St. Lawrence (electoral district)

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St. Lawrence
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1914
First contested 1896
Last contested 1911

St. Lawrence (French : Saint-Laurent) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1917.

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This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal West and Montreal East ridings. It consisted of St. Louis and St. Lawrence wards in the city of Montreal. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into St. Lawrence—St. George and George-Étienne Cartier ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
St. Lawrence
Riding created from Montreal West and Montreal East
8th  1896–1900   Edward Goff Penny Liberal
9th  1900–1904 Robert Bickerdike
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into St. Lawrence—St. George
and George-Étienne Cartier

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edward Goff Penny 3,632
Conservative R. W. Smith2,915
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Bickerdike 3,439
Conservative Henry Archer Ekers2,457
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Bickerdike 3,282
Conservative C. Lane2,632
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Bickerdike 3,576
Conservative Henry A. Ekers2,721
Independent Albert St-Martin186
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Bickerdike 4,469
Conservative George Franklin Johnston3,421
Socialist William Ulric Cotton359

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