Prescott (federal electoral district)

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Prescott
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1952
First contested 1867
Last contested 1949

Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prescott.

Contents

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry—Prescott riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   Albert Hagar Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882   Félix Routhier Conservative
5th  1882–1887   Simon Labrosse Liberal
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1891 Isidore Proulx
 1891–1896
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908 Edmond Proulx
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1922   Joseph Binette Progressive
 1922–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1926 Gustave Évanturel
16th  1926–1929   Louis-Mathias Auger Independent Liberal
 1929–1930   Élie-Oscar Bertrand Liberal
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953   Raymond Bruneau Independent Liberal
Riding dissolved into Glengarry—Prescott

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Albert Hagar 1,205
 Unknown Thomas Higginson 130
Result by municipality [1]
MunicipalityHagarHigginsonTotal voteEligible voters
Longueuil Township 13019149180
Hawkesbury (village) 18018174
Alfred Township 1690169235
Caledonia Township 10911120150
North Plantagenet Township 2010201232
South Plantagenet Township 1661167193
West Hawkesbury Township 14730177277
East Hawkesbury Township 26569334555
Total1,2051301,3351,998
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Albert Hagar acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Albert Hagar 665
 UnknownT. White Jr.659
 UnknownJ. Boyd292
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Conservative Félix Routhier 875
  Liberal Albert Hagar 870
 UnknownAngus Urquhart661
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Simon Labrosse 1,322
  Conservative Félix Routhier 1,021
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Simon Labrosse 1,414
  Conservative Félix Routhier 1,223
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,269
  Conservative Félix Routhier 608
 UnknownE. A. Johnson532
 UnknownDavid Bertrand335
By-election: On Mr. Proulx being unseated, 15 December 1891: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,334
  Patrons of Industry Henry Joseph Cloran 996
  Conservative Dosithé Sabourin902
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,596
  Liberal Henry Joseph Cloran 1,177
  Conservative Dosithé Sabourin1,049
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,388
  Conservative L. Charbonneau1,323
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,527
  Independent Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel1,070
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,532
  Nationalist Conservative Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel1,220
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Edmond Proulx 3,743
  Government (Unionist) Andrew Richard Metcalfe1,439
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Joseph Binette 3,661
  Independent Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,764
  Liberal Amédée Sabourin2,359
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Gustave Évanturel 4,198
  Independent Liberal Joseph-Napoléon Coupal2,519
  Conservative Hiram Horton Kirby2,387
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Independent Liberal Louis-Mathias Auger 3,846
  Liberal Gustave Évanturel 3,134
  Conservative Hiram Horton Kirby2,504
  Independent Raoul Labrosse635
By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 5,152
  Independent Liberal Gustave Gustave Évanturel 3,562


1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,572
  Conservative Edmund Alexander Mooney2,326
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,034
  Independent Liberal Louis-Mathias Auger 3,620
  Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis1,614
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,431
  Independent Liberal Léandre Maisonneuve2,028
  National Government Parnell Tierney1,819
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,623
  Progressive Conservative Louis-Pierre Cécile1,753
Bloc populaire Léandre Maisonneuve1,500
  Co-operative Commonwealth Bernard Dupuis408
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Independent Liberal Raymond Bruneau 5,380
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 4,148
  Progressive Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis1,928

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References

  1. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
  2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.