Richelieu—Verchères (federal electoral district)

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Richelieu—Verchères
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1967
First contested 1935
Last contested 1965

Richelieu—Verchères (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃ(ə)ljøvɛʁʃɛʁ] ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

Contents

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Richelieu—Verchères
Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu,
St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska
18th  1935–1940   Arthur Cardin Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1946   Independent
 1946–1949   Gérard Cournoyer Liberal
21st  1949–1952
 1952–1953 Lucien Cardin
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1967
 1967–1968 Jacques-Raymond Tremblay
Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 11,022
Conservative Joseph-Ignace Archambault3,402
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 11,330
National Government Liboire Beauregard2,412
Independent ConservativeRené Larivière447
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 12,873
Progressive Conservative Alphonse Bourret3,080
Social Credit Rodolphe Bignell945
By-election on 23 December 1946

On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Cournoyer 11,984
Social Credit J.-T.-Rolland Corbeil6,164
Progressive Conservative Étienne Duhamel1,875
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gérard Cournoyer 12,795
  National Unity Adrien Arcand 5,590
Union des électeurs Claude Guertin429
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Guertin419
By-election on 6 October 1952

On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 13,285
Progressive Conservative Albéric Tremblay4,374
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 15,406
Progressive Conservative François Cournoyer3,282
Co-operative Commonwealth Maurice Benoit246
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 16,003
Independent PCPaul-Émile Guertin2,830
Progressive Conservative Jacques Bertrand749
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 13,497
Progressive Conservative Charles Cournoyer11,005
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 14,658
Progressive Conservative C.-Robert Fiset9,790
Social Credit Fernando Bissonnette2,268
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 14,194
Social Credit Yvon Ménard9,616
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Guertin1,795
New Democratic Paul-Aimé Roy936
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lucien Cardin 15,697
Ralliement créditiste Yvon Ménard5,317
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Guertin3,107
New Democratic Paul-Aimé Roy1,868
By-election on 29 May 1967

On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques-Raymond Tremblay 10,577
Progressive Conservative Claude Ladouceur3,104
New Democratic Paul-Aimé Roy1,178
 Radical chrétienRolland Corbeil1,089

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