Vaudreuil

Riding profile

Vaudreuil, an electoral district immediately west of Montreal island, previously existed from 1830 to 1936. It became Vaudreuil–Soulanges in 1939, then reverted to Vaudreuil in 1989.

The riding covers several islands between Montreal and the mainland, and includes the communities of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Hudson, Pincourt, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, L'Île-Perrot, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac and l'Île-Cadieux.

The boundaries did not change in the 2011 redistribution.

Political history:

This was Daniel Johnson Jr.'s seat from 1981 to 1998, including the brief period he served as permier from January to September 1994. Since his resignation from the Quebec national assembly in 1998, MNA Yvon Marcoux has kept the seat in Liberal hands.

2008 provincial election results:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Yvon Marcoux	Liberal	15,827	54.02%
Claude Turcotte	PQ	8,801	30.04%
Lucie Boudreault	ADQ	2,599	8.87%
Julien Leclerc	Green	1,086	3.71%
Maria Pia Chavez	QS	543	1.85%

Prior results:

1994	Liberal Premier Daniel Johnson Jr. defeated PQ's Réjean Boyer by 9,107 votes, but his party lost the election.
1998	Liberal Yvon Marcoux defeated PQ's Yvon Faille by 6,711 votes.
2003	Liberal Marcoux defeated PQ's Faille by 8,917 votes.
2007	Liberal Marcoux defeated ADQ's Jean-Claude Lévesque by 6,678 votes.

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes: 39.2%; No: 60.8%

Candidates

Option Nationale	Julien	Bédard
Parti Québécois	Kim	Comeau
Green Party	Julien	Leclerc
Coalition Avenir Québec	Martin	Legault
Liberal	Yvon	Marcoux
Québec Citizens' Union	Étienne	Ouellet
Québec Solidaire	Marc-André	Pilon