Montreal West (electoral district)
Montreal West (French: Montréal-Ouest) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892.
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1892 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1891 |
It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of St. Anne Ward, St. Antoine Ward and St. Lawrence Ward. In 1872, St. Anne Ward was removed from the riding. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Montreal West | ||||
1st | 1867–1868 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee | Liberal–Conservative | |
1867–1872 | Michael Patrick Ryan | |||
2nd | 1872–1874 | John Young | Liberal | |
3rd | 1874–1874 | Frederick Mackenzie | ||
1874–1875 | ||||
1875–1878 | Thomas Workman | |||
4th | 1878–1882 | Matthew Hamilton Gault | Conservative | |
5th | 1882–1887 | |||
6th | 1887–1891 | Donald Smith | Independent Conservative | |
7th | 1891–1896 | |||
Riding dissolved into St. Antoine and St. Lawrence |
Election results
1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal–Conservative | Thomas D'Arcy McGee | 2,675 | ||||||
Liberal | Bernard Devlin | 2,478 |
By-election: On Mr. McGee being assassinated, 7 April 1868
By-election on 20 April 1868 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal–Conservative | Michael Patrick Ryan | acclaimed |
1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | John Young | 2,138 | ||||||
Unknown | George Alexander Drummond | 1,322 |
1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Frederick Mackenzie | 2,036 | ||||||
Unknown | A. A. Stevenson | 1,442 |
By-election: On election being declared void, 22 October 1874
By-election on 10 December 1874 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Frederick Mackenzie | 2,030 | |||
Unknown | Thomas White Jr. | 2,023 |
By-election: On election being declared void, 14 August 1875
By-election on 30 October 1875 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Thomas Workman | 2,300 | |||
Unknown | Thomas White Jr. | 2,250 |
1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Matthew Hamilton Gault | 3,334 | ||||||
Unknown | Wm. Darling | 1,627 |
1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Matthew Hamilton Gault | 2,707 | ||||||
Unknown | J. K. Ward | 1,960 |
1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Independent Conservative | Donald Smith | 3,908 | ||||||
Liberal | J. K. Ward | 2,458 |
1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Independent Conservative | Donald Smith | 4,586 | ||||||
Liberal | James Cochrane | 880 |
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