Soulanges (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Soulanges (provincial electoral district).

Soulanges was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

Soulanges

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Vaudreuil—Soulanges riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Soulanges
1st	1867–1872		Luc-Hyacinthe Masson	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Jacques-Philippe Lantier
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1882
	1882–1883		G.R.L. Saveuse de Beaujeu
	1883–1884		James William Bain
	1885–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1891		Joseph Octave Mousseau	Independent
	1892–1892		James William Bain	Conservative
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900		Augustin Bourbonnais	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		Joseph-Arthur Lortie	Conservative
12th	1911–1917		Wilfrid Laurier	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Luc-Hyacinthe Masson	729
	Unknown	M. Guindon	470
Eligible voters			1,757
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jacques-Philippe Lantier	759
	Conservative	R.S. De Beaujeu	520

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jacques-Philippe Lantier	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jacques-Philippe Lantier	852
	Unknown	L.H. Masson	325

By-election on 27 October 1882 On Mr. Lantier's death, 15 September 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	G.R.L. de Beaujeu	748
	Conservative	James William Bain	745

By-election on 27 December 1883 On Mr. De Beaujeu being unseated on petition, 11 December 1883
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James William Bain	760
	Conservative	G.R.L. de Beaujeu	734

By-election on 5 February 1885 On election being declared void, 15 January 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James William Bain	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James William Bain	927
	Independent	Joseph Octave Mousseau	756
	Nationalist	Cam. Lalonde	28

By-election on 3 February 1892 On election being declared void, 23 December 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James William Bain	elected, vote count unknown
	Independent	Joseph Octave Mousseau	defeated, vote count unknown

By-election on 13 December 1892 Election being declared void, 11 November 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James William Bain	elected, vote count unknown
	Independent	Joseph Octave Mousseau	defeated, vote count unknown

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Augustin Bourbonnais	1,054
	Conservative	Elzéar Lantier	861

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Augustin Bourbonnais	1,105
	Conservative	A.M. Bissonnette	861

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	1,045	53.64	Y
	Conservative	Joseph-Arthur Lortie	903	46.36
Total valid votes			1,948	100.00
Source(s) "Soulanges, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1917-10-05)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament