Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Peter Schiefke; Liberal
;
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	111,905
Electors (2015)	89,766
Area (km²)	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. This will come into effect at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Vaudreuil
1st	1867–1872	Donald McMillan	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Robert Harwood	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Robert Harwood	Liberal–Conservative
4th	1878–1882	Jean-Baptiste Mongenais	Conservative
5th	1882–1887	Hugh McMillan
6th	1887–1891	Hugh McMillan
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	Gustave Benjamin Boyer
14th	1922–1925	Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet
15th	1925–1926	Lawrence Alexander Wilson
16th	1926–1930	Lawrence Alexander Wilson
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	Marcel Bourbonnais	Progressive Conservative
26th	1963–1965	René Émard	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	René Émard	Liberal
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	Pierre Cadieux	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Nick Discepola	Liberal
Vaudreuil-Soulanges
36th	1997–2000	Nick Discepola	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Nick Discepola	Liberal
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