Montreal East (electoral district)

For the city in Quebec of the same name, see Montreal East, Quebec.

Montreal East was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the St. Lewis Ward, St. James Ward and the St. Mary's Ward. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. James, St. Lawrence, and St. Mary ridings.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	George-Étienne Cartier	2,431
	Liberal	M. Lanctot	2,085

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Amable Jetté	3,264
	Liberal-Conservative	George E. Cartier	2,007

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Amable Jetté	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-Joseph Coursol	4,626
	Unknown	F.X. Archambeault	3,234

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-Joseph Coursol	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-Joseph Coursol	acclaimed

By-election on 26 September 1888 On Mr. Coursol's death, 4 August 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine	3,818
	Unknown	Poirier	3,155

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine	5,840
	Liberal	L.O. David	5,015

See also

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

External links

• Parliament of Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament