- Montmagny—L'Islet
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Montmagny—L'Islet was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from L'Islet and Montmagny ridings.
It initially consisted of:
- the county of Montmagny, Ile aux Grues and adjoining Islands, except such part of the said county of Montmagny included in the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud;
- the county of L'Islet, except such part thereof as is included in the municipalities of Ashford, Ste-Louise, St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, St-Perpétue and Tourville.
In 1947, it was redefind to consist of:
- the county of Montmagny (except the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud), and the town of Montmagny and the municipality of L'Ile- aux-Grues;
- the county of L'Islet except the municipalities of Ashford, Ste-Louise, St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Ste-Perpétue, Tourville and the territory included in the parish of Ste-Félicité.
In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:
- the county of Montmagny (except the parish municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud), the town of Montmagny and the parish municipality of Saint-Antoine L'Ile-aux-Grues;
- the county of L'Islet (except the township municipality of Ashford, the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise, the municipalities of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Tourville and Sainte-Félicité) and that part of the parish municipality of Sainte-Perpétue included in lots 13 to 56 of Range VIII, Lafontaine Township.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Bellechasse and Kamouraska.
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Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Joseph-Fernand Fafard, Liberal (1935-1940)
- Léo Kemner Laflamme, Liberal (1940-1945)
- Jean Lesage, Liberal (1945-1958)
- André Rousseau, Liberal (1960-1962)
- Louis Fortin, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- Jean-Paul Cook, Social Credit (1962-1963)
- Jean-Charles Richard Berger, Liberal (1963-1968)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Liberal J. Fernand Fafard 6,826 Conservative Thomas Tremblay 4,611 Reconstruction Fernand Lizotte 271 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes Liberal J.-Léo-K. Laflamme 6,890 National Government Wilfrid-A. Ringuet 3,288 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Lesage 7,327 Independent Wilfrid-A. Ringuet 3,028 Social Credit Roger Boulanger 1,721 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Lesage 10,004 Progressive Conservative Georges-Henri Fafard 2,380 Union des électeurs Étienne Caouette 793 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Lesage 10,121 Progressive Conservative Roger Chamard 4,876 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Lesage 9,772 Independent Louis Fortin 6,637 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Lesage 8,689 Progressive Conservative Denys Dionne 7,963 By-election on 29 September 1958 On Lesage's resignation, 11 June 1958
Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Louis Fortin 7,796 Liberal Bernadin Blanchet 6,516 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Jean-Paul Cook 7,629 Liberal Roger Fortin 5,068 Progressive Conservative Louis Fortin 3,599 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean-Charles Richard Berger 7,096 Social Credit Jean-Paul Cook 5,537 Progressive Conservative Claire Lizotte Pelletier 3,292 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean-Charles Richard Berger 6,389 Progressive Conservative Robert-B. Lafreniere 4,450 Ralliement créditiste Jean-Baptiste Coté 3,246 New Democrat Jean-Charles Chiasson 341 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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