Two Mountains (electoral district)

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Two Mountains
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1914
First contested 1867
Last contested 1911

Two Mountains (French : Deux-Montagnes) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

Contents

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Laval—Two Mountains riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Two Mountains
1st  1867–1872   Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   Wilfrid Prévost Liberal
3rd  1874–1875
 1875–1876   Charles-Auguste-Maximilien Globensky Independent
 1876–1878   Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1891
 1892–1896 Joseph Girouard
8th  1896–1900   Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier Liberal
9th  1900–1902
 1903–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Laval—Two Mountains

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Wilfrid Prévost acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Wilfrid Prévost 725
UnknownJ. Watts670
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On election being declared void, 14 January 1875

By-election on 26 February 1875
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Charles-Auguste-Maximilien Globensky 939
Liberal Wilfrid Prévost 810

By-election: On Mr. Globensky's resignation

By-election on 11 March 1876
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust acclaimed

According to Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867–1967, p. 234., this by-election did not occur and Mr. Globensky sat until the dissolution of the 3rd Parliament.

1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust 797
UnknownJ. A. Chagnon11
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust acclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust 1,091
Liberal David Marcil1,019
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Jean-Baptiste Daoust 1,158
Liberal L. A. Fortier871

By-election: On Mr. Daoust's death, 28 December 1891

By-election on 27 February 1892
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph Girouard acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier 1,227
Conservative Joseph Girouard 1,210
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier 1,455
Conservative Joseph Girouard 1,323

By-election: On election being declared void, 6 August 1902

By-election on 24 February 1903
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier 1,392
Conservative Benjamin Beauchamp1,268
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier 1,460
Conservative George N. Fauteux1,333
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier 1,427
Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux1,335
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier acclaimed

See also

  1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
  2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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