Beauharnois—Salaberry

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Beauharnois—Salaberry
Beauharnois—Salaberry in relation to the other southwest Québec ridings.
Member of Parliament	Claude DeBellefeuille Bloc Québécois
Population, 2001	103 808
Electors, 2006	84 563
Area (km²)	2569
Population density (people per km²)	40
Electoral district created	1947, from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon
Census divisions	• Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM • Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM • Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
Polling divisions	217
Major municipalities	• Beauharnois • Hinchinbrooke • Huntingdon • Napierville • Ormstown • Saint-Anicet • Saint-Chrysostome • Saint-Rémi • Sainte-Martine • Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Beauharnois—Salaberry is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Electoral history 3.1 Beauharnois—Salaberry 1952 - present 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

In 2003, the riding was re-defined to consist of the regional county municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry and Les Jardins-de-Napierville, and the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, including Akwesasne Indian Reserve No. 15 within the Province of Quebec.

The neighbouring ridings are Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Brossard—La Prairie, and Saint-Jean.

[edit] History

It was originally known as Beauharnois riding, which was created in the British North America Act of 1867. Beauharnois was merged into Beauharnois—Laprairie in 1933.

In 1947, Beauharnois riding was re-created from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon.

In 1952, it became Beauharnois—Salaberry.

• See Beauharnois for information on the riding prior to 1952.

The name of the riding was changed back to Beauharnois from 1966 to 1971, and from 1976 to 1977. The rest of time it was known as Beaharnois—Salaberry as it is known as today.

In 1952, Beauharnois—Salaberry consisted of the county of Beauharnois, the cities of Salaberry-de-Valley field and Beauharnois and the town of Maple Grove, the municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay, the towns of Châteauguay, Châteauguay Heights, and De Léry, and the municipalities of Saint-Anicet and Sainte Barbe.

Beauharnois—Salaberry was abolished in 1966 and redistributed between Beauharnois electoral district and Laprairie (electoral district)

Beauharnois—Salaberry was re-created in 1971 when Beauharnois was re-named. It consisted of the Cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the Towns of Huntingdon and Maple Grove, the County of Beauharnois, and parts of the Counties of Châteauguay and Huntingdon.

Beauharnois—Salaberry was abolished in 1976, and redistributed between Beauharnois and Châteauguay (electoral district), but in 1977, before any election was held, Beauharnois was re-named as Beauharnois—Salaberry. It consisted of the Cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the Towns of Huntingdon and Maple Grove, and parts of the Counties of Beauharnois, Châteauguay and Huntingdon.

In 1987, the riding was re-defined to consist of the towns of Beauharnois, Huntingdon, Léry, Maple Grove and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the counties of Beauharnois and Huntingdon, and the County of Châteauguay excluding the towns of Châteauguay and Mercier.

In 1996, the riding was re-defined to consist of the cities of Beauharnois, Huntingdon, Maple Grove and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and the County Regional Municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (including that part of the Akwesasne Indian Reserve contained in the Province of Quebec) and Les Jardins-de-Napierville, excepting: the City of Saint-Rémi; the parish municipalities of Saint-Édouard, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur and Saint-Michel.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Beauharnois prior to 1952
Beauharnois—Salaberry
22nd	1953-1957		Robert Cauchon	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962		Gérard Bruchesi	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963		Gérald Laniel	Liberal
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
Beauharnois
28th	1968-1972		Gérald Laniel	Liberal
Beauharnois—Salaberry
29th	1972-1974		Gérald Laniel	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Jean-Guy Hudon	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Laurent Lavigne	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000		Daniel Turp	Bloc Québécois
37th	2000-2004		Serge Marcil	Liberal
38th	2004-2006		Alain Boire	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006-		Claude DeBellefeuille	Bloc Québécois

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] Beauharnois—Salaberry 1952 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	26,190	47.4%
	Conservative	David Couturier	14,609	26.6%
	Liberal	John Khawand	8,272	15.0%
	New Democrat	Cynthia Roy	4,163	7.6%
	Green	David Smith	1,864	3.4%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Boire	26,775
	Liberal	Serge Marcil	18,293
	Conservative	Dominique Bellemare	4,864
	Green	Rémi Pelletier	1,415
	New Democrat	Ligy Alakkattussery	1,018
	Marijuana	Félix Malboeuf	480

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Serge Marcil	23,834
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Turp	20,938
	Progressive Conservative	Roma Myre	2,133
	Canadian Alliance	Stephane Renaud	1,782
	New Democrat	Elizabeth Clark	703

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Turp	20,449
	Liberal	Linda Julien	17,226
	Progressive Conservative	Dominique Bellemare	13,160
	New Democrat	Erin Runions	652

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Laurent Lavigne	25,934
	Liberal	Linda Julien	15,867
	Progressive Conservative	Marie-Andrée McSween	7,687
	New Democrat	Marc Dubuc	985

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Hudon	29,149
	Liberal	Linda Julien	13,351
	New Democrat	Daniel Payette	5,937
	Green	Luc Bergevin	771
	Rhino	Robert Joseph Hamon	729

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Hudon	27,614
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Gaudreau	11,395
	New Democrat	Gus Callaghan	2,720
	Rhino	Réal Le Parfait Gingras	1,216
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Vaudrin	798

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	27,476
	Progressive Conservative	Camille Gibeault	5,629
	New Democrat	Michael Wiltshire	2,738
	Social Credit	Claudette Largess	1,017
	Independent	Marc Laviolette	410
	Bloc Québécois	Ls-Dona De O'Hara-Gingras	217
	Marxist-Leninist	Larry Tansey	77

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	26,048
	Progressive Conservative	Rolland Philie	7,460
	Social Credit	Georges Boulanger	4,190
	New Democrat	Gilles Gagne	1,866
	Rhino	Réal Gingras	967
	Bloc Québécois	Martine Godard	240

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	16,828
	Progressive Conservative	Laurent Cyr	9,801
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Leduc	3,430
	New Democrat	Arthur Brown	1,445
	Independent	Guy Fortier	911

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	16,745
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Leduc	8,061
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Miron	7,040
	New Democrat	André St-Cyr	2,727

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	16,145
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Clément Le Veque	6,242
	Independent	J.-Gérard Banville	4,167
	New Democrat	John Williams	3,544
	Social Credit	Paul-Emile Asselin	1,847
	Rhino	Denis Bosse	321

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	15,892
	Social Credit	Jean Boyer	7,836
	Progressive Conservative	Florian Paiement	5,440
	New Democrat	Denis Bosse	1,795

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérald Laniel	13,290
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Bruchesi	11,175
	Social Credit	Paul-Emile Asselin	6,341

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Bruchesi	13,202
	Liberal	Robert Cauchon	12,368

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Cauchon	14,030
	Independent	Médard Cousineau	4,246
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Guerard	3,109

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Cauchon	14,269
	Progressive Conservative	Josaphat-H. Demers	4,495

• See Beauharnois for information on the riding prior to 1952.

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• (1952 - 1966)
• (1971 - 1976)
• (1977 - present)

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