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Vachon

Vachon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • members of the Canadian professional wrestling Vachon family:
    • Luna Vachon (1962–2010), ring name of professional wrestler Gertrude Vachon
    • Maurice Vachon (1929–2013), retired Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon
    • Paul Vachon (born 1938), former professional wrestler
    • Vivian Vachon (1951–1991), female professional wrestler
  • Auguste Vachon, Canadian officer of arms
  • Christine Vachon (born 1962), American movie producer
  • Florian Vachon (born 1985), French professional road bicycle racer
  • François Vachon de Belmont (1645–1732), fifth superior of the Montreal Sulpicians
  • Jean Vachon (1903–1989), American silent film actress
  • John Vachon (1914–1975), American photographer
  • Louis-Albert Vachon (1912–2006), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop Emeritus of Quebec
  • Nicholas Vachon (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Pierre Vachon (1731–1803), French classical composer
  • Rogatien Vachon (born 1945), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  • Javier Vachon, character from the television series Forever Knight
  • Matthew Vachon, Music Mogul/Mayor: Brewer, Maine
Vachon (electoral district)

Vachon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert.

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Taillon electoral district and is named after early Quebec aviation pioneer Roméo Vachon, who worked at Trans-Canada Airlines; the district includes Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.