Beauharnois (electoral district)
Beauharnois (also known as Beauharnois—Salaberry) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, from 1949 to 1953, and from 1968 to 1972.
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1947 |
District abolished | 1952 |
First contested | 1949 |
Last contested | 1949 |
Beauharnois riding was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was merged into Beauharnois—Laprairie riding in 1933.
In 1947, "Beauharnois" riding was re-created from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon.
In 1952, it became "Beauharnois—Salaberry". It reverted to "Beauharnois" from 1966 to 1971, and from 1976 to 1977. The rest of time it was known as "Beauharnois—Salaberry" as it is known as today.
- See Beauharnois—Salaberry for information on this riding after 1952.
Description
Beauharnois initially consisted of the area bounded on the north-east and south-east by the County of Chateaugai, on the south-west by the south-western limits of the Seigniory of Beauharnois, on the north-west by the River St. Lawrence, including all islands nearest to and wholly or in part opposite the said County. It comprised the Parishes of Saint Clément, Saint Louis de Gonzague, Saint Stanislas de Kostka, Ste. Cecile and Saint Timothée.
In 1924, it was redefined to consisted of the County of Beauharnois including the City of Valleyfield.
It was abolished in 1933, and redistributed into Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon.
In 1947, it was re-created, and defined to consist of the county of Beauharnois, the city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, the towns of Maple Grove and Beauharnois, the municipality of St. Joachim-de-Châteauguay, the towns of Châteauguay and De Léry, and the municipality of St. Anicet and Ste. Barbe.
It was renamed Beauharnois—Salaberry in 1952.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Beauharnois | ||||
1st | 1867–1872 | Michael Cayley | Conservative | |
2nd | 1872–1874 | Ulysse-Janvier Robillard | Independent Conservative | |
3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
4th | 1878–1878 | Michael Cayley | Conservative | |
1879–1882 | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | |||
5th | 1882–1887 | |||
6th | 1887–1891 | Independent Conservative | ||
7th | 1891–1896 | Conservative | ||
8th | 1896–1900 | |||
9th | 1900–1902 | George di Madeiros Loy | Liberal | |
1902–1904 | ||||
10th | 1904–1908 | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | Conservative | |
11th | 1908–1911 | Louis-Joseph Papineau | Liberal | |
12th | 1911–1917 | Conservative | ||
13th | 1917–1921 | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | ||
14th | 1921–1925 | Liberal | ||
15th | 1925–1926 | Maxime Raymond | ||
16th | 1926–1930 | |||
17th | 1930–1935 | |||
Riding dissolved into Beauharnois—Laprairie | ||||
Riding re-created from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon | ||||
21st | 1949–1953 | Robert Cauchon | Liberal | |
Riding renamed Beauharnois—Salaberry |
Election results
Beauharnois, 1867–1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Cayley | 724 | |||
Unknown | Paul Denis | 691 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Conservative | Ulysse-Janvier Robillard | 854 | |||
Conservative | Michael Cayley | 764 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Conservative | Ulysse-Janvier Robillard | 711 | |||
Unknown | M. Branchaud | 346 | |||
Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Cayley | 879 | |||
Unknown | M. F. W. Valois | 107 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 776 | |||
Unknown | L. A. Seers | 763 | |||
Unknown | J. B. C. St. Amour | 28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | acclaimed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,432 | |||
Conservative | Philippe Pelletier | 1,210 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,458 | |||
Liberal | L. A. Seers | 1,155 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,582 | |||
Liberal | Joseph-Israël Tarte | 1,534 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George di Madeiros Loy | 2,016 | |||
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,739 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George di Madeiros Loy | 1,822 | |||
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,663 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 2,075 | |||
Liberal | George di Madeiros Loy | 1,828 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Louis-Joseph Papineau | 1,843 | |||
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,814 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis-Joseph Papineau | 1,876 | |||
Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 1,849 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition | Louis-Joseph Papineau | acclaimed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Louis-Joseph Papineau | 5,147 | |||
Conservative | Rodolphe Monty | 3,272 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Maxime Raymond | 4,724 | |||
Conservative | Stanislas Wilfrid Laroche | 3,223 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Maxime Raymond | 4,843 | |||
Conservative | Tancrède Fortin | 2,565 | |||
Liberal | Achille Bergevin | 374 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Maxime Raymond | 5,714 | |||
Conservative | Joseph-Hormisdas Lebeuf | 3,989 |
Beauharnois, 1949–1953
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Cauchon | 11,631 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Joseph Primeau | 4,547 | |||
Union des électeurs | Gilbert Rondeau | 397 |
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament: