Bagot (federal electoral district)

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Bagot
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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1933
First contested 1867
Last contested 1930

Bagot was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was amalgamated into the St. Hyacinthe—Bagot electoral district in 1933.

Bagot initially consisted of part of the Township of Upton, the township of Acton and the parishes of Saint Hugues, Saint Simon, Sainte Rosalie, Saint Dominique, St. Helene, St. Liboire and Saint Pie.

In 1892, it was redefined to consist of the town of Acton, the village of Upton, and the parishes of St. André d'Acton, St. Ephrem d'Upton, Ste. Hélène, St. Hugues, Ste. Rosalie, St. Simon, St. Théodore d'Acton, St. Marcel and St. Dominique, and those parts of the parishes of St. Nazaire and Ste. Christine that were included in the township of Acton.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the town of Acton, the village of Upton, and the parishes of St. André d'Acton, St. Ephrem d'Upton, Ste. Hèlène, St. Hugues, St. Liboire, St. Pie, Ste. Rosalie, St. Simon, St. Théodore d'Acton, St. Dominique, St. Nazaire and Ste. Christine.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the County of Bagot. The electoral district was abolished in 1933, and incorporated into St. Hyacinthe—Bagot electoral district.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Bagot
1st  1867–1872   Pierre-Samuel Gendron Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
4th  1878–1880
 1880–1882
5th  1882–1882
 1882–1887 Flavien Dupont
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1898
 1898–1900   Joseph Edmond Marcile Liberal
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1925
 1925–1926 Georges Dorèze Morin
16th  1926–1929
 1930–1930 Cyrille Dumaine
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into St. Hyacinthe—Bagot

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Pierre-Samuel Gendron 1,156
 Unknown Maurice Laframboise 889
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Pierre-Samuel Gendron 1,184
 UnknownForsyth4
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau 1,163
 UnknownJ.B. Bourgeois1,120
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau 1,387
 IndependentChagnon1,226
By-election on appointment of Mr. Mousseau as President of the Council, 20 November 1880
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau acclaimed
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau acclaimed
By-election on Mr. Mousseau's accepting a seat in the Quebec Cabinet, 12 September 1882
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Flavien Dupont 1,408
 UnknownO. Desmarais1,107
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Flavien Dupont acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Flavien Dupont 1,582
  Liberal J. Pilon1,529
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Flavien Dupont acclaimed
By-election on Mr. Dupont's death, 14 December 1898
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,431
  Conservative L.T. Brodeur1,384
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,605
  Conservative Louis-Olivier Taillon1,449
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,832
  Conservative François-Xavier Lajoie1,489
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,884
  Conservative Victor Sylvestre1,551
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 1,845
  Conservative Tancrède Marsil1,750
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Opposition Joseph Edmond Marcile 3,318
  Government Joseph-Eugène Lafontaine92
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 4,004
 UnknownLouis-Homer Marcotte3,034
 UnknownJoseph-Aldège Dupuis48
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Joseph Edmond Marcile 3,571
  Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux2,797
By-election on Mr. Marcile's death, 7 December 1925
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Georges Dorèze Morin 3,724
  Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux3,225
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Georges Dorèze Morin 3,787
  Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux3,211
By-election on Mr. Morin's death, 27 January 1930
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Cyrille Dumaine acclaimed
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Cyrille Dumaine 3,654
  Conservative Léon Gauthier3,479

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