Vaudreuil (electoral district)

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Vaudreuil was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1914, and from 1968 to 1997.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Election results
- 3.1 1867-1914
- 3.2 1968-1997
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

It was originally created by the British North America Act of 1867, and existed until 1914, when it was merged into Vaudreuil—Soulanges riding.

Vaudreuil riding was recreated in 1966, and existed until 1997, when it was renamed "Vaudreuil—Soulanges". (See Vaudreuil—Soulanges.)

[edit] Geography

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.

When it was re-created in 1966, 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, Ile-Cadieux, Ile-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'Ile-Bizard.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the Towns of Baie-d'Urfé, Dorion, Hudson, Ile-Cadieux, Ile-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'Ile-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, Ile-Cadieux, Ile-Perrot, Kirkland, Pincourt, Rigaud, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue and Vaudreuil;
in the County of the Ile 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.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1867-1914

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald McMillan	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Harwood	962
	Unknown	Godard	727

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Harwood	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean Baptiste Mongenais	764
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Harwood	702

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	522
	Unknown	Alfred Lapointe	490
	Unknown	F.X. Archambault	418
	Unknown	H.A. Desrosiers	10

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	996
	Liberal	E. Lalonde	783

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	1,087
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	989

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 29 February 1892 On Mr. Harwood being unseated, 8 January 1892
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 12 April 1893 On election being declared void, 1 March 1893
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	1,296
	Conservative	Aldéric Séguin	801

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	1,140
	Conservative	Alfred Lapointe	665

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,297
	Conservative	François de Sales-Alphonse Bastien	825

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,408
	Conservative	Elzéar Montpetit	655

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,345
	Conservative	Archibald de Léry Macdonald	1,130

[edit] 1968-1997

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Émard	29,830
	Progressive Conservative	Harold G. Fairhead	7,654
	New Democrat	Maurice Daviau	2,905

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	27,372
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannette-T. Burley	11,477
	Social Credit	Joseph-Endré De Csavossy	4,526
	New Democrat	Michel Beauséjour	3,573
	Not affiliated	André Théoret	3,066
	Independent	Walter J. Williams	330

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	29,685
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Brown	12,422
	New Democrat	Tom Rees	4,397
	Social Credit	Sarah Audet	2,752
	Not affiliated	Gaëtan Boyer	805

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	41,508
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Togneri	7,787
	New Democrat	Lorne Brown	4,512
	Social Credit	Mario G. Turbide	3,625
	Rhino	Claude Simard	1,177
	Libertarian	Claude Lévesque	437
	Union Populaire	Jérome Chaput	237

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	39,159
	New Democrat	Lorne Brown	7,309
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Thé	6,277
	Union Populaire	Guy Cousineau	513
	Libertarian	Irena Bubniuk	479
	Marxist-Leninist	Michelle Duford	234

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Cadieux	37,499
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	20,362
	New Democrat	Anne Erskine	7,993
	Rhino	Nicole B.D. Pans	1,470
	Nationaliste	Benoît Duchesne	1,017
	Libertarian	Gordon Gouldson	345
	Commonwealth	Jacques Cartier	139

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Cadieux	30,392
	Liberal	Jean Blais	16,393
	New Democrat	Suzanne Aubertin	6,185
	Green	Yves-Marie Christin	912
	Rhino	Maureen Decelles	671
	Commonwealth	Isajlovic Momcilo	43

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nick Discepola	31,120
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Turbide	25,133
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Préfontaine	6,459
	New Democrat	Yves Marie Christin	1,107
	Natural Law	Eric E. Simon	727
	Libertarian	Neal Ford	438
	Commonwealth	Robert Charles	186