Trois-Rivières (electoral district)

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**Trois-Rivières**
Quebec electoral district
Trois-Rivières in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Paule Brunelle BQ
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	94,272
Electors (2006)	76,988
Area (km²)	206
Pop. density (per km²)	457.6
Census divisions	Trois-Rivières
Census subdivisions	Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières (formerly known as Three Rivers and Trois-Rivières Métropolitain) is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present.

It was created as "Three Rivers" riding by the British North America Act of 1867. The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Three Rivers and St. Maurice riding.

The electoral district's English name changed in 1947 to "Trois-Rivières". The riding's name was changed again in 1972 to "Trois-Rivières Métropolitain". Trois-Rivières Métropolitain was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into a new "Trois-Rivières" riding and Champlain riding.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Including Mother Districts (since 1867)
5 Footnotes
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding, in the Quebec region of Mauricie, consists of most of the city of Trois-Rivières, excepting the former cities of Trois-Rivières-Ouest and Pointe-du-Lac.

The neighbouring ridings are Berthier—Maskinongé, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour.

[edit] History

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Three Rivers
1st	1867-1868	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	Conservative
1868 By-election	1868-1872	William McDougall	Conservative
2nd	1872-1874
3rd	1874-1878
4th	1878
1878 By-election	1878-1882	Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative
5th	1882-1887
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1896
Three Rivers and St. Maurice from 1892-1935.
18th	1935-1940	Wilfrid Gariépy (first term)	Liberal
19th	1940-1945	Robert Ryan	Liberal
20th	1945-1949	Wilfrid Gariépy (second term)	Independent
Trois-Rivières
21st	1949-1953	Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Independent
28th	1968-1971	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Liberal
1971 By-election	1971-1972	Claude Lajoie	Liberal
Trois-Rivières Métropolitain
29th	1972-1974	Claude Lajoie	Liberal
30th	1974-1979	Claude Lajoie	Liberal
Trois-Rivières
31st	1979-1980	Claude Lajoie	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984	Claude Lajoie	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988	Pierre H. Vincent	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993	Pierre H. Vincent	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997	Yves Rocheleau	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006	Paule Brunelle	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006—	Paule Brunelle	Bloc Québécois

[edit] Election results

[edit] Trois-Rivières, 1979-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	22,331
	Conservative	Luc Ménard	15,423
	Liberal	Martine Girard	5,268
	New Democrat	Geneviève Boivin	3,774
	Green	Linda Lavoie	1,513
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	371

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	26,240
	Liberal	Jean-Éric Guindon	12,703
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Mercier	4,381
	New Democrat	Marc Tessier	1,635
	Green	Linda Lavoie	1,476

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	22,405
	Liberal	Denis Normandin	20,606
	Canadian Alliance	Luc Legaré	2,161
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Healy	1,599
	Natural Law	Gilles Raymond	538
	New Democrat	David Horlock	512
	Marxist-Leninist	Alexandre Deschênes	184

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	21,267
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Doucet	15,692
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Charland	12,102
	New Democrat	Dorothy Hénaut	528
	Natural Law	Roger Périgny	503

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	24,882
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	11,053
	Liberal	Jean-Pierre Caron	9,937
	Natural Law	Roger Périgny	522
	New Democrat	Maryse Choquette	374

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	29,370
	Liberal	Nicholas Papirakis	6,727
	New Democrat	Josée Trudel	5,470
	Rhino	Danielle La Chicane Saint-Laurent	826
	Not affiliated	Lise Éthier	249

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	26,843
	Liberal	Françoise C. Drolet	10,217
	New Democrat	John A. Pratt	1,947
	Nationaliste	Yves Rocheleau	1,847
	Rhino	Houblon-oubedon Lemoine	1,018
	Communist	Paul Gagné	110

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude-G. Lajoie	23,791
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Méthot	4,482
	New Democrat	Denis Faubert	3,870
	Not affiliated	Raymond Lajoie	1,898
	Not affiliated	Rodolphe Lemieux	283
	Union Populaire	Guy Baillargeon	249
	Marxist-Leninist	Lise Éthier	168

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude-G. Lajoie	23,311
	Social Credit	Léopold Alarie	7,950
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Julien	4,099
	New Democrat	Roland Auger	1,682
	Rhino	Alain Beaupré	947
	Not affiliated	Gilles Gervais	77
	Union Populaire	Gilles Marier	66
	Marxist-Leninist	Lise Éthier	63
	Communist	Jeannette Walsh	36

[edit] Trois-Rivières Métropolitain, 1972-1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude-G. Lajoie	24,335
	Social Credit	Réal Ménard	7,538
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Massicotte	5,949
	New Democrat	Yvon Roland Chamberland	1,738
	Marxist-Leninist	Jacques Auger	221

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude-G. Lajoie	19,892
	Social Credit	Réal Lemay	17,250
	Progressive Conservative	Edgar Lesieur	5,662
	New Democrat	Jacques Hébert	2,022

[edit] Trois-Rivières, 1949-1972

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 31 May 1971 On Mr. Mongrain's death, 23 December 1970
	Liberal	Claude-G. Lajoie	12,809
	Social Credit	Réal Lemay	11,616
	Progressive Conservative	Thérèse-M. Landry	1,827
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Espirit social)	422
	Republican	Joseph Thibodeau	170

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	17,592
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Gauthier	10,501
	Ralliement créditiste	Émile Fréchette	7,305
	New Democrat	Philippe Daviault	1,724
	Independent	Gaston Pelletier	566
	Independent	Lucien Bornais	364

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	12,927
	Liberal	Pierre Garceau	10,617
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Méthot	4,799
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Daviault	2,488
	New Democrat	Joseph Rivard	749

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	14,558
	Liberal	Claude Bisson	13,077
	Social Credit	Lucien Richard	4,224
	New Democrat	Alfred Robindaine	718

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,545
	Liberal	Claude Bisson	11,675
	Social Credit	J.-Donat Dupont	4,715

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	18,049
	Liberal	Antoine Gauthier	11,193
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Capital familial)	968

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,004
	Liberal	François Nobert	14,412
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Capital familial)	237

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,556
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	13,905

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	10,015
	Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	9,964
	Independent Liberal	Jules Biron	4,925
	Union des électeurs	Hector Brunelle	432
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier	367

[edit] Three Rivers, 1935-1949

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Wilfrid Gariépy	6,610
	Independent Liberal	Jean-Louis Marchand	5,947
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Méthot	4,173
	Liberal	Robert Ryan	2,525
	Social Credit	Onésime Cormier	787
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier	423
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lionel Fortin	186

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Ryan	9,860
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	8,734

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	6,114
	Conservative	Léon Méthot	5,748
	Liberal	Philippe Bigué	5,070
	Independent Liberal	Willie Poisson	2,267
	Reconstruction	Louis-D. Durand	1,049
	Independent Conservative	Louis Normand	76

[edit] Three Rivers, 1867-1892

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	682
	Liberal	L.T. Polette	482

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	640
	Liberal	L.P. Pelletier	610

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 21 November 1878 On Mr. McDougall's resignation
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McDougall	584
	Unknown	H.G. Malhiot	436

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McDougall	451
	Unknown	J.N. Bunan	126

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McDougall	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	277
	Unknown	Genest	143

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 October 1868 On Mr. Boucher de Niverville's resignation, 30 September 1868
	Conservative	William McDougall	acclaimed

[edit] Including Mother Districts (since 1867)

The following list contains members of districts that have included Trois-Rivières, since 1867:

Name	Assignments ^[1]	Party	Election ^[2]	Popular Vote ^[3]
Charles Boucher de Niverville ^[4]	Government MP	Conservative	1867	66%
William McDougall	Government MP	Conservative	1868	unopposed
William McDougall	Government MP (before 1873) Official Opposition MP (after 1873)	Conservative	1872	unopposed
William McDougall	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1874	78%
William McDougall ^[5]	Government MP	Conservative	1878	57%
Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1878	unopposed
Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1882	unopposed
Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1887	51%
Hector Langevin	Government MP Cabinet Member (until 1891)	Conservative	1891	59%
Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1896	54%
Jacques Bureau	Government MP	Liberal	1900	53%
Jacques Bureau ^[6]	Government MP	Liberal	1904	54%
Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1907	unopposed
Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1908	64%
Jacques Bureau	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1911	50%
Jacques Bureau	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1917	unopposed
Jacques Bureau ^[7]	Government MP	Liberal	1921	68%
Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1922	unopposed
Arthur Bettez	Government MP (until 1926) Official Opposition MP (after 1926)	Liberal	1925	56%
Arthur Bettez	Government MP	Liberal	1926	66%
Arthur Bettez ^[8]	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1930	57%
Charles Bourgeois	Government MP	Conservative	1931	50%
Wilfrid Gariépy ^[9]	Government MP	Liberal	1935	30%
Robert Ryan ^[10]	Government MP	Liberal	1940	53%
Wilfrid Gariépy ^[11]	Independent MP	Independent	1945	32%
Léon Balcer	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1949	39%
Léon Balcer	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1953	53%
Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1957	51%
Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1958	60%
Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1962	49%
Léon Balcer ^[12]	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1963	45%
Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Independent MP	Independent	1965	59%
Joseph-Alfred Mongrain ^[13]	Government MP	Liberal	1968	46%
Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1971	48%
Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1972	44%
Claude Lajoie	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (from 1975 to 1977)	Liberal	1974	61%
Claude Lajoie	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1979	61%
Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1980	68%
Pierre H. Vincent	Parliamentary Secretary	Progressive Conservative	1984	64%
Pierre H. Vincent^[14]	Parliamentary Secretary (until 1993) Cabinet Member (after 1993)	Progressive Conservative	1988	69%
Yves Rocheleau	Official Opposition MP	Bloc Québécois	1993	53%
Yves Rocheleau	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	1997	42%
Yves Rocheleau	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2000	47%
Paule Brunelle	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2004	57%
Paule Brunelle	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2006	46%

[edit] Footnotes

^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Trois-Rivières, Quebec
^ Boucher de Niverville resigned in 1868.
^ Cabient Member Hector Langevin lost his seat in the district of Rimouski in the 1878 general election. McDougall, who was re-elected, resigned to give Langevin the opportunity to sit in Parliament.
^ Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1907.
^ Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1922.
^ Bettez died in 1931.
^ Gariépy lost the 1940 election as an Independent Liberal.
^ Ryan lost the 1945 election.
^ Gariépy lost the 1949 election as a Liberal.
^ Balcer sat as an Independent by 1965.
^ Mongrain died in 1970.
^ Vincent lost the 1993 election.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

v • d • e Federal ridings in Central Quebec

Bloc Québécois	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Montcalm • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

Conservative	Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Independent	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

v • d • e Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

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