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Vaudreuil-Soulanges

2008 Results

Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST		257/257 polls
BQ	Meili Faille	27,044	41.26	Elected
CON	Michael Fortier	15,616	23.82
LIB	Brigitte Legault	13,954	21.29
NDP	Maxime Héroux-Legault	6,307	9.62
GRN	Jean-Yves Massenet	2,627	4.01

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This riding runs from Lac des Deux Montagnes in the north to the St. Lawrence River in the south. The western boundary is the Ontario-Quebec border. Vaudreuil-Soulanges riding contains the regional county municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. It also includes Vaudreuil-Dorion, Hudson, Pincourt, Rigaud, Notre-Dame-de-L'Île and L'Île Perrot.

Manufacturing and retail trade are the main employers in this riding. The average family income is $83,157 and unemployment is 4.5 per cent.

There is a significant anglophone population in the riding. According to the 2006 census, almost 21 per cent have English as their first language, while 72 per cent listed French. Eight per cent of the residents are immigrants.

The riding was Vaudreuil from 1867 to 1914 and Vaudreuil-Soulanges from 1914 to 1966 and again from 1997. In 1996, the riding kept 76 per cent of its population.

Population: 120,395 (2006 census; an increase of 17.9% since 2001)

Political History

Bloc Québécois incumbent Meili Faille won re-election in 2006, defeating former astronaut and Liberal candidate Marc Garneau. In 2004, Faille defeated the Liberal incumbent, Nick Discepola, by 3,062 votes. Discepola had served two terms.

In the former riding of Vaudreuil, Liberal Hal Herbert was MP from 1972-80. Progressive Conservative Pierre Cadieux won in 1984 and 1988. He was minister of labour in 1986, minister of Indian affairs and northern development in 1989, solicitor general in 1990 and minister of state for fitness and amateur sport, minister of state for youth and deputy government leader from 1991 to 1993.

Vaudreuil-Soulanges/Vaudreuil:

1867-87 inclusive - CON
1891 - LIB
1892 byelection - CON
1896-1957 inclusive - LIB
1958, 1962 - PC
1963-80 inclusive - LIB
1984, 1988 - PC
1993 - LIB

Vaudreuil-Soulanges:

1997, 2000 - LIB
2004, 2006 - BQ

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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