- Charlevoix (electoral district)
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This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Charlevoix (provincial electoral district).
Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.
The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.
The most well-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.
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Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
1867 - 1917
- Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1867-1872)
- Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1872-1876)
- Hector-Louis Langevin, Conservative (1876-1878)
- Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1878-1879)
- Joseph-Stanislas Perrault, Conservative (1879-1881)
- Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1881-1887)
- Simon Cimon, Conservative (1887-1891)
- Henry Simard, Liberal (1891-1895)
- Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers, Liberal (1896-1904)
- Rodolphe Forget, Conservative (1904-1917)
1949 - 2004
- August Maltais, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Martial Asselin, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- L.P.-Antoine Belanger, Social Credit (1962-1965)
- Martial Asselin, Prog. Cons. (1965-1972)
- Gilles Caouette, Social Credit (1972-1974)
- Charles Lapointe, Liberal (1974-1984)
- Charles-André Hamelin, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
- Brian Mulroney, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
- Gérard Asselin, Bloc Québécois (1993-2004)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1867 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 999 Unknown Gagnon 911 Canadian federal election, 1872 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,485 Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 779 Canadian federal election, 1874 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,377 Conservative P.J.O. Chauveau 1,104 By-election on 22 January 1876 Election declared void
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 952 Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 741 By-election on 23 March 1877 By-election declared void
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 1,185 Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,129 Canadian federal election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Pierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,052 Unknown J.S. Perrault 936 By-election on 13 February 1879 Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Joseph-Stanislas Perrault 1,077 Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 898 By-election on 19 March 1881 By-election declared void
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 929 Conservative Joseph-Stanislas Perrault 854 Canadian federal election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon 954 Unknown J.A.J. Kane 601 Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes Independent Liberal Simon-Xavier Cimon 903 Nationalist J.A. Tremblay 819 Unknown C.H.A. Clement 688 Unknown J.A. Hamel 309 By-election on 28 September 1887 Cimon's death, 26 June 1887
Party Candidate Votes Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,436 Unknown J.A. Tremblay 1,025 Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry Simard 1,542 Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,235 By-election on 27 January 1896 Simard's death, 6 November 1895
Party Candidate Votes Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,403 Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,273 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,517 Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,342 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rodolphe Forget 1,684 Liberal Louis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,601 Canadian federal election, 1908 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rodolphe Forget 1,934 Liberal Joseph Camille Pouliot 1,725 Canadian federal election, 1911 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rodolphe Forget 2,020 Liberal Lucien Cannon 1,358 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Auguste Maltais 9,543 Independent Emile Boiteau 4,402 Progressive Conservative Joseph-Hidas-Aimé Dufour 1,608 Union des électeurs Pierre Simard 940 Independent Liberal Donat Lacroix 217 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Auguste Maltais 10,742 Progressive Conservative Frédéric Dorion 7,259 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Auguste Maltais 10,182 Progressive Conservative Guy Dorion 7,532 Social Credit Jean-Louis Hudon 246 Independent Liberal Jos. Gignac 213 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 12,315 Liberal Auguste Maltais 7,918 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 8,645 Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 6,341 Liberal Auguste Maltais 5,408 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 7,390 Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 6,843 Liberal Meredy Bouchard 5,787 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 6,844 Liberal Aimé Racine 6,676 Ralliement créditiste J.-Adélard Froment 5,556 New Democrat Paul-Henri Dufresne 556 Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Martial Asselin 9,487 Liberal Aimé Racine 8,282 Ralliement créditiste Raymond Poulin 3,831 New Democrat Reginald Boulay 1,070 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Gilles Caouette 10,264 Liberal Jean-Guy Alain 10,105 Progressive Conservative Pierre-Paul Savard 5,747 Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Lapointe 10,372 Social Credit Gilles Caouette 8,905 Progressive Conservative Gualbert Tremblay 4,942 New Democrat Gaétan Tremblay 692 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Lapointe 18,031 Social Credit Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon 8,004 Progressive Conservative Paul-André Tremblay 4,503 New Democrat Normand Laforce 613 Union Populaire Margot Kaszap 251 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Lapointe 22,130 Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Dufour 5,679 New Democrat Normand Laforce 1,273 Social Credit Angelo Emond 1,021 Rhino Guy Pantouffe Laliberte 945 Union Populaire Lise Brodeur 232 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Charles-André Hamelin 23,661 Liberal Charles Lapointe 11,906 New Democrat Jocelyn Toulouse 1,022 Nationaliste Victorien Pilote 610 Canadian federal election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney 33,730 Liberal Martin Cauchon 5,994 New Democrat Kenneth Choquette 1,819 Rhino François Yo Gourd 600 Canadian federal election, 1993 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 23,615 Liberal André Desgagnés 7,140 Progressive Conservative Gérard Guy 6,781 New Democrat Audrey Carpentier 552 Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 19,792 Liberal Ghislain Maltais 9,838 Progressive Conservative Nicole Massicotte 6,443 New Democrat François Dumoutier 454 Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 20,479 Liberal Marjolaine Gagnon 9,308 Canadian Alliance Pierre Paradis 1,905 Progressive Conservative Doris Grondin 1,154 New Democrat Joss Duhaime 484 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Parliament of Canada Preceded by
ManicouaganConstituency represented by the Prime Minister
1988-1993Succeeded by
Vancouver CentreCategories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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