral district)

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Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968 and since 1997.

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

1 History
- 1.1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
- 2.1 1997 - present
- 2.2 1917 - 1968
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

Vaudreuil-Soulanges was created in 1914 when the counties of Vaudreuil and Soulanges were combined into one riding. It was abolished in 1966.

In 1997, Vaudreuil riding was renamed "Vaudreuil-Soulanges". The 2006 election was particularly marked by the involvement of Liberal star candidate and former astronaut, Marc Garneau.

Conservative Senator Michael Fortier has announced his intention to run in this riding in the 40th Canadian federal election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Gustave Boyer, Liberal (1917-1922)
Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet, Liberal (1922-1925)
Lawrence A. Wilson, Liberal (1925-1930)
Joseph Thauvette, Liberal (1930-1945)
Louis-René , Liberal (1945-1958)
Marcel Bourbonnais, Progressive Conservatives (1958-1963)
René Émard, Liberal (1963-1968)
Nick Discepola, Liberal (1997-2004)
Meili Faille, Bloc Québécois (2004-present)

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Meili Faille	27,012
	Liberal	Marc Garneau	17,768
	Conservative	Stephane Bourgon	11,889
	New Democrat	Bert Markgraf	3,468
	Green	Pierre Pariseau-Legault	2,450

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Meili Faille	24,675
	Liberal	Nick Discepola	21,613
	Conservative	Robert Ramage	4,558
	New Democrat	Bert Markgraf	2,175
	Green	Julie C. Baribeau	2,103
	Marijuana	Charles Soucy	585

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nick Discepola	26,292
	Bloc Québécois	Éric Cimon	17,587
	Canadian Alliance	Dean Drysdale	4,188
	Progressive Conservative	Stratos Psarianos	2,020
	New Democrat	Shaun G. Lynch	904

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nick Discepola	23,676
	Bloc Québécois	René St-Onge	17,574
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Lajoie	9,760
	Reform	Peter McLoughlin	573
	New Democrat	Jason Sigurdson	538
	Natural Law	Eric E. Simon	490

[edit] 1917 - 1968

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Émard	8,955
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Bourbonnais	6,580
	New Democrat	Roger Carrier	1,346
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Marie Veilleux	750

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Émard	8,639
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Marcel Bourbonnais	6,031
	Social Credit	Marcel Lessard	2,340
	Independent	Gérard Raymond	354

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Marcel Bourbonnais	8,392
	Liberal	Pierre Léger	8,126
	Social Credit	Gabriel Godin	1,135

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Bourbonnais	8,161
	Liberal	Armand Asselin	7,274

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-René Beaudoin	9,055
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Bourbonnais	4,166

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-René Beaudoin	8,463
	Progressive Conservative	Roger-Paul Sullivan	2,254

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-René Beaudoin	7,622
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Omer Lalonde	3,659

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-René Beaudoin	6,267
	Independent	Jean Lamarche	1,880
	Bloc populaire canadien	Robert Stocker	1,619
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.-Albert Bourbonnais	191

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Thauvette	4,381
	National Government	J.-E.-Philippe Deguire	2,210
	Independent Liberal	Édouard Charlebois	1,441
	Independent Liberal	J.-Ernest Chevrier	1,059

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Thauvette	5,983
	Conservative	Horace-Joseph Gagné	2,519
	Reconstruction	Albert Lacombe	279

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Thauvette	4,313
	Conservative	Horace-Joseph Gagné	2,432
	Independent Liberal	Roland-Gilles Mousseau	1,718

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 29 July 1929 On Mr. Wilson's resignation, 1 February 1929
	Liberal	Lawrence Alexander Wilson	4,409
	Independent Liberal	Roland-Gilles Mousseau	1,766
	Independent Liberal	Émile Gagné	306

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lawrence Alexander Wilson	5,391
	Conservative	Eugène Leroux	1,848

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lawrence Alexander Wilson	5,554
	Conservative	Eugène Leroux	1,687

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 21 March 1922 On Mr. Boyer being called to the Senate, 11 March 1922
	Liberal	Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	5,366
	Independent	Adrien Pharand	2,787
	Progressive	Julien Charlebois	293

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Gustave Boyer	4,075
	Government	Julien-Firmin Bissonnette	408

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Federal Ridings in Montérégie
Bloc Québécois	Beauharnois—Salaberry \| Brossard—La Prairie \| Chambly—Borduas \| Châteauguay—Saint-Constant \| Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher \| Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert \| Saint-Jean \| Saint-Lambert \| Vaudreuil-Soulanges \| Verchères—Les Patriotes

Federal Ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour \| Berthier—Maskinongé \| Joliette \| Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière \| Montcalm \| Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier \| Repentigny \| Saint-Maurice—Champlain \| Trois-Rivières
Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord \| Jonquière—Alma \| Manicouagan \| Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord \| Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine \| Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia \| Lévis—Bellechasse \| Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup \| Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
The Eastern Townships	Beauce \| Brome—Missisquoi \| Compton—Stanstead \| Drummond \| Mégantic—L'Érable \| Richmond—Arthabaska \| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot \| Shefford \| Sherbrooke
The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou \| Abitibi—Témiscamingue \| Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel \| Gatineau \| Hull—Aylmer \| Laurentides—Labelle \| Pontiac \| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles \| Rivière-du-Nord \| Terrebonne—Blainville
Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic \| Alfred-Pellan \| Bourassa \| Hochelaga \| Honoré-Mercier \| Jeanne-Le Ber \| Lac-Saint-Louis \| La Pointe-de-l'Île \| LaSalle—Émard \| Laurier—Sainte-Marie \| Laval \| Laval—Les Îles \| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin \| Mount Royal \| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine \| Outremont \| Papineau \| Pierrefonds—Dollard \| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie \| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville \| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel \| Westmount—Ville-Marie
Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry \| Brossard—La Prairie \| Chambly—Borduas \| Châteauguay—Saint-Constant \| Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher \| Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert \| Saint-Jean \| Saint-Lambert \| Vaudreuil-Soulanges \| Verchères—Les Patriotes
Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou \| Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles \| Louis-Hébert \| Louis-Saint-Laurent \| Québec