Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon (formerly Salaberry—Suroît) is a federal

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. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of

Beauharnois—Salaberry Beauharnois—Salaberry () is a former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 2015. Geography In 2003, the riding was re-defined to consist of the regional county mun ...

(76%) and Vaudreuil-Soulanges (24%). Salaberry—Suroît was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for 19 October 2015. Following the 2022 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding will largely be replaced by Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon. It gains Les Cèdres and Pointe-des-Cascades from Vaudreuil—Soulanges; and loses the remainder of the

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and both the

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and Township of Hemmingford to the new riding of

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The Bloc dominates the north of the riding, in areas such as Beauharnois, Salaberry-de-Vallefield and Les Coteaux. To the south, the Liberals perform better in rural, more Anglophone communities such as Huntingdon and Ormstown. These distinctions were true even as the NDP held the riding in 2015.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon

Salaberry—Suroît

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