Labelle (federal electoral district)

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Labelle
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1987
First contested 1896
Last contested 1984

Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1988.

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This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Labelle
Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th  1896–1899   Henri Bourassa Liberal
 1900–1900   Independent
9th  1900–1904   Liberal
10th  1904–1907
 1907–1908 Charles Beautron Major
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917   Honoré Achim Conservative
13th  1917–1921   Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1926   Henri Bourassa Independent
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   Maurice Lalonde Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953   Henri Courtemanche Progressive Conservative
22nd  1953–1957   Gustave Roy Liberal
23rd  1957–1958   Henri Courtemanche Independent Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1960   Progressive Conservative
25th  1960–1962   Gaston Clermont Liberal
26th  1962–1963
27th  1963–1964   Gérard Girouard Social Credit
 1964–1965   Progressive Conservative
28th  1965–1968   Gaston Clermont Liberal
29th  1968–1970 Léo Cadieux
 1970–1972 Maurice Dupras
30th  1972–1974
31st  1974–1979
32nd  1979–1980
33rd  1980–1984
34th  1984–1988   Fernand Ladouceur Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Laurentides and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 2,175
Conservative S.R. Poulin1,706
By-election on 18 January 1900

Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest
against Canadian participation in the South African War

PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Henri Bourassa acclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 1,973
Conservative S.R. Poulin1,494
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 2,640
Conservative G. Alphonse Dugal1,147
Independent Angus D. Cameron399
By-election on 23 December 1907

Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Beautron Major acclaimed
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Beautron Major 2,951
Conservative Hector Chauvin1,624
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Honoré Achim 2,902
Liberal Charles-Beautrom Major2,818
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier acclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier 7,391
Progressive Jean Lachance2,893
Independent Marc-Azarie Ménard124
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Henri Bourassa 5,843
Liberal Henri Jodoin3,764
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Henri Bourassa 7,569
Conservative Louis Cousineau1,118
 ProtectionistJoseph-Édouard Moranville129
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Henri Bourassa acclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 7,280
Independent Henri Bourassa 5,411
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 8,797
Independent Lévis Lorrain5,909
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 7,969
Independent Joseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon5,769
Social Credit Philippe Lacoste1,228
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 8,701
Liberal Ernest Whissell7,998
Union des électeurs Simon Yelle1,289
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gustave Roy 9,569
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 8,610
Labor–Progressive Roméo Lafond176
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert Edward Senkler Morgan90
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent PC Henri Courtemanche 9,406
Liberal Gustave Roy8,045
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 10,606
Liberal J.-Henri Forget7,660
By-election on 31 October 1960

Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 9,540
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Lesage7,235
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 6,218
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Lesage6,107
Social Credit Guy Jean4,813
New Democratic Albert Maisonneuve985
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Gérard Girouard 6,951
Liberal Gaston Clermont6,632
Progressive Conservative Gérard Vermette2,844
New Democratic Roland Massé905
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 6,554
Ralliement créditiste Gilles Caouette 3,697
Progressive Conservative Gérard Vermette3,354
New Democratic Noël Décosse1,989
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léo Cadieux 15,801
Progressive Conservative Fernand Sarrazin10,152
Ralliement créditiste Clément Grondin2,215
New Democratic André Peclet1,699
By-election on 16 November 1970

Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 17 September 1970

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 12,604
Progressive Conservative Paul Gélinas4,870
Ralliement créditiste André Ouellette3,417
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 15,807
Social Credit Gérard Perron12,247
Progressive Conservative Paul Gélinas6,439
New Democratic Irène Trudel1,645
Independent Rolland Millette371
Independent Claude Demers368
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 16,224
Progressive Conservative Marcel Masse14,928
Social Credit Wilfrid Marin3,116
Social Credit J. Noël Langlois1,572
New Democratic Irène Trudel1,326
Communist Claude Demers227
Independent Patricia Métivier165
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 29,614
Social Credit Jean Léveillé6,580
Progressive Conservative Guy Racicot6,073
New Democratic Willie Kofman2,134
Union populaire Claude Lavoie452
Marxist–Leninist Paul Ménard213
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 29,488
Progressive Conservative Marcel Masse9,829
New Democratic Willie Kofman2,858
Rhinoceros Gaston Collin664
Rhinoceros Jean-Marie Morin580
Rhinoceros Amouthd, Richard Gagnon331
Union populaire Solanges Charbonneau227
Independent Louise Poisson227
Marxist–Leninist Marc Blouin108
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Fernand Ladouceur 28,286
Liberal Claude Hotte14,465
New Democratic Marc Péclet4,670
Rhinoceros Jacques Coco Miron1,567
Parti nationaliste Adrien Grégoire1,546
Social Credit Albert Pouliot274
Commonwealth of Canada Denis Tremblay84

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