Cartier (electoral district)

Cartier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1966
First contested	1925
Last contested	1965

Last updated August 18, 2023

Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. The riding covered much of Montreal's old Jewish district (from 1933 including parts of the Mile End neighbourhood). It was one of the smallest ridings in the country in area.

Cartier is the only riding in Canada to have elected a Communist to the House of Commons: Fred Rose, who was elected in a 1943 by-election, and re-elected in 1945. Rose ran under the banner of the Labor-Progressive Party, which was a front organization for the banned Communist Party of Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. Sam Jacobs was the riding's MP for many years and was in his final years also the president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

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

Every single MP to represent this riding was Jewish.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Cartier Riding created from George-Étienne Cartier
15th	1925–1926	Samuel William Jacobs	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1938^[1]
18th	1938–1940	Peter Bercovitch
19th	1940–1942^[2]	Peter Bercovitch
19th	1943–1945	Fred Rose	Labor–Progressive
20th	1945–1947^[3]	Fred Rose	Labor–Progressive
20th	1947–1949	Maurice Hartt	Liberal
21st	1949–1950^[4]	Maurice Hartt
21st	1950–1953	Leon David Crestohl
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Milton L. Klein
27th	1965–1968	Milton L. Klein
Riding dissolved into Laurier, Outremont and Saint-Jacques

Election results

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Milton L. Klein	5,389	50.64	+1.48
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Henry Pytel	2,209	20.76	+0.12
	New Democratic	John Kambites	1,903	17.88	+3.68
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Ledoux	1,141	10.72	–5.28
Total valid votes			10,642	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.68
Change for the Ralliement créiditiste is based on the results of the Social Credit.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Milton L. Klein	6,642	49.16	–0.12
	Progressive Conservative	Charles S. Barden	2,788	20.64	–6.67
	Social Credit	Georges Binette	2,162	16.00	+6.84
	New Democratic	William I. Miller	1,918	14.20	–0.06
Total valid votes			13,510	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.28

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon David Crestohl	6,464	49.28	+5.44
	Progressive Conservative	Charles S. Barden	3,582	27.31	–15.01
	New Democratic	William I. Miller	1,871	14.26	+9.86
	Social Credit	Sylvio-Fernando Melancon	1,201	9.16
Total valid votes			13,118	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.22
Change for the New Democrats is based on the results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon David Crestohl	7,097	43.84	–29.08
	Progressive Conservative	Hyman Bernard Brock	6,850	42.32	+30.68
	Independent Liberal	Samuel Kolomeir	1,528	9.44	–0.43
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael Wozniak	713	4.40	+0.27
Total valid votes			16,188	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–29.88

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon David Crestohl	11,955	72.92	–3.98
	Progressive Conservative	Aldo Lattik	1,909	11.64	+5.07
	Independent Liberal	Samuel Kolomeir	1,618	9.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael Wozniak	677	4.13	–1.90
	Independent Liberal	Moses Zalman Miller	236	1.44	+0.25
Total valid votes			16,395	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–4.52

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon David Crestohl	12,493	76.90	+22.76
	Progressive Conservative	Tadeusz Brzezinski	1,068	6.57	–9.24
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hector Rochon	980	6.03	–2.19
	Labor–Progressive	Harry Binder	896	5.52	–16.32
	Independent Progressive Conservative	Marcel Hotte	616	3.79
	Independent Liberal	Moses Miller	193	1.19
Total valid votes			16,246	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+16.00

Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950 On the death of Maurice Hartt, 15 March 1950
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon David Crestohl	9,701	54.14	+1.39
	Labor–Progressive	Harry Binder	3,913	21.84	+0.43
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice-S. Hebert	2,833	15.81	+4.22
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kalmen Kaplansky	1,473	8.22	–6.02
Total valid votes			17,920	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.48

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Hartt	11,993	52.75	+13.69
	Labor–Progressive	Harry Binder	4,868	21.41	–5.37
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Abraham M. Klein	3,238	14.24
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice-S. Hebert	2,636	11.59
Total valid votes			22,735	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.53

Canadian federal by-election, 31 March 1947 On Fred Rose's seat being declared vacant by House of Commons resolution, 30 January 1947
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Hartt	9,649	39.06	+4.02
	Autonomist	Paul Masse	6,929	28.05
	Labor–Progressive	Michael Buhay	6,616	26.78	–14.06
	Independent	David Rochon	1,323	5.36
	Independent	Onil Léonide Gingras	142	0.57
	Independent	Louis Valiquette	45	0.18
Total valid votes			24,704	100.0
	Liberal gain from Labor–Progressive		Swing		–12.02

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor–Progressive	Fred Rose	10,413	40.84	+10.42
	Liberal	Samuel Edgar Schwisberg	8,935	35.04	+13.07
	Bloc populaire	Paul Masse	6,148	24.11	–5.52
Total valid votes			25,496	100.00
	Labor–Progressive hold		Swing		–1.32

v t e Canadian federal by-election, August 9, 1943 Death of Peter Bercovitch
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor–Progressive	Fred Rose	5,789	30.42
	Bloc populaire	Paul Masse	5,639	29.63
	Liberal	Lazarus Phillips	4,180	21.97	–66.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Lewis	3,313	17.41
	Independent	Moses Miller	109	0.57
Total valid votes			19,030	100.00
	Labor–Progressive gain from Liberal		Swing		+0.40

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Bercovitch	18,191	88.54	+23.27
	National Labour	Arthur Ainey	2,354	11.46
Total valid votes			20,545	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.90

Canadian federal by-election, 7 November 1938 On the death of Samuel William Jacobs, 21 August 1938
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Bercovitch	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel William Jacobs	13,574	65.27	–3.36
	Communist	Fred Rose	3,385	16.28
	Independent Liberal	Paul-Emile Goyette	1,531	7.36
	Reconstruction	Salluste Lavery	1,362	6.55
	Conservative	Herman Julien	945	4.54	–11.54
Total valid votes			20,797	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–9.82

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel William Jacobs	8,231	68.63	+18.53
	Conservative	Louis Wolfe	1,928	16.08	–6.87
	Independent Progressive	Médéric Masson	1,294	10.79
	Independent Liberal	Paul-E. Parent	540	4.50	–15.78
Total valid votes			11,993	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.70

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel William Jacobs	5,048	50.10	–11.77
	Conservative	Louis Wolfe	2,312	22.95
	Independent Liberal	Paul-Ernest Parent	2,043	20.28
	Socialist	Michael Buhay	672	6.67
Total valid votes			10,075	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–17.36

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Samuel William Jacobs	7,934	61.87
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Alfred Bernier	4,889	38.13
Total valid votes			12,823	100.0
This riding was created from parts of George-Étienne Cartier, where Liberal Samuel William Jacobs was the incumbent.

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References

↑ Died in office, 21 August 1938
↑ Died in office, 26 December 1942
↑ Seat declared vacant on 30 January 1947, on Fred Rose's conviction for spying for the Soviet Union.
↑ Died in office, 15 March 1950

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[1] Died in office, 21 August 1938

[2] Died in office, 26 December 1942

[3] Seat declared vacant on 30 January 1947, on Fred Rose's conviction for spying for the Soviet Union.

[4] Died in office, 15 March 1950

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Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères