Dorchester (federal electoral district)

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Dorchester
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1966
First contested 1867
Last contested 1965
Communities Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester

Dorchester was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, which preserved the existing electoral districts in Lower Canada at the time. In 1966, it was redistributed into the Beauce, Bellechasse and Lévis electoral districts.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Dorchester
1st  1867–1872   Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1875   François Fortunat Rouleau Liberal–Conservative
 1875–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887   Charles Alexander Lesage Conservative
6th  1887–1887   Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay Nationalist Conservative
 1888–1891   Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard Conservative
7th  1891–1896   Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt Nationalist
8th  1896–1900   Jean-Baptiste Morin Conservative
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911   Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy Liberal
12th  1911–1917   Albert Sévigny Conservative
 1917–1917
13th  1917–1921   Lucien Cannon Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1926
 1926–1930
17th  1930–1935   Onésime Gagnon Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Léonard Tremblay Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957   Robert Perron Progressive Conservative
23rd  1957–1958   Joseph-Armand Landry Liberal
24th  1958–1962   Noël Drouin Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Pierre-André Boutin Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965   Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968   Gustave Côté Liberal
Riding dissolved into Beauce, Bellechasse and Lévis

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 1,044
UnknownE.H. Marceau724
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 895
UnknownE.H. Marceau874
By-election on 14 December 1875

Rouleau unseated on petition, 8 July 1875

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 1,086
UnknownAlfred Morrisset620
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 1,081
UnknownH. Marceau362
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles Alexander Lesage acclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Nationalist Conservative Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay 1,565
Conservative Charles Alexander Lesage 1,089
By-election on 7 January 1888

Duchesnay's death, 6 July 1887

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Nationaliste Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,480
NationalisteC.E. Vaillancourt1,150
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,691
Liberal J.S. Ouellet1,322
Independent F.X. Guay90
UnknownF.F. Rouleau27
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,773
Parti nationaliste C.E. Vaillancourt1,429
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Ernest Roy2,084
Conservative Edmund James Flynn 1,921
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Albert Sévigny 2,506
Liberal Ernest Roy2,164
By-election on 27 January 1917

Sévigny appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 8 January 1917

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Albert Sévigny 2,719
Liberal Lucien Cannon 2,445
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Lucien Cannon 4,228
Government (Unionist) Albert Sévigny 497
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,744
Conservative Philomon Vallière2,703
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,167
Conservative Louis Joseph Gauthier3,666
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,627
Conservative Robert Coté3,640
By-election on 2 November 1926

Cannon's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 5 October 1926

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cannon acclaimed
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Onésime Gagnon 5,771
Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,433
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,186
Conservative Onésime Gagnon 5,098
UnknownJ.-Adalbert Guay154
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,573
Independent Emmett O'Farrel4,721
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,149
Independent Emile Boiteau4,291
Social Credit Joseph-Ernest Grégoire1,843
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 6,983
Progressive Conservative Gérard Corriveau6,762
Union des électeurs Louis-Philippe Bouchard1,020
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert Perron 7,762
Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry7,656
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry 8,054
Progressive Conservative Robert Perron 7,702
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Noël Drouin 8,766
Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry 7,111
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Pierre-André Boutin 7,701
Liberal Francis O'Farrell3,939
Progressive Conservative Noël Drouin3,582
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Pierre-André Boutin 5,830
Liberal Francis O'Farrell4,801
Progressive Conservative Robert Perron3,597
1965 Canadian federal election : Dorchester
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gustave Côté 4,602
Progressive Conservative Albert Rioux3,802
Ralliement créditiste Pierre-André Boutin 3,786
New Democratic Henri Lessard494

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