Maskinongé (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Maskinongé (provincial electoral district).

Maskinongé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the Berthier—Maskinongé electoral district in 1924.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. George Caron, Conservative (1867–1872)
  2. Louis-Alphonse Boyer, Liberal (1872–1878)
  3. Frédéric Houde, Nationalist Conservative (1878–1884)
  4. Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers, Conservative (1884–1887)
  5. Charles-Jérémie Coulombe, Conservative (1887–1891)
  6. Joseph-Hormisdas Legris, Liberal (1891–1903)
  7. Hormisdas Mayrand, Liberal (1903–1911)
  8. Adélard Bellemare, Independent Conservative (1911–1917)
  9. Hormisdas Mayrand, Liberal (1917–1921)
  10. Eugène Desrochers, Liberal (1921–1925)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Caron 702
UnknownM. Houde 564
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Alphonse Boyer 910
ConservativeGeorge Caron 681
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBOYER, Louis-Alphonse 764
ConservativeCARON, G. 607
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative HOUDE, Frédéric 838
ConservativeDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 296
UnknownYALE, 279
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative HOUDE, Frédéric 1,084
ConservativeCARON, George 765

By-election: On Mr. Houde's death, 15 November 1884

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1884
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 607
UnknownCOULOMBE, C.J. 570
UnknownLAFLÈCHE, D.L. 310
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCOULOMBE, C.J. 1,003
Parti nationalisteDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 997
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,153
ConservativeCOULOMBE, C.J. 1,045
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,384
ConservativeCOULOMBE, Charles-Jérémie 1,094
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,400
ConservativeCARON, Sir A.P. 901
IndependentDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 25

By-election: On Mr. Legris being called to the Senate, 10 February 1903

By-election on 3 March 1903
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, H. acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, H. 1,480
ConservativeCOMEAU, J. Alphonse 1,188
UnknownTHISDEL, T. 22
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, Hormisdas 1,500
UnknownFOISY, Joseph 1,167
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeBELLEMARE, Adélard 1,507
LiberalMAYRAND, Hormisdas 1,398
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)MAYRAND, Hormisdas 2,721
UnknownTHIBODEAU, Adolphe-Joseph 219
UnknownLAFONTAINE, George 165
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDESROCHERS, Eugène 4,128
Independent ConservativeBELLEMARE, Adélard 1,991

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