La Prairie (electoral district)

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La Prairie (previously known as Laprairie) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896 and from 1968 to 1997.

The riding of "Laprairie" was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Parishes of Laprairie, Saint-Philippe, Saint Jacques le Mineur, Saint Isidore and Saint Constant, the Indian Lands of Sault Saint Louis, and all islands in the River Saint Lawrence close to the county. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into the Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville electoral districts.

The riding was re-created in 1966 from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie ridings. It consisted of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Châteauguay Heights, Delson, Greenfield Park, La Prairie, LeMoyne, Léry and Préville; and
in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipalities of Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine-d'Alexandrie-de-Laprairie; and the Indian Reserve of Caughnawaga No. 14.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Greenfield Park, La Prairie and LeMoyne; and
in the county of Laprairie: the municipality of Notre-Dame.

In 1980, it was renamed "La Prairie".

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie et Saint-Lambert.

The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Brossard—La Prairie riding.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
- 2.1 Laprairie
- 2.2 La Prairie
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1867 - 1896

Alfred Pinsonneault, Conservative (1867-1887)
Cyrille Doyon, Independent Liberal (1887-1891)
Louis Conrad Pelletier, Conservative (1891-1896)

1968 - 1997

Ian Watson, Liberal (1968-1979)
Pierre Deniger, Liberal (1979-1984)
Fernand Jourdenais, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
Richard Bélisle, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)

[edit] Election results

[edit] Laprairie

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WATSON, Ian	31,968
	Progressive Conservative	LABERGE, H.-René	5,316
	New Democrat	DEMERS, Yves	3,551
	Ralliement créditiste	GAGNON, Marcellin	1,288

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WATSON, Ian	34,557
	Progressive Conservative	NELSON, Robert-F.	9,147
	Social Credit	GAGNON, Marcellin	7,315
	New Democrat	BOULANGER, Bernard	5,261

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WATSON, Ian	35,276
	Progressive Conservative	BROSSARD, Georges	12,767
	New Democrat	BOHRER, Jean-Claude	5,153
	Social Credit	CODERRE, Aimé	3,855

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DENIGER, Pierre	39,410
	Progressive Conservative	VASSEUR, Jacques	6,576
	Social Credit	ROY, Maurice	4,461
	New Democrat	BOHRER, Jean-Claude	4,188
	Rhino	MARCOTTE, Jacques Cinq Cennes	1,335
	Libertarian	CHAMBERLAIN, David Beaulieu	435
	Union Populaire	LABELLE, Christian	266
	Marxist-Leninist	ÉTHIER, Jocelyne	121

[edit] La Prairie

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DENIGER, Pierre	36,842
	New Democrat	BOHRER, Jean-Claude	5,894
	Progressive Conservative	L'ÉCUYER, Thérèse	4,960
	Rhino	FERRON, Jacques	1,868
	Social Credit	ROY, Maurice	948
	Libertarian	CHAMBERLAIN, David B.	297
	Union Populaire	LABELLE, Christian	222
	Marxist-Leninist	ÉTHIER, Jocelyne	87

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	JOURDENAIS, Fernand	26,506
	Liberal	DENIGER, Pierre	25,182
	New Democrat	CHEVALIER-GRÉGOIRE, Lyse	8,602
	Rhino	FISICARO, Monique Spazzola	1,851
	Nationaliste	WECOWSKI, Marian	1,373
	Commonwealth	GÉLINEAU, Jean-Pierre	157

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	JOURDENAIS, Fernand	30,834
	Liberal	DENIGER, Pierre	19,497
	New Democrat	KATZ, Bruce	6,228
	Rhino	AUDET, Marc-André Shakespeare	1,378
	Commonwealth	GAUTHIER, Alain	186

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	BÉLISLE, Richard	27,490
	Liberal	SAADA, Jacques	27,014
	Progressive Conservative	JOURDENAIS, Fernand	7,852
	New Democrat	AKOUM, Mohamed	708
	Natural Law	MONTPETIT, Pierre	691
	Commonwealth	GAUTHIER, Alain	200