Saguenay (federal electoral district)

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Saguenay
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1947
District abolished1967
First contested 1949
Last contested 1965

Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

Contents

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Charlevoix—Saguenay riding. It consisted of:

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Saguenay
Riding created from Charlevoix—Saguenay
21st  1949–1953   Lomer Brisson Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1959–1962   Perrault LaRue Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Lauréat Maltais Social Credit
26th  1963–1965   Gustave Blouin Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 6,113
Progressive Conservative Frédéric Dorion 5,651
Union des électeurs Madame Victor Gladu889
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 7,815
Progressive Conservative Wilbrod Langlais7,464
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 11,408
Progressive Conservative Wilbrod Langlais8,191
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Perrault LaRue 13,194
Liberal Lomer Brisson 11,330
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Social Credit Lauréat Maltais 15,992
Liberal Réal Therrien10,210
Progressive Conservative Bernard Flynn6,168
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gustave Blouin 13,896
Social Credit Lauréat Maltais 13,261
Progressive Conservative Louis-Edmond St-Laurent3,240
New Democratic Raymond Lapointe2,036
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Gustave Blouin 15,062
Ralliement créditiste Jean-Nil Jean8,478
New Democratic Roger Collin5,019
Progressive Conservative Bernard Coté4,348

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