Laurier (electoral district)

Laurier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988.

It was created in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont, Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

Laurier riding was re-created in 2003, but was renamed Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2004.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Ernest Bertrand, Liberal (1935-1949)
2. Eugène Lefrançois, Liberal (1949-1957)
3. Lionel Chevrier, Liberal (1957-1964)
4. Fernand Leblanc, Liberal (1964-1979)
5. David Berger, Liberal (1979-1988)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Bertrand	12,998
	Independent Liberal	David Rochon	6,454
	Conservative	Omer Langlois	4,913
	Reconstruction	Georges Mayrand	3,018

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Bertrand	21,069
	National Government	Donat Larivée	4,072

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Bertrand	22,520
	Bloc populaire canadien	Émile-Dostaler O'Leary	5,145
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean-J. Beauchamp	1,924
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Marcel Jr. Lymburner	1,910

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Bertrand	15,578
	Independent	Jacques Sauriol	2,845
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Auerback	1,735
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Pierre Archambault	782

By-election on 24 October 1949 Bertrand accepted an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Eugène Lefrançois	10,164
	Labour-Progressive	Pierre Gélinas	713

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Eugène Lefrançois	12,648
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Nolin	4,642
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Amédée Jasmin	376
	Labour-Progressive	Jeannette Brunelle	364

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	11,336
	Progressive Conservative	René Duranleau	5,321
	Independent Liberal	Armand Ouellette	712
	Labour-Progressive	Henri Gagnon	342
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Guy Ouellette	270

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	10,125
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Leclair	8,915
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Guy Ouellette	741

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	8,255
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Guilbeault	5,466
	Social Credit	Liliane Vien-Beaudet,	1,419
	New Democrat	A.-René Tremblay	1,360

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	8,059
	Social Credit	Gilles Caouette	4,282
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Guilbeault	3,245
	New Democrat	Paul Massé	2,379

By-election on 10 February 1964 Chevrier resigned, 27 December 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Leblanc	5,349
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilles Caouette	2,232
	Progressive Conservative	J. René Paquin	1,866
	New Democrat	Gérard Picard	688
	Unknown	André Goulet	216

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Leblanc	7,032
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Locas	2,251
	New Democrat	Jean-Jacques Danis	1,925
	Ralliement créditiste	J.-Alfred Lévesque	1,704

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Leblanc	10,040
	Independent	Hubert Falardeau	4,402
	Progressive Conservative	Julius Briskin	2,827
	New Democrat	Gaston Mckenty	843
	Ralliement créditiste	Joseph-Wilfrid Banville	695
	Independent	Marcel Landry	480

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Leblanc	10,936
	Social Credit	J.-A. Lévesque	3,789
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Trottier	3,320
	New Democrat	Jean-Paul Guay	2,290
	Not affiliated	Jeannette Walsh	155
	Not affiliated	David Keith Orton	132

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Leblanc	10,085
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Paradis	3,310
	New Democrat	Roger Gauthier	1,646
	Social Credit	Guy Lévesque	1,582
	Not affiliated	Fernand Boubou Boucher	246
	Marxist–Leninist	Christiane Robidoux	182
	Communist	Jeanette Walsh	100

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Berger	17,366
	Social Credit	Gérard Baillarger	3,250
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Lanthier	2,790
	Rhino	Chatouille Sonia Coté	2,673
	New Democrat	Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe	1,934
	Union Populaire	Lucie Desrosiers	299
	Communist	Guy Desautels	179
	Marxist–Leninist	Bernard Deslières	118

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Berger	16,201
	Rhino	Sonia Chatouille Coté	3,067
	New Democrat	Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe	2,216
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Legris	1,572
	Social Credit	Edmond-Louis Girard	534
	Not affiliated	Louise Baillargeon	346
	Communist	Claire Durand	107
	Independent	André Frappier	102
	Union Populaire	Lucien Tremblay	95
	Marxist–Leninist	Bernard Deslières	63

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Berger	9,302
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Gagné	7,720
	New Democrat	Jean-Pierre Juneau	4,595
	Rhino	François Yo Gourd	3,247
	Nationaliste	Jean Saint-Amour	906
	Green	Robert Silverman	751
	Social Credit	Gilles Coté	194
	Communist	Brian O'Keefe	130
	Commonwealth	Jean Langevin	53

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament