Vaudreuil (electoral district)
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Vaudreuil was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1914, and from 1968 to 1997.
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[edit] History
It was originally created by the British North America Act of 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.)
[edit] 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'Ile-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'Ile-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, Ile-Cadieux, Ile-Perrot, Kirkland, Pincourt, Rigaud, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue and Vaudreuil;
- in the County of the Ile 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.
[edit] Election results
[edit] 1867-1914
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Donald McMillan | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1872 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal-Conservative | Robert Harwood | 962 | |||
| Unknown | Godard | 727 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal-Conservative | Robert Harwood | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Jean Baptiste Mongenais | 764 | |||
| Liberal-Conservative | Robert Harwood | 702 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Hugh McMillan | 522 | |||
| Unknown | Alfred Lapointe | 490 | |||
| Unknown | F.X. Archambault | 418 | |||
| Unknown | H.A. Desrosiers | 10 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Hugh McMillan | 996 | |||
| Liberal | E. Lalonde | 783 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Henry Stanislas Harwood | 1,087 | |||
| Conservative | Hugh McMillan | 989 | |||
| By-election on 29 February 1892 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hugh McMillan | acclaimed | |||
| By-election on 12 April 1893 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Stanislas Harwood | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Henry Stanislas Harwood | 1,296 | |||
| Conservative | Aldéric Séguin | 801 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Henry Stanislas Harwood | 1,140 | |||
| Conservative | Alfred Lapointe | 665 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Gustave Boyer | 1,297 | |||
| Conservative | François de Sales-Alphonse Bastien | 825 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1908 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Gustave Boyer | 1,408 | |||
| Conservative | Elzéar Montpetit | 655 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1911 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Gustave Boyer | 1,345 | |||
| Conservative | Archibald de Léry Macdonald | 1,130 | |||
[edit] 1968-1997
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | René Émard | 29,830 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold G. Fairhead | 7,654 | |||
| New Democrat | Maurice Daviau | 2,905 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 27,372 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeannette-T. Burley | 11,477 | |||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Endré De Csavossy | 4,526 | |||
| New Democrat | Michel Beauséjour | 3,573 | |||
| Not affiliated | André Théoret | 3,066 | |||
| Independent | Walter J. Williams | 330 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 29,685 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Brown | 12,422 | |||
| New Democrat | Tom Rees | 4,397 | |||
| Social Credit | Sarah Audet | 2,752 | |||
| Not affiliated | Gaëtan Boyer | 805 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 41,508 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Diana Togneri | 7,787 | |||
| New Democrat | Lorne Brown | 4,512 | |||
| Social Credit | Mario G. Turbide | 3,625 | |||
| Rhino | Claude Simard | 1,177 | |||
| Libertarian | Claude Lévesque | 437 | |||
| Union Populaire | Jérome Chaput | 237 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 39,159 | |||
| New Democrat | Lorne Brown | 7,309 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Thé | 6,277 | |||
| Union Populaire | Guy Cousineau | 513 | |||
| Libertarian | Irena Bubniuk | 479 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Michelle Duford | 234 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Cadieux | 37,499 | |||
| Liberal | Hal Herbert | 20,362 | |||
| New Democrat | Anne Erskine | 7,993 | |||
| Rhino | Nicole B.D. Pans | 1,470 | |||
| Nationaliste | Benoît Duchesne | 1,017 | |||
| Libertarian | Gordon Gouldson | 345 | |||
| Commonwealth | Jacques Cartier | 139 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Cadieux | 30,392 | |||
| Liberal | Jean Blais | 16,393 | |||
| New Democrat | Suzanne Aubertin | 6,185 | |||
| Green | Yves-Marie Christin | 912 | |||
| Rhino | Maureen Decelles | 671 | |||
| Commonwealth | Isajlovic Momcilo | 43 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Nick Discepola | 31,120 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Turbide | 25,133 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Préfontaine | 6,459 | |||
| New Democrat | Yves Marie Christin | 1,107 | |||
| Natural Law | Eric E. Simon | 727 | |||
| Libertarian | Neal Ford | 438 | |||
| Commonwealth | Robert Charles | 186 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
