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Beauharnois–Salaberry
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| Established | 00, 0000 |
| Disbanded | October 20, 2015 |
| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modified | RP August 02, 2015 03:54pm |
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This riding in southern Quebec has the United States at its southern border and the St. Lawrence River along the west side. It contains the regional county municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry, Les Jardins-de-Napierville and Le Haut-St-Laurent, including part of the Akwesasne Indian Reserve No. 15 in Quebec in the southwest corner of the riding.
The major population areas include Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Huntingdon, Maple Grove and Napierville.
Manufacturing is the major industry, followed by retail trade and other services. The average family income is $54,321 and there is an unemployment rate of 6.6 per cent.
More than nine per cent of the population cited English as their mother tongue, while almost 87 per cent cited French. The total immigrant population is under three per cent. More than 15 per cent of the population have less than a Grade 9 education.
In 2004, a portion of Châteauguay riding has been added in the east. This riding existed as Beauharnois in the 1949 election and became Beauharnois-Salaberry in 1952. It was Beauharnois again in the 1968 election and was re-established as Beauharnois-Salaberry in 1972. In 1996, small parts of St-Jean and Châteauguay ridings were added.
Population: 103,808
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