Québec-Comté (provincial electoral district)

Québec-Comté
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1867
District abolished	1965
First contested	1867
Last contested	1962

Québec-Comté (or Quebec County) was a former provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It was located in the general area of Quebec County, one of the historic counties of Quebec. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1867 election. Its final election was in 1962. It disappeared in the 1966 election and its successor electoral district was Chauveau.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Conservative Party (1867–1873)
Pierre Garneau, Conservative Party (1873–1878)
David Alexander Ross, Liberal (1878–1881)
Pierre Garneau, Conservative Party (1881–1886)
Thomas Chase Casgrain, Conservative Party (1886–1890)
Charles Fitzpatrick, Liberal (1890–1896)
Némèse Garneau, Liberal (1897–1901)
Cyril Fraser Delâge, Liberal (1901–1916)
Aurèle Leclerc, Liberal (1916–1923)
Ludger Bastien, Conservative Party (1924–1927)
Joseph-Ephraim Bedard, Liberal (1927–1935)
Francis Byrne, Liberal (1935–1936)
Adolphe Marcoux, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
François-Xavier Bouchard, Liberal (1939–1944)
René Chaloult, Nationaliste - Independent (1944–1952)
Jean-Jacques Bédard, Liberal (1952–1956)
Émilien Rochette, Union Nationale (1956–1960)
Jean-Jacques Bédard, Liberal (1960–1966)

Election results

Quebec provincial by-election, October 31, 1901 Némèse Garneau appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cyrille-Fraser Delâge	1,794	60.69
	Independent Liberal	C.-Eugène Dubour	1,119	37.86
	Liberal	Narcisse Dion	43	1.45
Total valid votes			2,956	100.00

1904 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Cyrille-Fraser Delâge	Acclaimed

1908 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cyrille-Fraser Delâge	2,450	64.59
	Conservative	Joseph-Ed. Bédard	1,343	35.41
Total valid votes			3,793	100.00

1912 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyrille-Fraser Delâge	2,529	52.19	-12.41
	Conservative	Alleyn Taschereau	2,317	47.81	+12.41
Total valid votes			4,846	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.41

1916 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurèle Leclerc	2,378	76.36	+24.18
	Conservative	Alfred Martineau	736	23.64	-24.18
Total valid votes			3,114	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+24.18

1919 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aurèle Leclerc	Acclaimed

1923 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aurèle Leclerc	Acclaimed

Quebec provincial by-election, November 5, 1924 Aurèle Leclerc named Joint Registrar of Quebec
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ludger Bastien	2,618	51.25
	Liberal	Joseph-Éphraim Bédard	2,490	48.75
Total valid votes			5,108	100.00
Date source: Montreal Gazette, November 6, 1924, pg 1

1927 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Éphraim Bédard	3,081	53.19	+4.45
	Conservative	Ludger Bastien	2,711	46.81	-4.45
Total valid votes			5,792	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.45

1931 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Éphraim Bédard	3,747	54.66	+1.47
	Conservative	Ludger Bastien	3,108	45.34	-1.47
Total valid votes			6,855	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.47

1935 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Byrne	3,987	48.07	-6.69
	Action libérale nationale	Joseph-Oliva-Horace Philippon	3,753	45.25
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Albert Auclair	554	6.68
Total valid votes			8,294	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-25.92

1936 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Union Nationale	Adolphe Marcoux	4,651	56.15	+10.90
	Liberal	Francis Byrne	3,632	43.85	-4.22
Total valid votes			8,283	100.00
	Union Nationale gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.56

^ UN change is compared to ALN.

1939 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	François-Xavier Bouchard	3,539	47.17	+3,32
	Union Nationale	Émile Delâge	2,663	35.49	-20.66
	Action libérale nationale	J.-Arthur Dion	1,052	14.02
	Liberal	Albert Chrétien	249	3.32
Total valid votes			7,503	100.00
	Liberal gain from Union Nationale		Swing		+11.99

1944 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	René Chaloult	6,587	34.79
	Liberal	Joseph Pagé	6,224	32.88	-14.29
	Union Nationale	Ludger Bastien	6,120	32.33	-3.16
Total valid votes			18,931	100.00
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		+24.54

1948 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	René Chaloult	11,807	49.49	+14.70
	Liberal	Joseph-Oliva-Horace Philippon	7,546	31.63	-1.25
	Social Credit	J.-Adélard Bélair	4,503	18.88
Total valid votes			23,856	100.00
	Independent hold		Swing		+7.97

1952 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Bédard	11,230	39.67	+8.04
	National	René Chaloult	9,734	34.39	-15.11
	Independent Union Nationale	Léopold Larochelle	7,344	25.94
Total valid votes			28,308	100.00
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		+11.57

1956 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Union Nationale	Émilien Rochette	21,272	56.22
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Bédard	16,225	42.88	+3.21
	Independent Union Nationale	Lorenzo Alain	280	0.74
	Labor–Progressive	Georges Boisvert	63	0.17
Total valid votes			37,840	100.00
	Union Nationale gain from Liberal		Swing		+26.50

1960 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Bédard	27,839	55.95	+13.07
	Union Nationale	Émilien Rochette	20,686	41.57	-14.64
	Independent	Léopold Larochelle	1,232	2.48
Total valid votes			49,757	100.00
	Liberal gain from Union Nationale		Swing		+13.86

1962 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Bédard	34,090	57.80	+1.85
	Union Nationale	Gaston Tremblay	24,894	42.20	+0.63
Total valid votes			58,894	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.61

References

Election results

Election results (National Assembly)