Bellechasse (electoral district)

:"For the provincial electoral district in Quebec see: Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)"

Bellechasse was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 until the 1997 election, when it became Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. After redistribution prior to the 2004 election, that riding became Lévis—Bellechasse.

Description

In 1867, Bellechasse was defined to consist of the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, the south-west part of the Township of Armagh, the north-east part of the Township of Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux, Roux, Bellechasse and Daaquam.

In 1882, the north-eastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the north-east part of the township of Mailloux were detached from Bellechasse and annexed to Montmagny.

In 1924, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the County of Bellechasse, except for the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette in the municipality of Honfleur, and the townships of Langevin and Ware in the municipality of Ste. Sabine.

In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse (except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1947, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse, the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri in the county of Lévis, the municipality of St. Luc-de-Dijon the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St. François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1966, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the Town of Montmagny, the County of Bellechasse, parts of the County of Dorchester, and the County of Montmagny (except the municipality of Cap-Saint-Ignace).

In 1976, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the City of Montmagny, the Towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet and Saint-Pamphile, the County of Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (except the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise and the municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets), parts of the Counties of Bellechasse and Dorchester.

In 1987, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (excluding the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Louise), the Municipality of Saint-Rochdes-Aulnaies, and parts of the County of Dorchester.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and was incorporated into
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

#Napoléon Casault, Conservative (1867-1870)
#Télesphore Fournier, Liberal (1870-1875)
#Joseph Goderic Blanchet, Conservative (1875-1878)
#Achille LaRue, Liberal (1878-1881)
#Guillame Amyot, Conservative/Nationalist (1881-1896)
#Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot, Liberal (1896-1911)
#Joseph-Octave LaVallee, Conservative (1911-1917)
#Charles-Alphonse Fournier, Liberal (1917-1926)
#Oscar L. Boulanger, Liberal (1926-1940)
#L.-Philippe Picard, Liberal (1940-1955)
#Ovide LaFlamme, Liberal (1955-1958)
#Noël Dorion, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
#Bernard Dumont, Social Credit (1962-1963)
#Herman Laverdière, Liberal (1963-1968)
#Adrien Lambert, Social Credit (1968-1980)
#Alain Grant, Liberal (1980-1984)
#Pierre Blais, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
#François Langlois, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)

Electoral history

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Conservative
CASAULT, Napoléon
align="right"| 983
Unknown
REMILLARD,
align="right"| 671

By-Election: On Mr. Casault being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec:
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Liberal
FOURNIER, Télesphore
align="right"| acclaimed

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Liberal
FOURNIER, Télesphore
align="right"|1,219
Conservative
CARON, A.
align="right"|638

By-Election: On Mr. Fournier being nominated Minister of Inland Revenue:
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Liberal
FOURNIER, Télesphore
align="right"|acclaimed

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Liberal
FOURNIER, Hon. Télesphore
align="right"| acclaimed

By-Election: On Mr. Fournier being appointed to the Supreme Court Bench:
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Conservative
BLANCHET, Joseph Goderic
align="right"|698
Liberal
LARUE, Achille
align="right"|443
Unknown
BOUTIN, Pierre
align="right"|359

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Liberal
LARUE, Achille
align="right"|1,042
Conservative
AMYOT, G.
align="right"| 990

By-Election: On election being declared void:
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Conservative
AMYOT, Guillame
align="right"|1,066
Unknown
BILODEAU,
align="right"|1,035

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Conservative
AMYOT, Guillaume
align="right"|1,186
Liberal
PACAUD, Ph. Ol. alias Ernest
align="right"|1,044

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Nationalist
AMYOT, G.
align="right"|1,515
Conservative
BELLEAU, J.N.
align="right"|878

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Nationalist Conservative
AMYOT, Guillaume
align="right"|1,271
Conservative
DE ST. MAURICE, Faucher
align="right"| 1,165

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Liberal
TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest
align="right"| 1,537
Conservative
ROY, Joseph-Edmond
align="right"|1,227

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Liberal
TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest
align="right"| 1,701
Conservative
GELLEY, Joseph-Emile
align="right"|1,231

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Liberal
TALBOT, O.E.
align="right"|1,819
Conservative
FRADETTE, J.B.
align="right"| 957

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Liberal
TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest
align="right"|1,988
Conservative
VEZINA, Charles
align="right"|627

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Conservative
LAVALLEE, Joseph-Octave
align="right"| 1,742
Liberal
TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest
align="right"|1,696

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Opposition
FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse
align="right"|3,752
Government
GRENIER, Honoré
align="right"|60
Unknown
MARCEAU, Thomas Wilfrid
align="right"| 30

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Liberal
FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse
align="right"|5,195
Progressive
COTE, Joseph Cléophas
align="right"|1,109

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Liberal
FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse
align="right"|4,596
Conservative
MCKENZIE, Murdock
align="right"|1,917

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Liberal
BOULANGER, Oscar L.
align="right"|4,897
Conservative
DUSSAULT, Eugène F.
align="right"|1,902

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Liberal
BOULANGER, Oscar L.
align="right"|4,786
Conservative
GAUDETTE, Joseph-Wilfrid
align="right"|2,793

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Liberal
BOULANGER, Oscar L.
align="right"|7,470
Conservative
GOSSELIN, H. Fanning
align="right"| 1,720

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Liberal
PICARD, L.-Philippe
align="right"|6,585
Unknown
MORRISSETTE, Edouard
align="right"| 2,366

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Liberal
PICARD, L.-Philippe
align="right"|6,928
Bloc populaire canadien
BONENFANT, Joseph-Albert
align="right"|3,540

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Liberal
PICARD, L.-Philippe
align="right"|7,395
Independent
BOUCHARD, Paul
align="right"|4,798
Union des électeurs
FRENETTE, Donat
align="right"|332
Progressive Conservative
ST-HILAIRE, Jean-Maurice
align="right"|41

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Liberal
PICARD, L.-Philippe
align="right"|7,124
Progressive Conservative
ROY, J.-Emile
align="right"|4,866

By-Election: On Mr. Picard's resignation:
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Liberal
LAFLAMME, Ovide
align="right"|5,945
Progressive Conservative
PARE, Jules
align="right"|5,383

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Liberal
LAFLAMME, Ovide
align="right"|7,960
Progressive Conservative
MIQUELON, Paul-Rodolphe
align="right"|1,792
Ind. Progressive Conservative
PARE, Jules
align="right"|1,026
Ind. Progressive Conservative
AUBIN, Allyre
align="right"|139

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Progressive Conservative
DORION, Noël
align="right"|6,861
Liberal
LAFLAMME, Ovide
align="right"|6,255

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Social Credit
DUMONT, Bernard
align="right"| 5,091
Liberal
LAFLAMME, Ovide
align="right"|4,954
Progressive Conservative
DORION, Noël
align="right"|2,953

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Liberal
LAVERDIERE, Herman
align="right"|5,434
Social Credit
DUMONT, Bernard
align="right"|5,367
Progressive Conservative
LALIBERTE, Maurice
align="right"|1,291

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Liberal
LAVERDIERE, Herman
align="right"|4,783
Ralliement créditiste
DUMONT, Bernard
align="right"|4,432
Progressive Conservative
LA ROCHELLE, Jacques
align="right"|2,264
New Democratic Party
LALONDE, Mariette
align="right"| 170

-
Ralliement créditiste
LAMBERT, Adrien
align="right"|11,137
Liberal
CHOQUETTE, Auguste
align="right"|9,793
Progressive Conservative
POULIN, Gérard
align="right"|2,262
New Democratic Party
LALONDE, Marcel
align="right"| 528

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Social Credit
LAMBERT, Adrien
align="right"|12,999
Liberal
MERCIER, Pierre
align="right"| 11,714
Progressive Conservative
ROY, Germain
align="right"| 3,533
New Democratic Party
MARCEAU, Aurèle
align="right"|776

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Social Credit
LAMBERT, Adrien
align="right"|12,550
Liberal
PAQUIN, Louis
align="right"|10,759
Progressive Conservative
GAUDREAU, Bertrand
align="right"|3,210
New Democratic Party
LACHANCE, Marthe
align="right"|604

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Social Credit
LAMBERT, Adrien
align="right"|18,702
Liberal
RICHARD, Jean
align="right"| 17,584
Progressive Conservative
DESCHENES, Jean
align="right"| 2,924
Rhinoceros
CHENEVERT, Marie Claude
align="right"| 523 Rhino
New Democratic Party
DUPUIS, Guy
align="right"|354
Union Populaire
BEAUDOIN, Jean
align="right"|195

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Liberal
GARANT, Alain
align="right"| 20,636 Lib
Social Credit
LAMBERT, Adrien
align="right"| 15,124
Progressive Conservative
DESCHENES, Jean
align="right"|2,912
Rhinoceros
CHABOT, Andrée
align="right"|815 Rhino
New Democratic Party
GOUPIL, Napoléon
align="right"|730
Union Populaire
THEBERGE, France
align="right"|141

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Progressive Conservative
BLAIS, Pierre
align="right"|24,357
Liberal
GARANT, Alain
align="right"|14,500
New Democratic Party
LEMOINE, Roger
align="right"|1,666
Rhinoceros
CHABOT, Serge Au-Boutte
align="right"| 1,070
Nationaliste
LIZOTTE, André
align="right"| 518

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Progressive Conservative
BLAIS, Pierre
align="right"| 27,621
Liberal
BEAULIEU, Claudette
align="right"|11,120
New Democratic Party
PAPILLON, Gilles
align="right"| 2,762
Green
RABY, Alain
align="right"|1,010

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Bloc Québécois
LANGLOIS, François
align="right"|17,098
Progressive Conservative
BLAIS, Pierre
align="right"|15,952
Liberal
LEMIEUX, Eric
align="right"|8,352
New Democratic Party
LECLERC, Robert
align="right"|695

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=44 Bellechasse electoral results]