Legislature House of Commons District created 1996 Last contested 2015 Province Québec | MP Peter Schiefke
Liberal First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Elector 89,766 | |
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Census divisions Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality | ||
Vaudreuil—Soulanges (formerly Vaudreuil-Soulanges) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1914 to 1968 and since 1997.
Contents
- Profile
- History
- Members of Parliament
- Vaudreuil Soulanges 1997 2015
- VaudreuilSoulanges 19171968
- References
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
The NDP did well across the riding in the 2011 election, with relatively uniform support across the district. The Bloc did well in French-dominated areas such as Rigaud near the Ontario border as well as in Vaudreuil-Dorion and the south of the riding in Les Cèdres. Hudson and Saint-Lazare were stronger areas for the Tories, being areas with higher Anglophone populations. In certain parts of Hudson, the Liberals did somewhat well, though their support across the riding was low.
History
The original Vaudreuil—Soulanges was created in 1914 when the ridings of Vaudreuil and Soulanges were combined into one riding. 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 abolished in 1966.
In 1997, the Vaudreuil riding was renamed "Vaudreuil-Soulanges", as it had been realigned to be perfectly coterminal to the Vaudreuil—Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
This riding lost territory to Salaberry—Suroît during the 2012 electoral redistribution and was renamed "Vaudreuil—Soulanges".
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Vaudreuil-Soulanges, 1997 - 2015
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 1917–1968
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1921 general election.
Note: Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote in 1917 general election.