Lafontaine (electoral district)

Lafontaine
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 1976
First contested 1949
Last contested 1974

Lafontaine (also known as Lafontaine—Rosemont) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Hochelaga, St. James and St. mary ridings. It consisted of a part of the city of Montreal.

The riding's name was changes in 1975 to "Lafontaine—Rosemont", and the riding was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Hochelaga, Laurier, Maisonneuve and Rosemont ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Lafontaine
Riding created from Hochelaga, St. James and St. Mary
21st  1949–1953     J.-Georges Ratelle Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963 Georges-C. Lachance
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Claude-André Lachance
Riding dissolved into Hochelaga, Laurier,
Maisonneuve and Rosemont

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Georges Ratelle 12,883
IndependentJoseph-Marie Savignac 7,846
Independent LiberalBruno-Roméo Desormiers 3,245
Progressive ConservativePaul Lamarche 331
Independent LiberalEmile Naud 328
Co-operative CommonwealthJean Sylvestre 217
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Georges Ratelle 15,285
Progressive ConservativeCharlemagne Houle 3,438
Co-operative CommonwealthOscar Latreille 1,311
Labor–ProgressiveGabrielle Dionne 392
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Georges Ratelle 15,501
Progressive ConservativeCharlemagne Houle 4,593
Co-operative CommonwealthHector Rochon 1,095
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Georges Ratelle 12,195
Progressive ConservativeDollard Dansereau 10,299
Co-operative CommonwealthHector Rochon 979
Independent PCPaul Vézina 276
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorges-C. Lachance 10,000
Progressive ConservativeDollard Dansereau 6,212
New DemocraticBlaise-J.-L. Daigneault 1,665
Social CreditRoger Smith-Verrault 1,660
Independent PCRoger Julien 1,118
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorges-C. Lachance 10,929
Social CreditRoger Smith 4,456
New DemocraticJ.-P. Forest 3,340
Progressive ConservativeRoméo Des Rochers 2,937
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorges-C. Lachance 9,101
New DemocraticRéginald Boisvert 3,804
Progressive ConservativeGertrude Lessard 3,742
Ralliement créditisteRoger Smith 1,896
CommunistLucien Jacques 342
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorges-C. Lachance 14,786
Progressive ConservativeAndré Gagnon 6,412
New DemocraticGuy Lalonde 3,142
Ralliement créditisteÉmile Robert 879
Independent LiberalAlbert Leach 210
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorges-C. Lachance 13,508
Progressive ConservativePierre Bouchard 6,134
Social CreditOctave Grosariu 5,078
New DemocraticGabriel Gagnon 3,350
IndependentAlain Beiner 228
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalClaude-André Lachance 11,399
Progressive ConservativePierre Bouchard 7,887
New DemocraticJ.D.R. Robert Dépatie 2,104
Social CreditOctave Grosariu 2,045
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy 120
CommunistLydia Morand 118

See also

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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