BRENDA O’FARRELL
The 1019 Report
Voter turnout in the federal election on April 28 in the riding of Vaudreuil topped the national average, hitting 75 per cent, according to figures released by Elections Canada.
The participation rate across Canada was 68.7 per cent.
The riding – which includes the municipalities of Vaudreuil-Dorion, St. Lazare, Hudson, Rigaud, Vaudreuil sur le Lac, L’Île Cadieux and the four municipalities on Île Perrot – has a population of 120,653, with 95,303 registered voters. A total of 71,470 ballots were cast in the riding for the last election, including 652 that were rejected.
It was widely anticipated, according to polling data prior to the election, that participation rates in April 28 election would be high. And turnout in the advanced polls set records, with 7.3 million ballots cast across the country.
In Vaudreuil, advanced polls also set records, with 29,793 voterscasting ballots, earning the riding the distinction of having the highest number of people voting before election day in Quebec.
Although the national voter turnout rate on April 28 was high, it did not surpass the figures seen in 1993, when the participation rate hit 69.675 per cent.
The record for the highest participation in a federal election in Canada was set in 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible voters made it to the polls.
In Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon, voter turnout in last month’s election was 67.2. The newly redrawn riding – which includes the municipalities of Les Cèdres, Pointe des Cascades, Coteau du Lac, Les Coteaux, Rivière Beaudette, St. Clet, Ste. Justine de Newton, Ste. Marthe, St. Polycarpe, St. Télesphore, St. Zotique and Très St. Rédempteur in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region, along with a wide swath of towns in the Valleyfield area and south to the U.S. border – had a voter turnout of 67.2 per cent.
The riding has a population of 118,474, with 103,252 registered voters. A total of 69,347 ballots were cast in the riding for the 2025 election, including 1,033 that were rejected.