- Beauharnois—Salaberry
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec
caption = Beauharnois—Salaberry in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24006
fed-created = 1947
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1949
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Claude DeBellefeuille
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 106856
demo-electors = 84563
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 2569
demo-cd = Beauharnois-Salaberry RCM, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent RCM, Les Jardins-de-Napierville RCM
demo-csd = Beauharnois, Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon, Napierville, Ormstown, Saint-Anicet, Saint-Chrysostome, Saint-Rémi, Sainte-Martine, Salaberry-de-ValleyfieldBeauharnois—Salaberry is a federal electoral district in
Quebec ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1949.Geography
In 2003, the riding was re-defined to consist of the regional county municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry and Les Jardins-de-Napierville, and the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, including Akwesasne Indian Reserve No. 15 within the Province of Quebec.
The neighbouring ridings are
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry ,Vaudreuil—Soulanges ,Châteauguay—Saint-Constant ,Brossard—La Prairie , and Saint-Jean.History
It was originally known as Beauharnois riding, which was created in the "
British North America Act " of 1867. Beauharnois was merged intoBeauharnois—Laprairie in 1933.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 Beaharnois—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
Laprairie (electoral district) Beauharnois—Salaberry was re-created in 1971 when Beauharnois was re-named. 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 (electoral district) , but in 1977, before any election was held, Beauharnois was re-named 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.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Electoral history
Beauharnois—Salaberry 1952 - present
*"See Beauharnois for information on the riding prior to 1952."
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts
*Gerard Bruchesi (see it in french only)External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=41 (1952 - 1966)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=42 (1971 - 1976)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=43 (1977 - present)]
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