St. Lawrence—St. George

St. Lawrence—St. George was a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridings. It was initially defined to consist of St. Lawrence and St. George Wards of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to various streets of Montreal.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Saint-Henri, Saint-Jacques and Westmount ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne, Government (Unionist), 1917–1921
• Herbert Meredith Marler, Liberal, 1921–1925
• Charles Hazlitt Cahan, Conservative, 1925–1940
• Brooke Claxton, Liberal, 1940–1954
• Claude Richardson, Liberal, 1954–1958
• Egan Chambers, Progressive Conservative, 1958–1962
• John Napier Turner, Liberal, 1962–1968

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Charles Ballantyne	5,806
	Opposition	William Clement Munn	2,403

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Herbert Marler	7,836
	Conservative	Charles Ballantyne	5,275
	Labour	Rose Mary Louise Henderson	510

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,509
	Liberal	Hon. Herbert Marler	5,580

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	5,725
	Liberal	William Clement Munn	3,826

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,666
	Liberal	Ernest Pitt	3,653

By-election on 25 August 1930 On Cahan's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,862
	Liberal	Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen	5,695
	Reconstruction	Godefroy Dumont Laviolette	1,461

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	11,553
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,568

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	10,301
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick Ross Phelan	6,171
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Wilks	1,454
	Bloc populaire canadien	Marcel Garneau	1,193
	Labour-Progressive	Gordon McCutcheon	871
	Independent	Alfred Routhier	263

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	15,104
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Trenholme Ballantyne	5,911
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jeannine Théorêt	1,146

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	9,082
	Progressive Conservative	David L. De Volpi	4,648
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	444
	Labour-Progressive	Frank Brenton	428

By-election on 8 November 1954 On Claxton's resignation, 31 July 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	6,548
	Progressive Conservative	David De Volpi	4,489
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Albert Renaud	425
	Labour-Progressive	Frank Brenton	277

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	7,758
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	6,219
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Mergler	440
	Labour-Progressive	Frank Brenton	360

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	9,702
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	7,132
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Mergler	534
	Labour-Progressive	Frank Brenton	279

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	7,227
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	4,969
	New Democrat	R. Barry Rutland	1,282
	Social Credit	Eugène Caraghiaur	437

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	8,552
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	3,796
	New Democrat	R. Barry Rutland	1,606
	Social Credit	Charles Sucsany	708

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	6,920
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Warkentin	2,648
	New Democrat	Frank Auf der Maur	1,676
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Plante	274

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1914 - 1947
• 1947 - 1952
• 1952 - 1966