# Beauharnois—Salaberry

Beauharnois—Salaberry (French pronunciation:) 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 municipalities of Beauharnois—Salaberry, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, and Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, including the parts of Akwesasne Indian Reserve No. 15 that lie within Quebec. In the 2006 census 88.7% of its population reported French only as their home language, 9.3% English (mostly in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent).
The neighbouring ridings were Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Brossard—La Prairie, and Saint-Jean.

## History

Beauharnois riding was created in the British North America Act 1867. Beauharnois was merged into Beauharnois—Laprairie in 1932.
In 1947, Beauharnois riding was re-created from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon.
In 1952, it became Beauharnois—Salaberry.
* See Beauharnois for information on the riding prior to 1952.
The name of the riding was changed back to Beauharnois from 1966 to 1971, and from 1976 to 1977. The rest of time it was known as "Beauharnois—Salaberry" as it is known as today.
In 1952, Beauharnois—Salaberry consisted of the county of Beauharnois, the cities of Salaberry-de-Valley field and Beauharnois and the town of Maple Grove, the municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay, the towns of Châteauguay, Châteauguay Heights, and De Léry, and the municipalities of Saint-Anicet and Sainte Barbe.
Beauharnois—Salaberry was abolished in 1966 and redistributed between Beauharnois electoral district and La Prairie (federal electoral district)
Beauharnois—Salaberry was re-created in 1971 when Beauharnois was renamed. It consisted of the Cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the Towns of Huntingdon and Maple Grove, the County of Beauharnois, and parts of the Counties of Châteauguay and Huntingdon.
Beauharnois—Salaberry was abolished in 1976, and redistributed between Beauharnois and Châteauguay (federal electoral district), but in 1977, before any election was held, Beauharnois was renamed as Beauharnois—Salaberry. It consisted of the Cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the Towns of Huntingdon and Maple Grove, and parts of the Counties of Beauharnois, Châteauguay and Huntingdon.
In 1987, the riding was re-defined to consist of the towns of Beauharnois, Huntingdon, Léry, Maple Grove and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the counties of Beauharnois and Huntingdon, and the County of Châteauguay excluding the towns of Châteauguay and Mercier.
In 1996, the riding was re-defined to consist of the cities of Beauharnois, Huntingdon, Maple Grove and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, and the County Regional Municipalities of Beauharnois—Salaberry, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent (including that part of the Akwesasne Indian Reserve contained in the Province of Quebec) and Les Jardins-de-Napierville, excepting: the City of Saint-Rémi; the parish municipalities of Saint-Édouard, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur and Saint-Michel.
It was abolished for the 2015 election.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Beauharnois—Salaberry Riding created from Beauharnois |||||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Robert Cauchon | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Robert Cauchon | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Gérard Bruchési | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| Beauharnois |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| Beauharnois—Salaberry |||||
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Jean-Guy Hudon | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Jean-Guy Hudon | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Laurent Lavigne | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Daniel Turp | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Serge Marcil | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Alain Boire | Bloc Québécois |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Claude DeBellefeuille | Bloc Québécois |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Claude DeBellefeuille | Bloc Québécois |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Anne Minh-Thu Quach | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Salaberry—Suroît and Châteauguay—Lacolle |||||

## Electoral history
### Beauharnois—Salaberry 1971 - 2015

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Anne Minh-Thu Quach | 23,978 | 43.78 | +32.22 | – |
| | Bloc Québécois | Claude DeBellefeuille | 18,182 | 33.20 | -16.86 | – |
| | Conservative | David Couturier | 7,049 | 12.87 | -7.37 | – |
| | Liberal | François Deslandres | 4,559 | 8.32 | -6.55 | – |
| | Green | Rémi Pelletier | 1,003 | 1.83 | -1.45 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,771 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 778 | 1.40 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,569 | 62.34 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 89,141 | – | – |
| | New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | Swing | +24.54 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Claude DeBellefeuille | 26,904 | 50.06 | +2.53 | $57,397 |
| | Conservative | Dominique Bellemare | 10,858 | 20.20 | -6.31 | $85,410 |
| | Liberal | Maria Lopez | 7,995 | 14.87 | -0.14 | $6,993 |
| | New Democratic | Anne Minh-Thu Quach | 6,214 | 11.56 | +4.01 | $2,272 |
| | Green | David Smith | 1,764 | 3.28 | -0.10 | $5,184 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,735 | 100.00 | $89,601 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -4.52 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Claude DeBellefeuille | 26,190 | 47.53 | -3.1 | $51,521 |
| | Conservative | David Couturier | 14,609 | 26.51 | +17.3 | $7,923 |
| | Liberal | John Khawand | 8,272 | 15.01 | -19.6 | $80,914 |
| | New Democratic | Cynthia Roy | 4,163 | 7.55 | +5.6 | $6,039 |
| | Green | David Smith | 1,864 | 3.38 | +0.7 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,098 | 100.00 | $82,960 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Alain Boire | 26,775 | 50.7 | +8.3 | $40,737 |
| | Liberal | Serge Marcil | 18,293 | 34.6 | -13.6 | $66,136 |
| | Conservative | Dominique Bellemare | 4,864 | 9.2 | +1.3 | $56,391 |
| | Green | Rémi Pelletier | 1,415 | 2.7 | – | $30 |
| | New Democratic | Ligy Alakkattussery | 1,018 | 1.9 | +0.5 | $252 |
| | Marijuana | Félix Malboeuf | 480 | 0.9 | – | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,845 | 100.0 | $81,152 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Serge Marcil | 23,834 | 48.3 | +14.8 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Daniel Turp | 20,938 | 42.4 | +2.7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Roma Myre | 2,133 | 4.3 | -21.2 |
| | Alliance | Stephane Renaud | 1,782 | 3.6 | |
| | New Democratic | Elizabeth Clark | 703 | 1.4 | +0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,390 | 100.0 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Daniel Turp | 20,449 | 39.7 | -11.7 |
| | Liberal | Linda Julien | 17,226 | 33.5 | +2.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dominique Bellemare | 13,160 | 25.6 | +10.3 |
| | New Democratic | Erin Runions | 652 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,487 | 100.0 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Laurent Lavigne | 25,934 | 51.4 | |
| | Liberal | Linda Julien | 15,867 | 31.4 | +4.7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marie-Andrée McSween | 7,687 | 15.2 | -43.1 |
| | New Democratic | Marc Dubuc | 985 | 2.0 | -9.9 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,473 | 100.0 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Guy Hudon | 29,149 | 58.4 | -4.8 |
| | Liberal | Linda Julien | 13,351 | 26.7 | +0.7 |
| | New Democratic | Daniel Payette | 5,937 | 11.9 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Luc Bergevin | 771 | 1.5 | |
| | Rhinoceros | Robert Joseph Hamon | 729 | 1.5 | -1.3 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,937 | 100.0 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Guy Hudon | 27,614 | 63.1 | +48.1 |
| | Liberal | Jean-Guy Gaudreau | 11,395 | 26.0 | -47.1 |
| | New Democratic | Gus Callaghan | 2,720 | 6.2 | -1.1 |
| | Rhinoceros | Réal Le Parfait Gingras | 1,216 | 2.8 | |
| | Parti nationaliste | Maurice Vaudrin | 798 | 1.8 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,743 | 100.0 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 27,476 | 73.1 | +9.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Camille Gibeault | 5,629 | 15.0 | -3.3 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Wiltshire | 2,738 | 7.3 | +2.7 |
| | Social Credit | Claudette Largess | 1,017 | 2.7 | -7.6 |
| | Independent | Marc Laviolette | 410 | 1.1 | |
| | Union populaire | Ls-Dona De O'Hara-Gingras | 217 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Larry Tansey | 77 | 0.2 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,564 | 100.0 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 26,048 | 63.9 | +12.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Rolland Philie | 7,460 | 18.3 | -11.9 |
| | Social Credit | Georges Boulanger | 4,190 | 10.3 | -0.3 |
| | New Democratic | Gilles Gagne | 1,866 | 4.6 | +0.1 |
| | Rhinoceros | Réal Gingras | 967 | 2.4 | |
| | Union populaire | Martine Godard | 240 | 0.6 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,771 | 100.0 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 16,828 | 51.9 | +3.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurent Cyr | 9,801 | 30.2 | +9.9 |
| | Social Credit | Jean-Paul Leduc | 3,430 | 10.6 | -12.7 |
| | New Democratic | Arthur Brown | 1,445 | 4.5 | -3.4 |
| | Independent | Guy Fortier | 911 | 2.8 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,415 | 100.0 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 16,745 | 48.4 | -1.6 |
| | Social Credit | Jean-Paul Leduc | 8,061 | 23.3 | +17.6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Armand Miron | 7,040 | 20.4 | +1.0 |
| | New Democratic | André St-Cyr | 2,727 | 7.9 | -3.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,573 | 100.0 |
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

### Beauharnois 1966 - 1971

1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 17,203 | 59.8 | +9.8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Armand Miron | 8,703 | 30.3 | +11.0 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Jean-Paul Poulin | 1,764 | 6.1 | +0.4 |
| | New Democratic | Joseph-Aurèle Patafie | 1,087 | 3.8 | -7.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,757 | 100.0 |

### Beauharnois—Salaberry 1952 - 1966

1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 16,145 | 50.0 | -1.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | J.-Clément Le Veque | 6,242 | 19.3 | +1.8 |
| | Independent | J.-Gérard Banville | 4,167 | 12.9 | |
| | New Democratic | John Williams | 3,544 | 11.0 | +5.2 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Paul-Emile Asselin | 1,847 | 5.7 | -19.6 |
| | Rhinoceros | Denis Bosse | 321 | 1.0 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,266 | 100.0 |
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 15,892 | 51.3 | +8.2 |
| | Social Credit | Jean Boyer | 7,836 | 25.3 | +4.7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Florian Paiement | 5,440 | 17.6 | -18.7 |
| | New Democratic | Denis Bosse | 1,795 | 5.8 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,963 | 100.0 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gérald Laniel | 13,290 | 43.1 | -5.2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gérard Bruchesi | 11,175 | 36.3 | -15.4 |
| | Social Credit | Paul-Emile Asselin | 6,341 | 20.6 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,806 | 100.0 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gérard Bruchési | 13,202 | 51.6 | +37.1 |
| | Liberal | Robert Cauchon | 12,368 | 48.4 | -17.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,570 | 100.0 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Cauchon | 14,030 | 65.6 | -10.4 |
| | Independent | Médard Cousineau | 4,246 | 19.9 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Guy Guerard | 3,109 | 14.5 | -9.4 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,385 | 100.0 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Cauchon | 14,269 | 76.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Josaphat-H. Demers | 4,495 | 24.0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,764 | 100.0 |
* See Beauharnois for information on the riding prior to 1952.