Saint-Jacques (federal electoral district)

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Saint-Jacques
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1952
District abolished1987
First contested 1953
Last contested 1984

Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988.

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There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Henri ridings.

A second "Saint-Jacques" riding was created in 1977 when Saint-Henri was renamed Saint-Jacques. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Saint-Jacques
Riding created from Cartier and St. James
22nd  1953–1957   Roland Beaudry Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   Charles-Édouard Campeau Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Maurice Rinfret Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Jacques Guilbault
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount
and Verdun—Saint-Paul

Election results

Saint-Jacques, 1953–1979

1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Roland Beaudry 15,443
Progressive Conservative Léonard Lauzon5,274
Independent LiberalCléophas Saint-Aubin1,109
Labor–Progressive Gui-Louis Caron1,061
Co-operative Commonwealth Albert Leduc545
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Roland Beaudry 7,900
Progressive Conservative Roland Perron5,347
Independent LiberalJean-Baptiste Crépeau3,512
Independent LiberalR. Beaudry1,789
Co-operative Commonwealth Gaétan Robert730
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Charles-Édouard Campeau 12,798
Liberal Maurice Rinfret10,517
Co-operative Commonwealth Gaétan Robert670
Independent LiberalEugène-J.-E. Fournier1,825
Socialist Henri Gagnon666
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Rinfret 7,664
Progressive Conservative Gérard Hébert7,271
Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin2,023
New Democratic Willie Fortin1,925
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Rinfret 7,841
Progressive Conservative Gérard Hébert5,831
Social Credit Sylvio Mélançon4,386
New Democratic Willie Fortin2,106
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Maurice Rinfret 7,023
Progressive Conservative Gabriel Grégoire5,248
Ralliement créditiste Lucien Mallette1,576
New Democratic Willie Fortin1,406
Independent Réginald Reggie Chartrand669
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 9,701
Progressive Conservative Fernand Alie4,238
New Democratic Julien Major971
Social Credit Lucien Mallette705
Independent Joseph-Louis Abraham314
Independent H.-Georges Grenier311
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 8,682
Progressive Conservative Armand Lefebvre3,213
Social Credit Patricia Métivier1,696
New Democratic Pierre Ryan1,598
Independent Jean-Baptiste Bulldog Clermont208
Independent Claire Demers151
Independent André Davignon97
Independent G.-Paul Nolet41
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 7,709
Progressive Conservative Jean Chevrier3,518
New Democratic Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe1,313
Social Credit Roger Pelletier797
Independent Jean B. Clermont154
Communist Claire Demers146
Marxist–Leninist Rhéal Mathieu127

Saint-Jacques, 1979–1988

1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 20,520
Progressive Conservative Jean Chevrier3,704
New Democratic David-André Rowley1,978
Social Credit J. Alfred Lévesque1,715
Rhinoceros Balthazar Michel Deschamps933
Libertarian Robert Champlin295
Communist Claire Durand189
Independent Patricia Métivier143
Marxist–Leninist Auguste Arnold104
Union populaire Serge Rainville84
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 17,757
Progressive Conservative Jean Chevrier3,038
New Democratic Roger Monette2,339
Rhinoceros Rodrigue Chocolat Tremblay1,080
Independent Raymonde Lebreux224
Libertarian Marc Krushelnyski137
Union populaire Hughette Godard120
Marxist–Leninist Arnold August96
Communist Daniel Pauquet88
Independent Patricia Métivier55
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Jacques Guilbault 10,875
Progressive Conservative Lorraine Duguay10,291
New Democratic Mike Molter4,057
Rhinoceros Pierre dit Lagaffe Corbeil1,204
Parti nationaliste Denise Laroche738
Communist Marianne Roy152
Commonwealth of Canada Robert Langevin116

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