Maisonneuve (federal electoral district)

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Maisonneuve
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1933
First contested 1896
Last contested1932 by-election

Maisonneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1935.

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A "Maisonneuve" riding also existed from 1966 to 1970 when it renamed "Maisonneuve—Rosemont", and from 1976 to 1978 when it was renamed "Hochelaga—Maisonneuve". See those article for information on those periods.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Hochelaga ridings.

The electoral district of Maisonneuve consisted initially of:

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of:

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of:

It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Maisonneuve—Rosemont and Mercier ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Maisonneuve
Riding created from Hochelaga
8th  1896–1900   Raymond Préfontaine Liberal
9th  1900–1902
 1902–1904
10th  1904–1905
 1906–1908   Alphonse Verville Labour
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Rodolphe Lemieux Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Clément Robitaille Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1932
 1932–1935 Joseph Jean
Riding dissolved into Maisonneuve—Rosemont and Mercier

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymond Préfontaine 3,912
Conservative Geo. E. Baril2,342
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymond Préfontaine 4,844
Conservative L. Ouimet3,070

By-election: On Mr. Préfontaine being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 11 November 1902

By-election on 9 December 1902
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymond Préfontaine 4,370
Conservative J. Alfred Labelle2,510
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Raymond Préfontaine 5,967
Conservative S. D. Vallières3,795

By-election: On Mr. Préfontaine's death, 25 December 1905

By-election on 23 February 1906
PartyCandidateVotes
Labour Alphonse Verville 4,887
Liberal L. O. Grothe3,830
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Labour Alphonse Verville 7,358
Independent Frédéric Villeneuve2,937
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Labour Alphonse Verville 11,538
Conservative Eugène Walter Villeneuve9,349
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Rodolphe Lemieux 7,173
Government (Unionist) Charles Hazlitt Cahan3,140
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Clément Robitaille 14,222
Independent Zoël Tardif2,133
Conservative Joseph Émile Bernier1,944
Independent Joseph-Onézime-Edmon Leclair151
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Clément Robitaille 12,624
Conservative Hubert Desjardins7,406
Labour William Tremblay994
Independent Daniel McAvoy183
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Clément Robitaille 16,045
Conservative Raoul Dumouchel5,166
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Clément Robitaille 18,894
Conservative Hubert Desjardins13,492
Independent Déus Courchesne1,053
Conservative Edmond Simard313

By-election: On Mr. Robitaille's death, 16 January 1932

By-election on 27 June 1932
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Jean 15,748
Conservative Jean Fauteux14,443
Labour Alexander Gauld617
Independent Héliodord Binette567
Independent Déus Courchesne264

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