Montmagny (federal electoral district)

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Montmagny
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1933
First contested 1867
Last contested 1930

Montmagny was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

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This riding was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of the County of Montmagny. In 1882, the northeastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the northeastern part of the township of Mailloux, were transferred from Bellechasse to Montmagny. In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the County of Montmagny and the Ile-aux-Grues and adjoining islands.

It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into the Bellechasse and Montmagny—L'Islet electoral districts.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Montmagny
1st  1867–1872   Joseph-Octave Beaubien Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   Henri-Thomas Taschereau Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882   Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891   Philippe-Auguste Choquette Liberal
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1898
 1898–1900 Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau
9th  1900–1903
 1904–1904 Armand Lavergne
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911 Cyrias Roy
12th  1911–1917   David Ovide L'Espérance Conservative
13th  1917–1921   Aimé-Miville Déchêne Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1926 Léo Kemner Laflamme
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935   Armand Lavergne Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bellechasse and Montmagny—L'Islet

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph-Octave Beaubien acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henri-Thomas Taschereau 675
Conservative Joseph-Octave Beaubien 594
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henri-Thomas Taschereau acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry 784
Liberal Onésiphore Carbonneau 746
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry 815
Liberal Philippe-Auguste Choquette 695
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Philippe-Auguste Choquette 1,071
Conservative Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry 878
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Philippe-Auguste Choquette 1,172
Conservative E. P. Bender739
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Philippe-Auguste Choquette 1,143
Conservative E. P. Bender901
By-election on 14 December 1898
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau 1,019
Conservative A. Blouin489
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau 1,186
Conservative Alphonse Bernier973
By-election on 16 February 1904
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Armand Lavergne 1,251
Conservative Maurice Rousseau971
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Armand Lavergne 1,222
Conservative Henry E. Price1,164
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Cyrias Roy 1,388
Conservative David Ovide L'Espérance 1,230
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative David Ovide L'Espérance 1,653
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland 1,328
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Aimé-Miville Déchêne 2,394
Independent Armand Lavergne 1,343
Government (Unionist) Joseph-George Blais36
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé-Miville Déchêne 5,103
Independent Télesphore Coulombe1,332
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léo Kemner Laflamme 4,070
Conservative Armand Lavergne 3,189
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Léo Kemner Laflamme 3,985
Conservative Armand Lavergne 3,646
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Armand Lavergne 3,857
Liberal Léo Kemner Laflamme 3,653

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