Beauharnois—Laprairie

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Beauharnois—Laprairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949.

This riding was created in 1933 from Beauharnois and Laprairie—Napierville ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Beauharnois, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie and Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville ridings.

It consisted of the county of Beauharnois (excluding the municipality of St-Etienne), the county of Laprairie, the municipalities of Ste-Philomène, St-Joachim and the towns of De Léry and of Châteauguay, and the municipality of Ste-Barbe.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Maxime Raymond, Liberal/Bloc populaire canadien (1935-1949)

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal RAYMOND, Maxime 10,052
     Conservative BEAUSOLEIL, Noël 3,954
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal RAYMOND, Maxime 11,244
     National Government ROY, Hormisdas 3,471
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Bloc populaire canadien RAYMOND, Maxime 10,716
     Liberal CAUCHON, Robert 10,378
     Progressive Conservative SULLIVAN, Arthur W. 1,779

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