Richelieu (electoral district)

Richelieu
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

Richelieu was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 and was amalgamated into the Richelieu—Verchères electoral district in 1933.

In 1968, a new electoral district was created under the same name which is now known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richelieu
1st	1867–1870	Thomas McCarthy	Conservative
1st	1870–1872	Georges-Isidore Barthe	Independent Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Michel Mathieu	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Georges-Isidore Barthe	Independent Conservative
4th	1878–1882	Louis Huet Massue	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	Louis Huet Massue	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1887	Jean-Baptiste Labelle	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	Joseph-Aimé Massue
7th	1891–1892	Hector-Louis Langevin
7th	1892–1896	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	Liberal
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1907
10th	1907–1908	Adélard Lanctôt
11th	1908–1911	Adélard Lanctôt
12th	1911–1912	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
12th	1912–1917
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1924		Liberal
14th	1924–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Richelieu—Verchères

Election results[edit]

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas McCarthy	777
	Unknown	Joseph-Xavier Perrault	625
	Unknown	Gélinas	450

By-election: On Mr. McCarthy's death, 23 September 1870

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 November 1870
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,194
	Unknown	J. G. Crébassa	849

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michel Mathieu	1,249
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,108

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,320
	Conservative	Michel Mathieu	1,119

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Huet Massue	1,227
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,117

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Huet Massue	1,205
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	927

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste Labelle	1,618
	Liberal	N. H. Ladouceur	1,560

By-election: On Mr. Labelle's death, 3 August 1887

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 October 1887
	Conservative	Joseph-Aimé Massue	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	1,701
	Liberal	Lomer Gouin	1,393

By-election: On Mr. Langevin's resignation

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 11 January 1892
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	1,609
	Conservative	Alphonse Desjardins	1,475

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	1,803
	Conservative	J. B. Vanasse	1,533

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	2,081
	Conservative	L. B. J. Leclaire	1,769

By-election: On Mr. Bruneau being appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 29 January 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 March 1907
	Liberal	Adélard Lanctôt	2,467
	Liberal	A. O. Rondeau	1,363

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Adélard Lanctôt	2,468
	Conservative	Edward A. D. Morgan	1,448

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	2,373
	Conservative	Arthur Pierre Vanasse	1,639

By-election: On election being declared void, 29 April 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 24 October 1912
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	2,154
	Conservative	E. A. D. Morgan	1,896

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	3,355
	Government (Unionist)	Edward André "D." Morgan	834

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	4,706
	Conservative	William George Marcellin Morgan	2,044

By-election: On Mr. Cardin's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 30 January 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 February 1924
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	4,562
	Conservative	William Georges Marcellin Morgan	2,565

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	4,893
	Conservative	Aimé Chassé	2,927

By-election: On Mr. Cardin's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	5,644
	Conservative	Joseph-Louis-Alphonse L'Heureux	3,236

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

1867-1935

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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