Labelle (electoral district)

Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Ottawa (County of) riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
8th	1896-1899		Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa	Liberal
	1900			Independent
9th	1900-1904			Liberal
10th	1904-1907
	1907-1908		Charles Major	Liberal
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917		Honoré Achim	Conservative
13th	1917-1921		Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	Liberal
14th	1921-1925
15th	1925-1926		Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa	Independent
16th	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1940		Maurice Lalonde	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953		Henri Courtemanche	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957		Gustave Roy	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958		Henri Courtemanche	Independent Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1960			Progressive Conservative
	1960-1962		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1964		Gérard Girouard	Social Credit
	1964-1965			Progressive Conservative
27th	1965-1968		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
28th	1968-1970		Léo Cadieux	Liberal
	1970-1972		Maurice Dupras	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Fernand Ladouceur	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	2,175
	Conservative	S.R. Poulin	1,706

By-election on 18 January 1900 Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest against Canadian participation in the South African War
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	1,973
	Conservative	S.R. Poulin	1,494

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	2,640
	Conservative	G. Alphonse Dugal	1,147
	Independent	Angus D. Cameron	399

By-election on 23 December 1907 Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Beautron Major	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Beautron Major	2,951
	Conservative	Hector Chauvin	1,624

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Honoré Achim	2,902
	Liberal	Charles-Beautrom Major	2,818

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	7,391
	Progressive	Jean Lachance	2,893
	Independent	Marc-Azarie Ménard	124

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	5,843
	Liberal	Henri Jodoin	3,764

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	7,569
	Conservative	Louis Cousineau	1,118
	Protectionist	Joseph-Édouard Moranville	129

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	7,280
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	5,411

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	8,797
	Independent	Lévis Lorrain	5,909

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	7,969
	Independent	Joseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon	5,769
	Social Credit	Philippe Lacoste	1,228

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	8,701
	Liberal	Ernest Whissell	7,998
	Union des électeurs	Simon Yelle	1,289

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Roy	9,569
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	8,610
	Labour-Progressive	Roméo Lafond	176
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Edward Senkler Morgan	90

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	9,406
	Liberal	Gustave Roy	8,045

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	10,606
	Liberal	J.-Henri Forget	7,660

By-election on 31 October 1960 Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	9,540
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Lesage	7,235

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,218
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Lesage	6,107
	Social Credit	Guy Jean	4,813
	New Democrat	Albert Maisonneuve	985

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Girouard	6,951
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,632
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Vermette	2,844
	New Democrat	Roland Massé	905

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,554
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilles Caouette	3,697
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Vermette	3,354
	New Democrat	Noël Décosse	1,989

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léo Cadieux	15,801
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Sarrazin	10,152
	Ralliement créditiste	Clément Grondin	2,215
	New Democrat	André Peclet	1,699

By-election on 16 November 1970 Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 17 September 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	12,604
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Gélinas	4,870
	Ralliement créditiste	André Ouellette	3,417

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	15,807
	Social Credit	Gérard Perron	12,247
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Gélinas	6,439
	New Democrat	Irène Trudel	1,645
	Independent	Rolland Millette	371
	Not affiliated	Claude Demers	368

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	16,224
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Masse	14,928
	Social Credit	Wilfrid Marin	3,116
	Social Credit	J. Noël Langlois	1,572
	New Democrat	Irène Trudel	1,326
	Communist	Claude Demers	227
	Independent	Patricia Métivier	165

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	29,614
	Social Credit	Jean Léveillé	6,580
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Racicot	6,073
	New Democrat	Willie Kofman	2,134
	Union Populaire	Claude Lavoie	452
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Ménard	213

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	29,488
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Masse	9,829
	New Democrat	Willie Kofman	2,858
	Rhino	Gaston Collin	664
	Rhino	Jean-Marie Morin	580
	Rhino	Amouthd, Richard Gagnon	331
	Union Populaire	Solanges Charbonneau	227
	Not affiliated	Louise Poisson	227
	Marxist–Leninist	Marc Blouin	108

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Ladouceur	28,286
	Liberal	Claude Hotte	14,465
	New Democrat	Marc Péclet	4,670
	Rhino	Jacques Coco Miron	1,567
	Nationaliste	Adrien Grégoire	1,546
	Social Credit	Albert Pouliot	274
	Commonwealth	Denis Tremblay	84

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament