L'Assomption (federal electoral district)

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L'Assomption
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1914
First contested 1867
Last contested 1911

L'Assomption was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was amalgamated into the L'Assomption—Montcalm electoral district in 1914.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
L'Assomption
1st  1867–1872   Louis Archambeault Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1874 Hilaire Hurteau
 1875–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1888   Joseph Gauthier Liberal
 1888–1891
7th  1891–1892
 1892–1896   Hormidas Jeannotte Conservative
8th  1896–1900   Joseph Gauthier Liberal
9th  1900–1904 Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier
10th  1904–1906
 1907–1908 Ruben Charles Laurier
11th  1908–1911 Paul-Arthur Séguin
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into L'Assomption—Montcalm

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Louis Archambeault 898
Unknown Pierre-Urgel Archambault 665
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Louis Archambeault 905
UnknownA. Archambault757
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Hilaire Hurteau 879
UnknownL. Forrest818

By-election: On Mr. Hurteau being unseated on petition, 24 November 1874

By-election on 16 January 1875
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Hilaire Hurteau acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Hilaire Hurteau 1,021
UnknownL. Forest852
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Hilaire Hurteau 1,019
Liberal Joseph Gauthier 852
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Gauthier 1,117
Conservative Barthélémi Rocher1,096

By-election: On Mr. Gauthier being unseated, 3 March 1888

By-election on 3 April 1888
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Gauthier 1,162
UnknownBarthélémi Rocher1,075
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Gauthier 1,239
Conservative Hormidas Jeannotte 1,161

By-election: On election being declared void, 6 February 1892

By-election on 31 May 1892
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hormidas Jeannotte acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Gauthier 1,335
Conservative Hormidas Jeannotte 1,216
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier 1,486
Conservative Horace Honoré Éthier1,138
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Romuald-Charlemagne Laurier acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Laurier's death, 28 December 1906

By-election on 7 March 1907
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Ruben Charles Laurier 1,276
Conservative E. Lemire dit Marsolais1,106
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Paul-Arthur Séguin 1,524
Conservative Joseph Misael Fortier942
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Paul-Arthur Séguin 1,508
Conservative Louis Joseph Siméon Morin1,209

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