Vaudreuil-Soulanges (provincial electoral district)

Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1939
District abolished	1988
First contested	1939
Last contested	1985

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

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

• Alphide Sabourin, Liberal (1939–1948)
• Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte, Union Nationale (1948–1957)
• Loyola Schmidt, Union Nationale (1957–1960)
• Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Liberal (1960–1969)
• François-Edouard Belliveau, Union Nationale (1969–1970)
• Paul Phaneuf, Liberal (1970–1976)
• Louise Sauvé Cuerrier, Parti Québécois (1976–1981)
• Daniel Johnson Jr., Liberal (1981–1989)

Election results

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Phaneuf	11,841	50.12	−3.05
	Union Nationale	François-Édouard Belliveau	6,389	27.04	−13.56
	Parti Québécois	A.-Léo Bédard	4,183	17.71
	Ralliement créditiste	André Dussault	1,158	4.90
	Ind. (Crédit social uni)	Joseph Ranger	53	0.22
Total valid votes			23,624	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			333
Turnout			23,957	84.88	+2.98
Electors on the lists			28,224
Source: Rapport du président général des élections, Élections 1970.

Quebec provincial by-election, October 8, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Union Nationale	François-Édouard Belliveau	8,075	68.51	+27.91
	N/A (Créditiste)	Marcel Lessard	3,111	26.39
	Ind. (Crédit social uni)	Joseph Ranger	601	5.10
Total valid votes			11,787	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			831
Turnout			12,618	46.66	−35.24
Electors on the lists			27,044
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Gérin-Lajoie	11,120	53.17
	Union Nationale	Aimé Grandmaison	8,490	40.60	–
	Independent	Jean-Paul Laflèche	713	3.41
	RIN	Louis Gravel	494	2.36
	Ralliement national	Régent Millette	96	0.46
Total valid votes			20,913	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			280
Turnout			21,193	81.90
Electors on the lists			25,878

References

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuebecPolitique)