Saint-Maurice (federal electoral district)

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Saint-Maurice
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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1966
District abolished2003
First contested 1968
Last contested 2000

Saint Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896. [1] Saint-Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2004. [2]

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The electoral district of Saint Maurice was formed in 1867, the continuation of the pre-confederation electoral division with the same delimitation. [1] In 1892, it was merged with the district of Trois-Rivières to form Three Rivers and St. Maurice. [3]

A Saint-Maurice district was re-established in 1966 out of the former districts of Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche. [4] The district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain ridings. [5]

A high-profile MP was the former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien, who represented the riding of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche for five years and the riding of Saint-Maurice for 29 years.

Members of Parliament

This ridings elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Saint Maurice
1st  1867–1868   Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers Conservative
 1868–1872 Élie Lacerte
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878   Charles Gérin-Lajoie Liberal
4th  1878–1882   Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891 François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers
7th  1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Three Rivers and St. Maurice
Saint-Maurice
Riding re-created from Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
28th  1968–1972   Jean Chrétien Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1986
 1986–1988 Gilles Grondin
34th  1988–1993   Denis Pronovost Progressive Conservative
 1993–1993   Independent
35th  1993–1997   Jean Chrétien Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Election results

Saint Maurice, 1867–1886

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers acclaimed
Canadian federal by-election, 30 October 1868
On Mr. Désaulniers' resignation, 29 September 1868
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Élie Lacerte 67961.84
UnknownE. Gérin41938.16
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Élie Lacerte acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Charles Gérin-Lajoie 57552.46
Conservative Élie Lacerte 52147.54
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers 81152.59
UnknownS.J. Remington73147.41
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers 84265.37
UnknownPierre Lamy44634.63
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers 91858.51
Liberal L.A. Lord65141.49
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers 89454.41
Independent Conservative Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers 74945.59

Saint-Maurice, 1968–2004

1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 13,89544.52
Ralliement créditiste Alphonse Poulin12,19839.08
Progressive Conservative Guy Germain4,57014.64
New Democratic Jean-Guy Lalancette5501.76
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 19,84056.66
Social Credit Guy Germain11,36332.45
Progressive Conservative Antonio Genest2,2276.36
New Democratic Robert McLeod1,0322.95
Not affiliatedPierre Drolet5521.58
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 20,46565.26
Social Credit Antonio Genest5,47117.45
Progressive Conservative Richard Durand3,50111.16
New Democratic Claude De Carufel1,4424.60
Not affiliatedPierre Rousseau4821.54
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 27,24371.06
Social Credit Pierre-André Hamel6,83717.83
Progressive Conservative R. Armand Charbonneau2,7957.29
New Democratic Robert Deschamps9522.48
Union populaire Pierre Chénard3510.92
Marxist–Leninist Normand Beaudoin1600.42
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 27,35676.70
Progressive Conservative R. Armand Charbonneau2,5167.05
Social Credit Normand Lafrenière2,3696.64
New Democratic Edgar Paquette1,9635.50
Rhinoceros J.F. le Calife De Vernal1,2063.38
Union populaire Lionel C. Laporte1610.45
Marxist–Leninist Normand Beaudoin950.27
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 24,05058.88
Progressive Conservative Roger Armand Charbonneau14,46835.42
New Democratic Danielle Delbecque1,4333.51
Parti nationaliste Alain Déry8922.18
Canadian federal by-election, 29 September 1986
On Mr. Chrétien's resignation, 27 February 1986
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Gilles Grondin 19,60858.90
Progressive Conservative Robert Leclerc6,66620.02
New Democratic Claude Rompré6,48419.48
Parti nationaliste Louise Gravel4281.29
Independent John Turmel 1040.31
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Denis Pronovost 18,74145.30
New Democratic Claude Rompré12,46330.12
Liberal Yvon Milette10,16824.58
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 25,20054.06
Bloc Québécois Claude Rompré18,89640.54
Progressive Conservative Pauline B. Daneault1,9094.10
Natural Law Christian Simard3720.80
New Democratic Robert Des Champs2360.51
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jean Chrétien 22,26647.30
Bloc Québécois Yves Duhaime 20,66443.89
Progressive Conservative Denis Vincent3,6577.77
New Democratic Eric Hébert4891.04
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Jean Chrétien 23,34554.07$60,591
Bloc Québécois François Marchand16,82138.96$57,038
Alliance Jean-Guy Mercier1,4613.38$500
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais8662.24$50
New Democratic Raymond Chase3590.83none listed
Communist Sylvain Archambault2230.52$187
Total valid votes43,175100.00
Total rejected ballots1,640
Turnout44,815 72.50
Electors on the lists61,810
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Parliament of Canada, "HISTORY OF FEDERAL RIDINGS SINCE 1867, SAINT MAURICE, Quebec (1867 - 1896)"
  2. Parliament of Canada, "HISTORY OF FEDERAL RIDINGS SINCE 1867, SAINT-MAURICE, Quebec (1968 - 2004)"
  3. Statutes of Canada 1892, c. 11. Effective from the 1896 election.
  4. Representation Order, 1966. Effective from the 1968 election.
  5. Representation Order, 2003. Effective from the 2004 election.

See also

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Constituency represented by the prime minister
1993 – 2003
Succeeded by

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