Montréal-Mercier

Montréal-Mercier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created 1922
District abolished 1965
First contested 1923
Last contested 1962

Montréal-Mercier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1923 election from part of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier electoral districts. Its final election was in 1962. It disappeared in the 1966 election and its successor electoral district was Mercier.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

  1. Adolphe L'Archevêque, Conservative Party (1923–1927)
  2. Anatole Plante, Liberal (1927–1936)
  3. Gérard Thibeault, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
  4. Joseph-Achille Francoeur, Liberal (1939–1948)
  5. Gérard Thibeault, Union Nationale (1948–1962)
  6. Jean-Baptiste Crépeau, Liberal (1962–1966)

Election results

Quebec general election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJean-Baptiste Crépeau 16,992 54.07 +5.53
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 13,670 43.50 -7.96
     Independent Lib. Réal Clouette 764 2.43 -
Quebec general election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 16,423 51.46 -8.57
LiberalJean-Baptiste Crépeau 15,494 48.54 +10.67
Quebec general election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 18,165 60.03 +8.15
LiberalGeorges C. Lachance 11,460 37.87 -3.78
     Labour Progressive Henri Gagnon 383 1.27 -
     Social Democratic Marie-Ange Gill 162 0.54 -2.79
     Canadian Labour John Monk 89 0.29 -
Quebec general election, 1952
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 16,280 51.88 -5.83
LiberalRuben Lévesque 13,069 41.65 +4.78
     CCF James Doyle 1,044 3.33 -
     Independent Lib. Raymond Lévesque 89 0.29 -
Quebec general election, 1948
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 17,844 57.71 +22.73
LiberalJoseph-Achille Francoeur 11,400 36.87 -2.91
     Union des électeurs Lucien-Octave Samson 1,347 4.36 -
     Independent Lib. Émile Naud 337 1.07 -
Quebec general election, 1944
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJoseph-Achille Francoeur 12,977 39.78 -13.99
Union NationaleÉdouard Asselin 11,411 34.98 +2.24
     Bloc populaire J. Honoré Désy 8,235 25.24 -
Quebec general election, 1939
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJoseph-Achille Francoeur 6,215 53.77 +13.94
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 3,784 32.74 -25.57
     ALN Paul Gouin 1,524 13.19 -
     Independent U.N. Antonio Vermette 35 0.30 -
Quebec general election, 1936
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleGérard Thibeault 9,340 58.31 -
LiberalJ. Euclide-Eugène Lefrançois 6,830 39.83 -10.22
     Independent U.N. Lucien Duchaîne 299 1.87 -
Quebec general election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAnatole Plante 9,071 50.05 -9.40
     ALN Calixte Cormier 8,295 45.77 -
     Independent Lib. J. Odilon Boiteau 757 4.18 -
Quebec general election, 1931
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAnatole Plante 9,513 59.45 +8.34
     Conservative Joseph-Eugène Gagné 6,311 39.44 -9.45
     Independent Harry Blanshay 177 1.11 -
Quebec general election, 1927
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAnatole Plante 5,066 51.11 +20.15
     Conservative Adolphe L’Archevêque 4,837 48.89 -9.01
Quebec general election, 1923
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Adolphe L’Archevêque 4,807 57.90
LiberalLouis-Georges-Arthur Lapointe 2,570 30.96
     Labour Narcisse Arcand 925 11.14

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