Vaudreuil-Soulanges (provincial electoral district)

Vaudreuil-Soulanges was a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada.

Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1939
District abolished1988
First contested1939
Last contested1985

It was created for the 1939 election from parts of Vaudreuil and Soulanges electoral districts. Its final election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral districts were the re-created Vaudreuil and the newly created Salaberry-Soulanges.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Vaudreuil and Soulanges
21st  1939–1944     Alphide Sabourin Liberal
22nd  1944–1948
23rd  1948–1952     Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte Union Nationale
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1957
 1957–1960 Loyola Schmidt
26th  1960–1962     Paul Gérin-Lajoie Liberal
27th  1962–1966
28th  1966–1969
 1969–1970     François-Edouard Belliveau Union Nationale
29th  1970–1973     Paul Phaneuf Liberal
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1981     Louise Sauvé Cuerrier Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985     Daniel Johnson Jr. Liberal
33rd  1985–1989
Dissolved into Vaudreuil and Salaberry-Soulanges

Election results

1970 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Phaneuf11,84150.12−3.05
Union NationaleFrançois-Édouard Belliveau6,38927.04−13.56
Parti QuébécoisA.-Léo Bédard4,18317.71
Ralliement créditisteAndré Dussault1,1584.90
Crédit social uniJoseph Ranger530.22
Total valid votes 23,62498.61
Rejected and declined votes 3331.39
Turnout 23,95784.88+2.98
Electors on the lists 28,224
Liberal hold Swing +5.26
Source: Rapport du président général des élections, Élections 1970.
Quebec provincial by-election, October 8, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Union NationaleFrançois-Édouard Belliveau8,07568.51+27.91
Ralliement créditisteMarcel Lessard3,11126.39
Crédit social uniJoseph Ranger6015.10
Total valid votes 11,78793.41
Rejected and declined votes 8316.59
Turnout 12,61846.66-33.24
Electors on the lists 27,044
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
1966 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalPaul Gérin-Lajoie11,12053.17
Union NationaleAimé Grandmaison8,49040.60
IndependentJean-Paul Laflèche7133.41
RINLouis Gravel4942.36
Ralliement nationalRégent Millette960.46
Total valid votes 20,913100.00
Rejected and declined ballots 280
Turnout 21,19381.90
Electors on the lists 25,878

References

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