Charlevoix (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Charlevoix (provincial electoral district).

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.

The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.

The most well-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1867 - 1917

1. Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1867–1872)
2. Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1872–1876)
3. Hector-Louis Langevin, Conservative (1876–1878)
4. Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1878–1879)
5. Joseph-Stanislas Perrault, Conservative (1879–1881)
6. Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1881–1887)
7. Simon Cimon, Conservative (1887–1891)
8. Henry Simard, Liberal (1891–1895)
9. Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers, Liberal (1896–1904)
10. Rodolphe Forget, Conservative (1904–1917)

1949 - 2004

1. August Maltais, Liberal (1949–1958)
2. Martial Asselin, Progressive Conservative (1958–1962)
3. L.P.-Antoine Belanger, Social Credit (1962–1965)
4. Martial Asselin, Prog. Cons. (1965–1972)
5. Gilles Caouette, Social Credit (1972–1974)
6. Charles Lapointe, Liberal (1974–1984)
7. Charles-André Hamelin, Progressive Conservative (1984–1988)
8. Brian Mulroney, Progressive Conservative (1988–1993)
9. Gérard Asselin, Bloc Québécois (1993–2004)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon-Xavier Cimon	999
	Unknown	Gagnon	911

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	1,377
	Conservative	P.J.O. Chauveau	1,104

By-election on 22 January 1876 Election declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	952
	Liberal	Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	741

By-election on 23 March 1877 By-election declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	1,185
	Liberal	Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	1,129

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Alexis Tremblay	1,052
	Unknown	J.S. Perrault	936

By-election on 13 February 1879 Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph-Stanislas Perrault	1,077
	Conservative	Simon-Xavier Cimon	898

By-election on 19 March 1881 By-election declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon-Xavier Cimon	929
	Conservative	Joseph-Stanislas Perrault	854

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon-Xavier Cimon	954
	Unknown	J.A.J. Kane	601

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Simon-Xavier Cimon	903
	Nationalist	J.A. Tremblay	819
	Unknown	C.H.A. Clement	688
	Unknown	J.A. Hamel	309

By-election on 28 September 1887 Cimon's death, 26 June 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr.	1,436
	Unknown	J.A. Tremblay	1,025

By-election on 27 January 1896 Simard's death, 6 November 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Charles Alphonse Angers	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rodolphe Forget	1,934
	Liberal	Joseph Camille Pouliot	1,725

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rodolphe Forget	2,020
	Liberal	Lucien Cannon	1,358

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Auguste Maltais	9,543
	Independent	Emile Boiteau	4,402
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Hidas-Aimé Dufour	1,608
	Union des électeurs	Pierre Simard	940
	Independent Liberal	Donat Lacroix	217

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Auguste Maltais	10,182
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Dorion	7,532
	Social Credit	Jean-Louis Hudon	246
	Independent Liberal	Jos. Gignac	213

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Martial Asselin	12,315
	Liberal	Auguste Maltais	7,918

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger	7,390
	Progressive Conservative	Martial Asselin	6,843
	Liberal	Meredy Bouchard	5,787

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Martial Asselin	6,844
	Liberal	Aimé Racine	6,676
	Ralliement créditiste	J.-Adélard Froment	5,556
	New Democrat	Paul-Henri Dufresne	556

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Martial Asselin	9,487
	Liberal	Aimé Racine	8,282
	Ralliement créditiste	Raymond Poulin	3,831
	New Democrat	Reginald Boulay	1,070

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilles Caouette	10,264
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Alain	10,105
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre-Paul Savard	5,747

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Lapointe	10,372
	Social Credit	Gilles Caouette	8,905
	Progressive Conservative	Gualbert Tremblay	4,942
	New Democrat	Gaétan Tremblay	692

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Lapointe	18,031
	Social Credit	Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon	8,004
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-André Tremblay	4,503
	New Democrat	Normand Laforce	613
	Union populaire	Margot Kaszap	251

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Lapointe	22,130
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Dufour	5,679
	New Democrat	Normand Laforce	1,273
	Social Credit	Angelo Emond	1,021
	Rhinoceros	Guy Pantouffe Laliberte	945
	Union populaire	Lise Brodeur	232

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-André Hamelin	23,661
	Liberal	Charles Lapointe	11,906
	New Democrat	Jocelyn Toulouse	1,022
	Parti nationaliste	Victorien Pilote	610

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Mulroney	33,730
	Liberal	Martin Cauchon	5,994
	New Democrat	Kenneth Choquette	1,819
	Rhinoceros	François Yo Gourd	600

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	23,615
	Liberal	André Desgagnés	7,140
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Guy	6,781
	New Democrat	Audrey Carpentier	552

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	19,792
	Liberal	Ghislain Maltais	9,838
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Massicotte	6,443
	New Democrat	François Dumoutier	454

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	20,479
	Liberal	Marjolaine Gagnon	9,308
	Alliance	Pierre Paradis	1,905
	Progressive Conservative	Doris Grondin	1,154
	New Democrat	Joss Duhaime	484

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

• 1867-1914
• 1947-2003

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Manicouagan	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1988-1993	Succeeded by Vancouver Centre