Salaberry—Suroît is a federal
electoral district in
Quebec
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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 municipa ...
(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
42nd Canadian federal election
The 2015 Canadian federal election held on October 19, 2015, saw the Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, win 184 seats, allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister.
The election was held to elect me ...
, scheduled for 19 October 2015.
Profile
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
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:
Election results
References
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Quebec federal electoral districts
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality
Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality