Charlevoix (electoral district)

Charlevoix
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 2003
First contested 1949
Last contested 2000

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.

The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.

The best-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament Years Member Party
Charlevoix
1st  1867–1872     Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
3rd  1874–1876
 1876–1877     Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative
 1877–1878
4th  1878–1879     Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
 1879–1881     Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative
 1881–1882 Simon-Xavier Cimon
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1887     Independent Liberal
 1887–1891     Simon Cimon Conservative
7th  1891–1895     Henry Simard Liberal
 1896–1896 Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908     Rodolphe Forget Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency
Riding re-created from Charlevoix—Saguenay
21st  1949–1953     Auguste Maltais Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968     Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974     Gilles Caouette Social Credit
30th  1974–1979     Charles Lapointe Liberal
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Charles-André Hamelin Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993 Brian Mulroney
35th  1993–1997     Gérard Asselin Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon 999
UnknownAdolphe Gagnon 911
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,485
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon 779
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,377
ConservativePierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau 1,104
By-election on 22 January 1876

Election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHector-Louis Langevin 952
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay 741
By-election on 23 March 1877

By-election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHector-Louis Langevin 1,185
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,129
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay 1,052
UnknownJoseph-Stanislas Perrault 936
By-election on 13 February 1879

Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJoseph-Stanislas Perrault 1,077
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon 898
By-election on 19 March 1881

By-election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon 929
ConservativeJoseph-Stanislas Perrault 854
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon 954
UnknownJ.A.J. Kane 601
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
Independent LiberalSimon-Xavier Cimon 903
NationalistJ.A. Tremblay 819
UnknownC.H.A. Clement 688
UnknownJ.A. Hamel 309
By-election on 28 September 1887

Cimon's death, 26 June 1887

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,436
UnknownJ.A. Tremblay 1,025
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Simard 1,542
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,235
By-election on 27 January 1896

Simard's death, 6 November 1895

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,403
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,273
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,517
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr. 1,342
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget 1,684
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers 1,601
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget 1,934
LiberalJoseph Camille Pouliot 1,725
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget 2,020
LiberalLucien Cannon 1,358
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais 9,543
IndependentEmile Boiteau 4,402
Progressive ConservativeJoseph-Hidas-Aimé Dufour 1,608
Union des électeursPierre Simard 940
Independent LiberalDonat Lacroix 217
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais 10,742
Progressive ConservativeFrédéric Dorion 7,259
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais 10,182
Progressive ConservativeGuy Dorion 7,532
Social CreditJean-Louis Hudon 246
Independent LiberalJos. Gignac 213
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin 12,315
LiberalAuguste Maltais 7,918
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditLouis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 8,645
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin 6,341
LiberalAuguste Maltais 5,408
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditLouis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger 7,390
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin 6,843
LiberalMeredy Bouchard 5,787
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin 6,844
LiberalAimé Racine 6,676
Ralliement créditisteJ.-Adélard Froment 5,556
New DemocraticPaul-Henri Dufresne 556
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin 9,487
LiberalAimé Racine 8,282
Ralliement créditisteRaymond Poulin 3,831
New DemocraticReginald Boulay 1,070
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGilles Caouette 10,264
LiberalJean-Guy Alain 10,105
Progressive ConservativePierre-Paul Savard 5,747
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe 10,372
Social CreditGilles Caouette 8,905
Progressive ConservativeGualbert Tremblay 4,942
New DemocraticGaétan Tremblay 692
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe 18,031
Social CreditGabriel-Yvan Gagnon 8,004
Progressive ConservativePaul-André Tremblay 4,503
New DemocraticNormand Laforce 613
Union populaireMargot Kaszap 251
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe 22,130
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Dufour 5,679
New DemocraticNormand Laforce 1,273
Social CreditAngelo Emond 1,021
RhinocerosGuy "Pantouffe" Laliberté 945
Union populaireLise Brodeur 232
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCharles-André Hamelin 23,661
LiberalCharles Lapointe 11,906
New DemocraticJocelyn Toulouse 1,022
Parti nationalisteVictorien Pilote 610
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeBrian Mulroney 33,730
LiberalMartin Cauchon 5,994
New DemocraticKenneth Choquette 1,819
RhinocerosFrançois Yo Gourd 600
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin 23,615
LiberalAndré Desgagnés 7,140
Progressive ConservativeGérard Guy 6,781
New DemocraticAudrey Carpentier 552
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin 19,792
LiberalGhislain Maltais 9,838
Progressive ConservativeNicole Massicotte 6,443
New DemocraticFrançois Dumoutier 454
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin 20,479
LiberalMarjolaine Gagnon 9,308
AlliancePierre Paradis 1,905
Progressive ConservativeDoris Grondin 1,154
New DemocraticJoss Duhaime 484

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Manicouagan
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1988–1993
Succeeded by
Vancouver Centre
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