Yamaska (federal electoral district)

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Yamaska
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1933
First contested 1867
Last contested1933 by-election

Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the County of Yamaska, and the township of Upton in the County of Drummond.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933, when it was re-distributed into Nicolet—Yamaska, Drummond—Arthabaska and Richelieu—Verchères ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Yamaska
1st  1867–1872   Moïse Fortier Liberal
2nd  1872–1874   Joseph Duguay Conservative
3rd  1874–1878 Charles-Ignace Gill
4th  1878–1879
 1879–1882 Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896   Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908 Oscar Gladu
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917   Albéric-Archie Mondou Conservative
13th  1917–1920   Oscar Gladu Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
 1921–1921   Aimé Boucher Liberal
14th  1921–1925
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1932
 1933–1935
Riding dissolved into Nicolet—Yamaska, Drummond—Arthabaska
and Richelieu—Verchères

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Moïse Fortier 797
Conservative Joseph Provencher 760
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Joseph Duguay 1,047
Liberal Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault 643
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles-Ignace Gill acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles-Ignace Gill 1,029
UnknownF. Gouin706
By-election on 7 July 1879
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille 1,003
UnknownF. Gouin815
By-election called upon Mr. Gill's resignation, 19 May 1879
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille 1,049
UnknownVictor Gladu978
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille 1,333
Liberal Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault 1,302
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault 1,399
Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille 1,299
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault 1,342
Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille 1,324
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault 1,473
Conservative Albéric-Archie Mondou 1,369
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Oscar Gladu 2,026
Conservative Ernest Pélissier1,566
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Oscar Gladu 1,846
Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet 1,758
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Albéric-Archie Mondou 1,870
Liberal Oscar Gladu 1,777
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Oscar Gladu 3,148
Government (Unionist) Aimé Chassé464
Canadian federal by-election, 28 May 1921
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 4,251
Unknown Albéric-Archie Mondou 2,608
UnknownJoseph Lambert467
By-election called upon Mr. Gladu's death, 5 December 1920
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 4,130
Progressive Rémi Plante2,462
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 3,438
Conservative Joseph-Félix-Frédéric Boulais2,754
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 3,500
Conservative Joseph-Félix-Frédéric Boulais3,082
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 3,505
Conservative Paul-François Comtois3,504
By-election on 23 October 1933
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Aimé Boucher 3,901
Conservative Paul F. Comtois3,817
By-election called upon Mr. Boucher's election being declared void, 23 December 1932

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