St. Ann (electoral district)

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St. Ann
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1967
First contested 1896
Last contested 1965

St. Ann (also known as St. Anne) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1968.

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It was created as "St. Anne" riding from parts of Montreal Centre in 1892. It consisted initially of the Centre, West and St. Anne's wards in the city of Montreal. In 1914, the riding's name was changed to "St. Ann", and it was redefined to consist of, in of the city of Montreal, the Centre, West and St. Ann's wards and the part of St. Gabriel ward south of the Grand Trunk Railway tracks; and the parish and town of Verdun (transferred from the county of Jacques-Cartier.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
St. Anne
Riding created from Montreal Centre
8th  1896–1900   Michael Joseph Francis Quinn Conservative
9th  1900–1904   Daniel Gallery Liberal
10th  1904–1906
 1906–1908 Joseph Charles Walsh
11th  1908–1911   Charles Doherty Conservative
12th  1911–1911
 1911–1917
St. Ann
13th  1917–1921   Charles Doherty Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Joseph Charles Walsh Liberal
15th  1925–1926 James John Edmund Guerin
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935   John Alexander Sullivan Conservative
18th  1935–1940   William James Hushion Liberal
19th  1940–1945 Thomas Healy
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958   Gérard Loiselle Independent Liberal
24th  1958–1962   Liberal
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques

Election results

St. Anne, 1896–1917

1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Michael Joseph Francis Quinn 3,071
Liberal James McShane 2,952
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Daniel Gallery 2,670
Conservative Michael Joseph Francis Quinn 2,369
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Daniel Gallery 2,895
Conservative M. J. Morrison2,165

By-election: On election being declared void, 12 October 1906

By-election on 21 November 1906
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,409
Conservative F. J. Curran2,207
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles Doherty 2,881
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,811
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles Doherty 3,319
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,566

By-election: On Mr. Doherty being appointed Minister of Justice, 10 October 1911

By-election on 27 October 1911
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles Doherty acclaimed

St. Ann, 1917–1968

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Charles Doherty 8,346
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) James John Edmund Guérin4,416
Independent Daniel Gallery 319
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 10,742
Conservative Thomas Joseph Coonan5,494
Independent Adélard Wilfred Lanouette1,081
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 10,242
Conservative Thomas O'Connell9,914
Labour Joseph Tremblay687
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 11,238
Conservative Thomas O'Connell9,474
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Alexander Sullivan 11,384
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 11,017
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William James Hushion 4,274
Liberal Joseph Henry Dillon3,818
Independent LiberalFrancis Joseph Hogan3,137
Conservative Louis Edward Curran2,145
Labour Robert Yates Menary1,301
Reconstruction John Woffenden713
Liberal–Labour Cléophas Saint-Aubin229
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Healy 12,687
National Government Patrick T. Lynch2,806
Independent LiberalGabriel Edward Gawronski450
Independent LiberalFrederick S. Lawrence257
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Healy 11,007
Independent Progressive ConservativeWilliam Adam Clarke2,381
Co-operative Commonwealth Angus Rose1,375
Independent Salluste Lavery751
Social Credit Beulah Devlin Grace224
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Healy 14,528
Independent Progressive ConservativePatrick Thomas Lynch4,257
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael McManiman457
Independent Richard Allan Foley450
Progressive Conservative Cléophas Langlois443
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Healy 15,519
Progressive Conservative Ernie Mundey1,768
Independent LiberalMichael McBrine477
Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Atwill385
Labor–Progressive Stanley Dobrowolsky381
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,771
Liberal William James Hushion 4,254
Progressive Conservative Gerald E. Sullivan2,807
Independent LiberalCliff Sowery902
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 8,289
Progressive Conservative Gerald Sullivan5,941
Independent Albert Collette1,256
Co-operative Commonwealth Paul Francis King394
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,737
Progressive Conservative Gerald Sullivan4,478
New Democratic Bernard Mulcahy627
Social Credit Thomas James Hamlet381
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,215
Social Credit Albert Collette2,830
Progressive Conservative A. Peter Vanloo1,963
New Democratic Bernard Mulcahy753
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 6,150
Progressive Conservative George Neill2,283
Ralliement créditiste Eugène Caraghiaur1,060
New Democratic Martin J. Ranalli826

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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