Richelieu—Verchères (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1933 |
District abolished | 1967 |
First contested | 1935 |
Last contested | 1965 |
Richelieu—Verchères was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Richelieu—Verchères Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska | ||||
18th | 1935–1940 | Arthur Cardin | Liberal | |
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1946 | Independent | ||
1946–1949 | Gérard Cournoyer | Liberal | ||
21st | 1949–1952 | |||
1952–1953 | Lucien Cardin | |||
22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | |||
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1967 | |||
1967–1968 | Jacques-Raymond Tremblay | |||
Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe |
Election results
1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 11,022 | ||||||
Conservative | Joseph-Ignace Archambault | 3,402 |
1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 11,330 | ||||||
National Government | Liboire Beauregard | 2,412 | ||||||
Independent Conservative | René Larivière | 447 |
1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Independent | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 12,873 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Alphonse Bourret | 3,080 | ||||||
Social Credit | Rodolphe Bignell | 945 |
By-election on 23 December 1946 On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Gérard Cournoyer | 11,984 | |||
Social Credit | J.-T.-Rolland Corbeil | 6,164 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Étienne Duhamel | 1,875 |
1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Gérard Cournoyer | 12,795 | ||||||
National Unity | Adrien Arcand | 5,590 | ||||||
Union des électeurs | Claude Guertin | 429 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 419 |
By-election on 6 October 1952 On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 13,285 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Albéric Tremblay | 4,374 |
1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 15,406 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | François Cournoyer | 3,282 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Maurice Benoit | 246 |
1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 16,003 | ||||||
Independent PC | Paul-Émile Guertin | 2,830 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Bertrand | 749 |
1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 13,497 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Cournoyer | 11,005 |
1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 14,658 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | C.-Robert Fiset | 9,790 | ||||||
Social Credit | Fernando Bissonnette | 2,268 |
1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 14,194 | ||||||
Social Credit | Yvon Ménard | 9,616 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 1,795 | ||||||
New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 936 |
1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 15,697 | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Yvon Ménard | 5,317 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 3,107 | ||||||
New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 1,868 |
By-election on 29 May 1967 On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Jacques-Raymond Tremblay | 10,577 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Ladouceur | 3,104 | |||
New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 1,178 | |||
Radical chrétien | Rolland Corbeil | 1,089 |
See also
External links
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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