Richmond—Wolfe
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For other electoral districts with similar names, see Richmond (electoral district)
Richmond–Wolfe (also known as Richmond) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1997.
It was created as by the British North America Act of 1867.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and Drummond ridings.
Richmond riding was renamed "Richmond—Wolfe" in 1980.
In 1996, it was abolished when it was redistributed into the new districts of Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Richmond—Wolfe, 1867- 1968
- William Hoste Webb, Conservative, (1867-1874)
- Hon. Henry Aylmer, Liberal, (1874-1878)
- William Bullock Ives, Conservative, (1878-1891)
- Clarence Chester Cleveland, Conservative, (1891-1896)
- Michael Thomas Stenson, Liberal, (1896-1900)
- Edmund William Tobin, Liberal, (1900-1930)
- Joseph-François Laflèche, Conservative, (1930-1935)
- James Patrick Mullins, Liberal, (1935-1949)
- Ernest-Omer Gingras, Liberal, (1949-1958)
- V. Florent Dubois, Progressive Conservative, (1958-1962)
- André Bernier, Social Credit, (1962-1963)
- Patrick Asselin, Liberal, (1963-1968)
Richmond, 1968-1980
- Léonel Beaudoin, Ralliement créditiste (1968-1979)
- Alain Tardif, Liberal (1979-1980)
Richmond—Wolfe, 1980-1997
- Alain Tardif, Liberal (1980-1988)
- Yvon Côté, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
- Gaston Leroux, Bloc Québécois ([1993-1997)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Hoste Webb | 1,137 | |||
| Unknown | Beique | 903 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1872 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Hoste Webb | 893 | |||
| Unknown | J.H. Graham | 483 | |||
| Unknown | O. Gaudet | 389 | |||
| Unknown | W.E. Jones | 290 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Henry Aylmer Jr. | 1,111 | |||
| Unknown | W.H. Webb | 949 | |||
| Unknown | O. Gaudet | 10 | |||
| By-election on 4 December 1874
On Mr. Aylmer being unseated on petition, 24 October 1874 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Aylmer | 978 | |||
| Unknown | Henry-R. Hanning | 592 | |||
| Unknown | L.C. Bélanger | 414 | |||
| Unknown | Scarry | 19 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Bullock Ives | 1,684 | |||
| Liberal | H. Aylmer | 1,069 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Bullock Ives | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | William Bullock Ives | 2,355 | |||
| Liberal | J.N. Greenshields | 2,218 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | C.C. Cleveland | 2,416 | |||
| Liberal | Hon. W. Laurier | 2,135 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | M.T. Stenson | 2,782 | |||
| Conservative | C.C. Cleveland | 2,544 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 3,500 | |||
| Conservative | Joseph-H. Coté-crépeau | 2,517 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 3,689 | |||
| Conservative | Moïse O'Brady | 2,516 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1908 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 3,850 | |||
| Conservative | John Champoux | 3,051 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1911 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 3,855 | |||
| Conservative | John Hayes | 3,311 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1917 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Opposition | Edmund William Tobin | 6,448 | |||
| Government | Marcus George Crombie | 1,634 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 10,340 | |||
| Independent | Azarie Lemire | 2,986 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 7,292 | |||
| Conservative | Joseph Hormisdas Paré | 3,689 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edmund William Tobin | 8,788 | |||
| Conservative | John Hayes | 5,100 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Joseph-François Laflèche | 9,025 | |||
| Liberal | Walter George Mitchell | 7,870 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Patrick Mullins | 6,278 | |||
| Conservative | François-Joseph Laflèche | 5,034 | |||
| Independent Liberal | Marcel Bédard | 2,533 | |||
| Reconstruction | Phidime Brodeur | 950 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Patrick Mullins | 8,554 | |||
| National Government | Joseph-Alexandre Goulet | 4,295 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Patrick Mullins | 8,459 | |||
| Bloc populaire canadien | Émilien Lafrance | 5,088 | |||
| Independent | Arthur-H. Marcotte | 1,271 | |||
| Social Credit | Roland Pelletier | 1,147 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Ernest-Omer Gingras | 13,621 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | J.-Gustave Nadeau | 3,990 | |||
| Union des électeurs | Rolland Pelletier | 2,493 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Ernest-Omer Gingras | 13,006 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Nicol | 7,254 | |||
| Labour-Progressive | Hubert Rhéaume | 133 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Ernest-Omer Gingras | 10,300 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Nicol | 7,243 | |||
| Independent Liberal | J.-Raymond Noël | 4,508 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | V.-Florent Dubois | 11,984 | |||
| Liberal | Ernest-Omer Gingras | 11,299 | |||
| Social Credit | Lucien Bachand | 560 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | André Bernier | 11,816 | |||
| Liberal | Gaston-H. Théroux | 6,430 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | V.-Florent Dubois | 5,843 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Patrick-T. Asselin | 8,762 | |||
| Social Credit | André Bernier | 8,312 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | V.-Florent Dubois | 4,063 | |||
| New Democrat | Lewis Craig | 928 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Patrick-T. Asselin | 8,685 | |||
| Ralliement créditiste | Léonel Beaudoin | 6,662 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | J.-Osias Poirier | 4,359 | |||
| New Democrat | André Drouin | 1,660 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Ralliement créditiste | Léonel Beaudoin | 11,853 | |||
| Liberal | Patrick-T. Asselin | 8,870 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Falconio Tardif | 3,527 | |||
| New Democrat | Nicole Rinfret-bédard | 608 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Léonel Beaudoin | 14,133 | |||
| Liberal | Léo-Paul Thibeault | 8,657 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Bachand | 3,887 | |||
| New Democrat | Francine Mailloux | 624 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Léonel Beaudoin | 11,825 | |||
| Liberal | Jean-Yves Poisson | 9,526 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Bachand | 5,094 | |||
| New Democrat | Laurian Lefrancois | 917 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Alain Tardif | 15,135 | |||
| Social Credit | Denis Beaudoin | 14,662 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Bibeau | 2,472 | |||
| New Democrat | Lida Bourgeois | 551 | |||
| Rhino | Fern Prince | 414 | |||
| Union Populaire | Guy Baillargeon | 162 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Alain Tardif | 21,104 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Denis Beaudoin | 8,365 | |||
| New Democrat | André Cardinal | 1,477 | |||
| Social Credit | Serge Boissonneault | 1,322 | |||
| Rhino | Denys Caron | 876 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Alain Tardif | 18,069 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Jacques Croteau | 13,835 | |||
| New Democrat | Harriet J. Schleifer | 1,638 | |||
| Nationaliste | Ivan Hébert-croteau | 1,339 | |||
| Social Credit | Léo Dion | 273 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvon Coté | 19,451 | |||
| Liberal | Alain Tardif | 16,813 | |||
| New Democrat | Marc-André Péloquin | 3,918 | |||
| Rhino | Jean Marceau | 790 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gaston Leroux | 22,235 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvon Coté | 10,004 | |||
| Liberal | Gaétan Dumas | 9,159 | |||
| Natural Law | Anne-Marie Marois | 678 | |||
| New Democrat | Marc-André Peloquin | 476 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
