Vaudreuil (electoral district)

Vaudreuil
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

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

History[]

It was originally created by the British North America Act, 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.)

Members of Parliament[]

This riding 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
Riding dissolved into Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Riding re-created from Vaudreuil—Soulanges
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
Riding dissolved into Vaudreuil—Soulanges

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, 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.

Election results[]

1867–1914[]

hide1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald McMillan	acclaimed

hide1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Harwood	962
	Unknown	Godard	727

hide1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Harwood	acclaimed

hide1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean Baptiste Mongenais	764
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Harwood	702

hide1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	522
	Unknown	Alfred Lapointe	490
	Unknown	F.X. Archambault	418
	Unknown	H.A. Desrosiers	10

hide1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh McMillan	996
	Liberal	E. Lalonde	783

hide1891 Canadian federal election
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

hide1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	1,296
	Conservative	Aldéric Séguin	801

hide1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Stanislas Harwood	1,140
	Conservative	Alfred Lapointe	665

hide1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,297
	Conservative	François de Sales-Alphonse Bastien	825

hide1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,408
	Conservative	Elzéar Montpetit	655

hide1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Boyer	1,345
	Conservative	Archibald de Léry Macdonald	1,130

1968–1997[]

hide1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Émard	29,830
	Progressive Conservative	Harold G. Fairhead	7,654
	New Democratic	Maurice Daviau	2,905

hide1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	27,372
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannette-T. Burley	11,477
	Social Credit	Joseph-Endré De Csavossy	4,526
	New Democratic	Michel Beauséjour	3,573
	Independent	André Théoret	3,066
	Independent	Walter J. Williams	330

hide1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	29,685
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Brown	12,422
	New Democratic	Tom Rees	4,397
	Social Credit	Sarah Audet	2,752
	Independent	Gaëtan Boyer	805

hide1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	41,508
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Togneri	7,787
	New Democratic	Lorne Brown	4,512
	Social Credit	Mario G. Turbide	3,625
	Rhinoceros	Claude Simard	1,177
	Libertarian	Claude Lévesque	437
	Union populaire	Jérome Chaput	237

hide1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	39,159
	New Democratic	Lorne Brown	7,309
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Thé	6,277
	Union populaire	Guy Cousineau	513
	Libertarian	Irena Bubniuk	479
	Marxist–Leninist	Michelle Duford	234

hide1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Cadieux	37,499
	Liberal	Hal Herbert	20,362
	New Democratic	Anne Erskine	7,993
	Rhinoceros	Nicole B.D. Pans	1,470
	Parti nationaliste	Benoît Duchesne	1,017
	Libertarian	Gordon Gouldson	345
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jacques Cartier	139

hide1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Cadieux	30,392
	Liberal	Jean Blais	16,393
	New Democratic	Suzanne Aubertin	6,185
	Green	Yves-Marie Christin	912
	Rhinoceros	Maureen Decelles	671
	Commonwealth of Canada	Isajlovic Momcilo	43

hide1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nick Discepola	31,120
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Turbide	25,133
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Préfontaine	6,459
	New Democratic	Yves Marie Christin	1,107
	Natural Law	Eric E. Simon	727
	Libertarian	Neal Ford	438
	Commonwealth of Canada	Robert Charles	186

External links[]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

show v t Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères