Bonaventure (electoral district)

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Bonaventure (later known as Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1997. It was created as "Bonaventure" riding by the British North America Act of 1867.

1 History
2 Members of Parliament
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

In 1933, it was defined to consisted of the county of Bonaventure and the municipalities of Ste-Florence, Ste-Marguerite-Marie and Causapscal (parish and village) in the county of Matapedia.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist only of the county of Bonaventure.

In 1952, parts of the county of Matapédia were added: the townships of Assemetquagan and Milnikek, the projected township of Roncevaux and, the township of Assemetquagan in the municipality of Saint-Fidèle-de-Ristigouche.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine and the Townships of Milnikek and Assemetquagan in the County of Matapédia.

In 1976, it was defined to consist of:

the Towns of Carleton, Causapscal and New Richmond;
the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine; and
in the County of Matapédia: the parish municipalities of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal and Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville; the municipalities of Saint-Edmond, Sainte-Florence and Sainte-Marguerite; the Township of Milnikek and that part of the Township of Assemetquagan without local municipal organization.

In 1987, it was defined to consist of

the towns of Carleton and New Richmond;
the County of Bonaventure excluding the following: the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anseaux-Gascons; the Township Municipality of Port-Daniel-Partie-Est; the Territory of Bonaventure-Routhierville portion; and
the County of Iles-de-la-Madeleine.

The riding's name was changed to "Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine" in 1971.

The district was amalgamated into the Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Théodore Robitaille, Conservative (1867-1879)
Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, Conservative (1879-1882)
Louis-Joseph Riopel, Conservative (1882-1891)
William LeBoutillier Fauvel, Liberal (1891-1897)
Jean-François Guité, Liberal (1897-1900)
Charles Marcil, Lieral (1900-1937)
Pierre-Emile Cote, Liberal (1937-1940)
J.-Alphée Poirier, Liberal (1940-1945)
Bona Arsenault, Independent/Liberal (1945-1957)
Nérée Aresenault, Progressive Conservative (1957-1958)
Lucien Grenier, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
Albert Bechard, Liberal (1962-1979)
Rémi Bujold, Liberal (1979-1984)
Darryl Gray, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
Patrick Gagnon, Liberal (1993-1997)

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	1,018
	Unknown	Tremblay	444

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	999
	Unknown	J.R. Hamilton	232
	Unknown	A. Verge	2

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 February 1873 On Mr. Robitaille's appointment as Receiver-General, 30 January 1873
	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	1,063
	Unknown	M. Tremblay	742

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	1,014
	Unknown	W.H. Clapperton	825

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 August 1879 On Mr. Robitaille's appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 26 July 1879
	Conservative	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Joseph Riopel	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Joseph Riopel	1,352
	Liberal	George Pierre Roy	994

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William LeBoutillier Fauvel	1,707
	Conservative	A.A. Laferriere	1,003

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William LeBoutillier Fauvel	1,644
	Conservative	George P. Roy	1,331

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 March 1897 On Mr. Fauvel's death, 8 February 1897
	Liberal	J.F. Guite	1,908
	Conservative	Charles Cyr	1,116

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	1,567
	Conservative	Jean Baptiste Belanger	1,418

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	2,280
	Conservative	Thomas Crockett	1,388

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	2,408
	Conservative	Arthur Beauchesne	1,146

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	2,444
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau	1,395

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Charles Marcil	4,131
	Government	Philippe Furois	1,236

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	6,136
	Conservative	Thomas Robert Busteed	1,599

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	4,344
	Conservative	Etienne Théodore Paquet	3,815

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	6,164
	Conservative	Eugene Paquet	5,155

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	5,894
	Conservative	Edward Andrew D. Morgan	5,848

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Marcil	8,498
	Conservative	James Joseph Jessop	5,935

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 March 1937 On Mr. Marcil's death, 29 January 1937
	Liberal	Pierre-Emile Cote	7,735
	Conservative	William O'Donnell	6,076
	Independent	Maurice Thibault	225

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Alphée Poirier	9,446
	National Government	Bona Arsenault	5,741

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Bona Arsenault	7,885
	Liberal	John C. Gilker	6,605
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Pratt	1,046

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bona Arsenault	9,802
	Progressive Conservative	Edouard Dion	6,776
	Independent Liberal	Bertrand Tremblay	437

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bona Arsenault	9,177
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Augustin Goulet	6,446

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Nérée Arsenault	8,161
	Liberal	Bona Arsenault	7,903

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Grenier	9,135
	Liberal	André Dube	7,741

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	7,559
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Grenier	6,286
	Social Credit	Conrad-V. Audet	3,025

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	9,092
	Social Credit	J.-O-Gérard Bernard	4,302
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Grenier	2,785

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	8,985
	Progressive Conservative	AURÈLE	6,236
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Audet	733
	New Democrat	Marc Boulard	251

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	10,144
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Audet	4,240
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Bourdages	3,674
	Independent	Henri Chapados	680
	New Democrat	Bernard Martin	282

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	12,213
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard-Raymond Blais	5,108
	Social Credit	Gérard Audet	4,842
	New Democrat	Huguette-L. Gauthier	480

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Bechard	12,977
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard-Raymond Blais	6,884
	New Democrat	Huguette-L. Gauthier	1,313

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rémi Bujold	15,777
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Carbonneau	11,641
	New Democrat	Huguette Gauthier	1,514

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rémi Bujold	19,193
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Josée Pinard	5,063
	New Democrat	John Foran	1,568
	Rhino	Louis Philippe Tulip Leblanc	917
	Social Credit	Gérard Bernard	528
	Rhino	Jacques Simard	391

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl L. Gray	15,502
	Liberal	Rémi Bujold	13,689
	New Democrat	Martin Cauvier	1,040
	Not affiliated	Sylvain Sauvé	440
	Commonwealth	Jacques Bernier	280

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl Gray	15,491
	Liberal	Lyse Routhier	9,296
	New Democrat	Germaine Poirier	1,546

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Gagnon	12,334
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Saint-Pierre	9,228
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl L. Gray	6,019
	New Democrat	Germaine Poirier	377