Bellechasse (electoral district)

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Bellechasse was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 until the 1997 election, when it became Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. After redistribution prior to the 2004 election, that riding became Lévis—Bellechasse.

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[edit] Description

In 1867, Bellechasse was defined to consist of the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, the south-west part of the Township of Armagh, the north-east part of the Township of Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux, Roux, Bellechasse and Daaquam.

In 1882, the north-eastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the north-east part of the township of Mailloux were detached from Bellechasse and annexed to Montmagny.

In 1924, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the County of Bellechasse, except for the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette in the municipality of Honfleur, and the townships of Langevin and Ware in the municipality of Ste. Sabine.

In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse (except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1947, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse, the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri in the county of Lévis, the municipality of St. Luc-de-Dijon the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St. François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1966, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the Town of Montmagny, the County of Bellechasse, parts of the County of Dorchester, and the County of Montmagny (except the municipality of Cap-Saint-Ignace).

In 1976, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the City of Montmagny, the Towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet and Saint-Pamphile, the County of Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (except the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise and the municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets), parts of the Counties of Bellechasse and Dorchester.

In 1987, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (excluding the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Louise), the Municipality of Saint-Rochdes-Aulnaies, and parts of the County of Dorchester.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and was incorporated into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Napoléon Casault, Conservative (1867-1870)
  2. Télesphore Fournier, Liberal (1870-1875)
  3. Joseph Goderic Blanchet, Conservative (1875-1878)
  4. Achille LaRue, Liberal (1878-1881)
  5. Guillame Amyot, Conservative/Nationalist (1881-1896)
  6. Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot, Liberal (1896-1911)
  7. Joseph-Octave LaVallee, Conservative (1911-1917)
  8. Charles-Alphonse Fournier, Liberal (1917-1926)
  9. Oscar L. Boulanger, Liberal (1926-1940)
  10. L.-Philippe Picard, Liberal (1940-1955)
  11. Ovide LaFlamme, Liberal (1955-1958)
  12. Noël Dorion, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
  13. Bernard Dumont, Social Credit (1962-1963)
  14. Herman Laverdière, Liberal (1963-1968)
  15. Adrien Lambert, Social Credit (1968-1980)
  16. Alain Grant, Liberal (1980-1984)
  17. Pierre Blais, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
  18. François Langlois, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative CASAULT, Napoléon 983
     Unknown REMILLARD, 671

By-Election: On Mr. Casault being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec:

By-election on 27 May 1870
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Télesphore acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Télesphore 1,219
     Conservative CARON, A. 638

By-Election: On Mr. Fournier being nominated Minister of Inland Revenue:

By-election on 27 November 1873
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Télesphore acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Hon. Télesphore acclaimed

By-Election: On Mr. Fournier being appointed to the Supreme Court Bench:

By-election on 23 November 1875
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative BLANCHET, Joseph Goderic 698
     Liberal LARUE, Achille 443
     Unknown BOUTIN, Pierre 359


Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LARUE, Achille 1,042
     Conservative AMYOT, G. 990

By-Election: On election being declared void:

By-election on 19 March 1881
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative AMYOT, Guillame 1,066
     Unknown BILODEAU, 1,035


Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative AMYOT, Guillaume 1,186
     Liberal PACAUD, Ph. Ol. alias Ernest 1,044


Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist AMYOT, G. 1,515
     Conservative BELLEAU, J.N. 878


Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative AMYOT, Guillaume 1,271
     Conservative DE ST. MAURICE, Faucher 1,165


Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest 1,537
     Conservative ROY, Joseph-Edmond 1,227


Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest 1,701
     Conservative GELLEY, Joseph-Emile 1,231


Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TALBOT, O.E. 1,819
     Conservative FRADETTE, J.B. 957


Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest 1,988
     Conservative VEZINA, Charles 627


Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative LAVALLEE, Joseph-Octave 1,742
     Liberal TALBOT, Onésiphore-Ernest 1,696


Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
     Opposition FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse 3,752
     Government GRENIER, Honoré 60
     Unknown MARCEAU, Thomas Wilfrid 30


Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse 5,195
     Progressive COTE, Joseph Cléophas 1,109


Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FOURNIER, Charles-Alphonse 4,596
     Conservative MCKENZIE, Murdock 1,917


Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal BOULANGER, Oscar L. 4,897
     Conservative DUSSAULT, Eugène F. 1,902


Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal BOULANGER, Oscar L. 4,786
     Conservative GAUDETTE, Joseph-Wilfrid 2,793


Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal BOULANGER, Oscar L. 7,470
     Conservative GOSSELIN, H. Fanning 1,720


Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal PICARD, L.-Philippe 6,585
     Unknown MORRISSETTE, Edouard 2,366


Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal PICARD, L.-Philippe 6,928
     Bloc populaire canadien BONENFANT, Joseph-Albert 3,540


Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal PICARD, L.-Philippe 7,395
     Independent BOUCHARD, Paul 4,798
     Union des électeurs FRENETTE, Donat 332
     Progressive Conservative ST-HILAIRE, Jean-Maurice 41


Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal PICARD, L.-Philippe 7,124
     Progressive Conservative ROY, J.-Emile 4,866

By-Election: On Mr. Picard's resignation:

By-election on 26 September 1955
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LAFLAMME, Ovide 5,945
     Progressive Conservative PARE, Jules 5,383


Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LAFLAMME, Ovide 7,960
     Progressive Conservative MIQUELON, Paul-Rodolphe 1,792
     Ind. Progressive Conservative PARE, Jules 1,026
     Ind. Progressive Conservative AUBIN, Allyre 139


Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative DORION, Noël 6,861
     Liberal LAFLAMME, Ovide 6,255


Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
     Social Credit DUMONT, Bernard 5,091
     Liberal LAFLAMME, Ovide 4,954
     Progressive Conservative DORION, Noël 2,953


Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LAVERDIERE, Herman 5,434
     Social Credit DUMONT, Bernard 5,367
     Progressive Conservative LALIBERTE, Maurice 1,291


Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LAVERDIERE, Herman 4,783
     Ralliement créditiste DUMONT, Bernard 4,432
     Progressive Conservative LA ROCHELLE, Jacques 2,264
     New Democratic Party LALONDE, Mariette 170


Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
     Ralliement créditiste LAMBERT, Adrien 11,137
     Liberal CHOQUETTE, Auguste 9,793
     Progressive Conservative POULIN, Gérard 2,262
     New Democratic Party LALONDE, Marcel 528


Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
     Social Credit LAMBERT, Adrien 12,999
     Liberal MERCIER, Pierre 11,714
     Progressive Conservative ROY, Germain 3,533
     New Democratic Party MARCEAU, Aurèle 776


Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
     Social Credit LAMBERT, Adrien 12,550
     Liberal PAQUIN, Louis 10,759
     Progressive Conservative GAUDREAU, Bertrand 3,210
     New Democratic Party LACHANCE, Marthe 604


Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Social Credit LAMBERT, Adrien 18,702
     Liberal RICHARD, Jean 17,584
     Progressive Conservative DESCHENES, Jean 2,924
     Rhinoceros CHENEVERT, Marie Claude 523 Rhino
     New Democratic Party DUPUIS, Guy 354
     Union Populaire BEAUDOIN, Jean 195


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal GARANT, Alain 20,636 Lib
     Social Credit LAMBERT, Adrien 15,124
     Progressive Conservative DESCHENES, Jean 2,912
     Rhinoceros CHABOT, Andrée 815 Rhino
     New Democratic Party GOUPIL, Napoléon 730
     Union Populaire THEBERGE, France 141


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative BLAIS, Pierre 24,357
     Liberal GARANT, Alain 14,500
     New Democratic Party LEMOINE, Roger 1,666
     Rhinoceros CHABOT, Serge Au-Boutte 1,070
     Nationaliste LIZOTTE, André 518


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative BLAIS, Pierre 27,621
     Liberal BEAULIEU, Claudette 11,120
     New Democratic Party PAPILLON, Gilles 2,762
     Green RABY, Alain 1,010


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Bloc Québécois LANGLOIS, François 17,098
     Progressive Conservative BLAIS, Pierre 15,952
     Liberal LEMIEUX, Eric 8,352
     New Democratic Party LECLERC, Robert 695

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