Pontiac—Témiscamingue
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Pontiac—Témiscamingue was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1947 from Pontiac riding.
It was defined to consist of:
- the county of Pontiac;
- the towns of Belleterre and Témiscamingue and the county of Témiscamingue, except the township of Montreuil, Rémigny, Beaumesnil, Clérion, Chabert, Landanet, Mazérac, Jourdan, Pélissier and Granet and all the townships situated north of Granet.
In 1966, it was split into the new electoral districts of Pontiac and Témiscamingue.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- John Hugh Proudfoot, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Paul Martineau, Progressive Conservative (1958-1965)
- Thomas Lefebvre, Liberal (1965-1968)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PROUDFOOT, John Hugh | 7,817 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | ARGUE, John McLean | 5,149 | |||
| Independent Liberal | CHABOT, Philippe | 3,041 | |||
| Union des électeurs | SAUVÉ, Charles-Alfred | 1,562 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | CAMPBELL, Douglas Langford | 362 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PROUDFOOT, Hugh | 9,041 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BÉLEC, Hector | 6,373 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PROUDFOOT, Hugh | 8,642 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MARTINEAU, Paul-A. | 7,878 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MARTINEAU, Paul | 8,842 | |||
| Liberal | PROUDFOOT, Hugh | 8,431 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MARTINEAU, Paul | 6,137 | |||
| Liberal | GOULET, Paul-Oliva | 6,005 | |||
| Social Credit | LEGAULT, Laurent | 4,624 | |||
| New Democrat | PARKER, Alex | 381 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MARTINEAU, Paul | 6,448 | |||
| Liberal | GOULET, Paul-Oliva | 6,448 | |||
| Social Credit | BEAULÉ, Yvan | 3,339 | |||
| New Democrat | CATHERWOOD, Lorne | 351 | |||
N.B. Mr. Martineau elected by the casting vote of the Returning Officer
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | LEFEBVRE, Tom | 6,593 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MARTINEAU, Paul | 6,322 | |||
| Ralliement créditiste | SAMSON, Camil | 3,279 | |||
| New Democrat | MORRIS, Kenneth | 434 | |||
| Ind. Social Credit | O'REILLY, Terrence | 194 | |||
