Chapleau (federal electoral district)

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Chapleau
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1967
First contested 1935
Last contested 1965

Chapleau was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region.

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This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Berthier—Maskinongé, Champlain, Joliette, L'Assomption—Montcalm, Pontiac, and Three Rivers and St. Maurice ridings.

It was abolished in 1967 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Berthier, Champlain, Portneuf and Villeneuve ridings.

A different Chapleau riding existed from 1987-1988 in a different part of Quebec. It was renamed in 1988 to Gatineau—La Lièvre.

History

It consisted of:

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Chapleau
Riding created from Berthier—Maskinongé, Champlain,
Joliette, L'Assomption—Montcalm, Pontiac
and Three Rivers and St. Maurice
18th  1935–1940   François Blais Independent Liberal
19th  1940–1945   Hector Authier Liberal
20th  1945–1949 David Gourd
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Charles-Noël Barbès
24th  1958–1962   Jean-Jacques Martel Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Gérard Laprise Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965   Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Abitibi, Berthier, Champlain,
Portneuf and Villeneuve

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Liberal François Blais 3,093
Liberal Toussain-Ariste Lalonde3,082
Conservative J.-Alphonse Turgeon2,462
Reconstruction Joseph-Philippe Cote372
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Hector Authier 9,402
National Government J.-Alphonse Turgeon3,073
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal David Gourd 6,230
Social Credit Joseph-Louis Brunet3,878
Independent ConservativeFrank Blais2,653
Bloc populaire Lucien-Alfred Ladouceur1,680
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal David Gourd 11,304
Union des électeurs Jean-Robert Ouellet6,318
Progressive Conservative J.-Edmond Lepage1,822
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal David Gourd 10,495
Progressive Conservative Hilaire Leblanc6,280
Independent Raoul Duchesne4,305
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles-Noël Barbès 11,428
Progressive Conservative Jean-Jacques Martel11,065
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Jean-Jacques Martel 14,705
Liberal Charles-Noël Barbès 9,764
 Ouvrier canadienJean-Jacques Rouleau243
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Gérard Laprise 15,430
Liberal Lilianne Mercier5,545
Progressive Conservative Jean-Jacques Martel5,213
New Democratic Jean-Paul Element551
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Gérard Laprise 14,701
Liberal Théo. Beaudry5,955
Progressive Conservative Gérard Falardeau4,205
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Ralliement créditiste Gérard Laprise 15,402
Liberal Gaston Labreche6,816
Progressive Conservative Claude Bigue2,320
New Democratic Arthur Bouchard872
Independent A.-Léo Larocque338

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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