Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Quebec electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Peter Schiefke Liberal District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 111,905 Electors (2015)89,766 Area (km²)[2] 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 , L'Île-Cadieux , Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac , Terrasse-Vaudreuil , Rigaud , Pointe-Fortune , Les Cèdres , Hudson
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.
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.[3]
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 :
Election results [ ]
Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 2015–present [ ]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Peter Schiefke
30,001
46.5
-0.8
Bloc Québécois
Thierry Vadnais-Lapierre
14,308
22.2
-2.2
Conservative
Karen Cox
10,556
16.3
+4.8
New Democratic
Niklas Brake
6,780
10.5
-0.3
Green
Cameron Stiff
1,631
2.5
-2.5
Free
Ginette Destrempes
1,288
2.0
N/A
Total valid votes
64,564
98.1
Total rejected ballots
1,233
1.9
Turnout
65,797
66.9
Eligible voters
98,289
Liberal hold
Swing
+0.7
Source: Elections Canada [4]
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 [5] [6]
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 [7] [8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
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—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.
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
1921 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Gustave 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
Note: Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote in 1917 general election.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Riding history from the Library of Parliament :
Notes [ ]
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Coordinates : 45°22′N 74°11′W / 45.37°N 74.19°W / 45.37; -74.19