Charlevoix (federal electoral district)

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Charlevoix
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1947
District abolished2003
First contested 1949
Last contested 2000

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.

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The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.

The best-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Charlevoix
1st  1867–1872   Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
3rd  1874–1876
 1876–1877   Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative
 1877–1878
4th  1878–1879   Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
 1879–1881   Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative
 1881–1882 Simon-Xavier Cimon
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1887  Independent Liberal
 1887–1891   Simon Cimon Conservative
7th  1891–1895   Henry Simard Liberal
 1896–1896 Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908   Rodolphe Forget Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency
Riding re-created from Charlevoix—Saguenay
21st  1949–1953   Auguste Maltais Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968   Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974   Gilles Caouette Social Credit
30th  1974–1979   Charles Lapointe Liberal
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988   Charles-André Hamelin Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993 Brian Mulroney
35th  1993–1997   Gérard Asselin Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 999
Unknown Adolphe Gagnon 911
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,485
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 779
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,377
Conservative Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau 1,104
By-election on 22 January 1876

Election declared void

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 952
Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 741
By-election on 23 March 1877

By-election declared void

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 1,185
Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,129
1878 Canadian federal election : Charlevoix
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,052
Unknown Joseph-Stanislas Perrault 936
By-election on 13 February 1879

Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph-Stanislas Perrault 1,077
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 898
By-election on 19 March 1881

By-election declared void

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 929
Conservative Joseph-Stanislas Perrault 854
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 954
UnknownJ.A.J. Kane601
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Liberal Simon-Xavier Cimon 903
NationalistJ.A. Tremblay819
UnknownC.H.A. Clement688
UnknownJ.A. Hamel309
By-election on 28 September 1887

Cimon's death, 26 June 1887

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,436
UnknownJ.A. Tremblay1,025
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henry Simard 1,542
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,235
By-election on 27 January 1896

Simard's death, 6 November 1895

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,403
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,273
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,517
Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,342
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Rodolphe Forget 1,684
Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,601
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Rodolphe Forget 1,934
Liberal Joseph Camille Pouliot1,725
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Rodolphe Forget 2,020
Liberal Lucien Cannon1,358
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Auguste Maltais 9,543
Independent Emile Boiteau4,402
Progressive Conservative Joseph-Hidas-Aimé Dufour1,608
Union des électeurs Pierre Simard940
Independent LiberalDonat Lacroix217
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Auguste Maltais 10,742
Progressive Conservative Frédéric Dorion 7,259
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Auguste Maltais 10,182
Progressive Conservative Guy Dorion7,532
Social Credit Jean-Louis Hudon246
Independent LiberalJos. Gignac213
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 12,315
Liberal Auguste Maltais7,918
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 8,645
Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 6,341
Liberal Auguste Maltais5,408
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 7,390
Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin6,843
Liberal Meredy Bouchard5,787
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 6,844
Liberal Aimé Racine6,676
Ralliement créditiste J.-Adélard Froment5,556
New Democratic Paul-Henri Dufresne556
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 9,487
Liberal Aimé Racine8,282
Ralliement créditiste Raymond Poulin3,831
New Democratic Reginald Boulay1,070
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Gilles Caouette 10,264
Liberal Jean-Guy Alain10,105
Progressive Conservative Pierre-Paul Savard5,747
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Lapointe 10,372
Social Credit Gilles Caouette 8,905
Progressive Conservative Gualbert Tremblay4,942
New Democratic Gaétan Tremblay692
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Lapointe 18,031
Social Credit Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon8,004
Progressive Conservative Paul-André Tremblay4,503
New Democratic Normand Laforce613
Union populaire Margot Kaszap251
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Lapointe 22,130
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Dufour5,679
New Democratic Normand Laforce1,273
Social Credit Angelo Emond1,021
Rhinoceros Guy "Pantouffe" Laliberté 945
Union populaire Lise Brodeur232
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Charles-André Hamelin 23,661
Liberal Charles Lapointe 11,906
New Democratic Jocelyn Toulouse1,022
Parti nationaliste Victorien Pilote610
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney 33,730
Liberal Martin Cauchon 5,994
New Democratic Kenneth Choquette1,819
Rhinoceros François Yo Gourd 600
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 23,615
Liberal André Desgagnés7,140
Progressive Conservative Gérard Guy6,781
New Democratic Audrey Carpentier552
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 19,792
Liberal Ghislain Maltais 9,838
Progressive Conservative Nicole Massicotte6,443
New Democratic François Dumoutier454
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 20,47961.44$74,392
Liberal Marjolaine Gagnon9,30827.93$36,028
Alliance Pierre Paradis1,9055.72$10,782
Progressive Conservative Doris Grondin1,1543.46$91
New Democratic Joss Duhaime4841.45$180
Total valid votes33,330 100.00
Total rejected ballots923
Turnout34,253 58.32
Electors on the lists58,737
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

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References

    Riding history from the Library of Parliament

    Parliament of Canada
    Preceded by Riding represented by the Prime Minister
    1988–1993
    Succeeded by