Maskinongé (electoral district)

Maskinongé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.

Maskinongé
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1924
First contested1867
Last contested1921

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was amalgamated into the Berthier—Maskinongé electoral district in 1924.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Maskinongé
1st  1867–1872     George Caron Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative
5th  1882–1884
 1884–1887     Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers Conservative
6th  1887–1891 Charles Jérémie Coulombe
7th  1891–1896     Joseph-Hormisdas Legris Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1903
 1903–1904 Hormidas Mayrand
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Adélard Bellemare Independent Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Hormidas Mayrand Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Eugène Desrochers Liberal
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Caron702
UnknownMoïse Houde564
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Alphonse Boyer910
ConservativeGeorge Caron681
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Alphonse Boyer764
ConservativeGeorge Caron607
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative Frédéric Houde838
ConservativeAlexis Lesieur Desaulniers296
UnknownYale279
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative Frédéric Houde1,084
ConservativeGeorge Caron765

By-election: On Mr. Houde's death, 15 November 1884

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1884
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAlexis Lesieur Desaulniers607
UnknownCharles Jérémie Coulombe570
UnknownD. L. Laflèche310
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Jérémie Coulombe1,003
NationalistAlexis Lesieur Desaulniers997
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJoseph-Hormisdas Legris1,153
ConservativeCharles Jérémie Coulombe1,045
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJoseph-Hormisdas Legris1,384
ConservativeCharles Jérémie Coulombe1,094
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJoseph-Hormisdas Legris1,400
ConservativeAdolphe-Philippe Caron901
IndependentAlexis Lesieur Desaulniers25

By-election: On Mr. Legris being called to the Senate, 10 February 1903

By-election on 3 March 1903
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHormidas Mayrandacclaimed
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHormidas Mayrand1,480
ConservativeJ. Alphonse Comeau1,188
UnknownT. Thisdel22
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHormidas Mayrand1,500
UnknownJoseph Foisy1,167
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeAdélard Bellemare1,507
LiberalHormidas Mayrand1,398
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Hormidas Mayrand2,721
UnknownAdolphe-Joseph Thibodeau219
UnknownGeorge Lafontaine165
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Desrochers4,128
Independent ConservativeAdélard Bellemare1,991

See also

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