Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie

Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon ridings.

It consisted of:

the county of Châteauguay, except the municipality of St-Joachim-de-Châteauguay;
the county of Huntingdon, (except the municipalities of St. Anicet and Ste. Barbe), and the town of Huntingdon;
the county of Laprairie (except the municipality of St-Jacques-le-Mineur), and the town of Laprairie; and
in the county of St. Jean, the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, St-Bernard-de-Lacolle and the village of Lacolle.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Beauharnois, Chambly, Laprairie and Saint-Jean ridings.

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Donald E. Black, Liberal (1949-1953)
Jean Boucher, Liberal (1953-1958)
Merrill E. Barrington, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
Jean Boucher, Liberal (1962-1963)
Ian Watson, Liberal (1963-1968)

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WATSON, Ian	14,222
	Progressive Conservative	CLARKE, Robert James	4,659
	New Democrat	TREMBLAY, Jean-Guy	2,369
	Ralliement créditiste	GAGNON, Marcellin	1,052
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	DE MONTIGNY, Roland	520