- Dorchester (electoral district)
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Dorchester was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved the existing electoral districts in Lower Canada at the time. In 1966, it was redistributed into the Beauce, Bellechasse and Lévis electoral districts.
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Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Hector Louis Langevin, Conservative (1867-1874)
- Fortunat Rouleau, Liberal-Conservative (1874-1882)
- Charles Alexandre Lesage, Conservative (1882-1887)
- Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay, Nationalist Conservative (1887)
- Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard, Conservative (1888-1891)
- Cyrille-E. Vaillancourt, Nationalist (1891-1896)
- Jean-Baptiste Morin, Conservative (1896-1908)
- Ernest Roy, Liberal (1908-1911)
- Albert Sévigny, Conservative (1911-1917)
- Lucien Cannon, Liberal (1917-1930)
- Onésime Gagnon, Conservative (1930-1935)
- Léonard-D. Tremblay, Liberal (1935-1953)
- Robert Perron, Progressive Conservative (1953-1957)
- J.-Armand Landry, Liberal (1957-1958)
- Noël Drouin, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- Pierre-André Boutin, Social Credit (1962-1965)
- Gustave Côté, Liberal (1965-1968)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1867 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1872 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 1,044 Unknown E.H. Marceau 724 Canadian federal election, 1874 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 895 Unknown E.H. Marceau 874 By-election on 14 December 1875 Rouleau unseated on petition, 8 July 1875
Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 1,086 Unknown Alfred Morrisset 620 Canadian federal election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau 1,081 Unknown H. Marceau 362 Canadian federal election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Alexander Lesage acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes Nationalist Conservative H.J.J. Duchesnay 1,565 Conservative Dr. Charles-Alexandre Lesage 1,089 By-election on 7 January 1888 Duchesnay's death, 6 July 1887
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes Nationaliste Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,480 Nationaliste C.E. Vaillancourt 1,150 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,691 Liberal J.S. Ouellet 1,322 Independent F.X. Guay 90 Unknown F.F. Rouleau 27 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jean-Baptiste Morin 1,773 Nationaliste C.E. Vaillancourt 1,429 Canadian federal election, 1908 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Ernest Roy 2,084 Conservative Edmund James Flynn 1,921 Canadian federal election, 1911 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Albert Sévigny 2,506 Liberal Ernest Roy 2,164 By-election on 27 January 1917 Sévigny appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 8 January 1917
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Albert Sévigny 2,719 Liberal Lucien Cannon 2,445 Canadian federal election, 1917 Party Candidate Votes Opposition Lucien Cannon 4,228 Government Albert Sévigny 497 Canadian federal election, 1921 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,744 Conservative Philomon Vallière 2,703 Canadian federal election, 1925 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,167 Conservative Louis Joseph Gauthier 3,666 Canadian federal election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,627 Conservative Robert Coté 3,640 By-election on 2 November 1926 Cannon's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 5 October 1926Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Cannon acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1930 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Onésime Gagnon 5,771 Liberal Lucien Cannon 5,433 Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,186 Conservative Onésime Gagnon 5,098 Unknown J.-Adalbert Guay 154 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,573 Independent Emmett O'Farrel 4,721 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 5,149 Independent Emile Boiteau 4,291 Social Credit Joseph-Ernest Grégoire 1,843 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Léonard-David Tremblay 6,983 Progressive Conservative Gérard Corriveau 6,762 Union des électeurs Louis-Philippe Bouchard 1,020 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert Perron 7,762 Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry 7,656 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry 8,054 Progressive Conservative Robert Perron 7,702 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Noël Drouin 8,766 Liberal Joseph-Armand Landry 7,111 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Pierre-André Boutin 7,701 Liberal Francis O'Farrell 3,939 Progressive Conservative Noël Drouin 3,582 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Pierre-André Boutin 5,830 Liberal Francis O'Farrell 4,801 Progressive Conservative Robert Perron 3,597 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gustave Coté 4,602 Progressive Conservative Albert Rioux 3,802 Ralliement créditiste Pierre-André Boutin 3,786 New Democrat Henri Lessard 494 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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