L'Islet (electoral district)

L'Islet
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished 1933
First contested 1867
Last contested 1930

L'Islet was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 and consisted of the County of L'Islet. It was amalgamated into the Kamouraska and Montmagny—L'Islet electoral districts in 1933.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
L'Islet
1st  1867–1869     Barthélemy Pouliot Conservative
 1869–1872
2nd  1872–1874     Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1892     Louis-Georges Desjardins Conservative
 1893–1896     Joseph-Israël Tarte Independent
8th  1896–1900     Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne Liberal
9th  1900–1901
 1902–1904 Onésiphore Carbonneau
10th  1904–1908     Eugène Paquet Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     Fernand Fafard Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Kamouraska and Montmagny—L'Islet

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeBarthélemy Pouliot 464
UnknownLouis-Bonaventure Caron 40

By-election: On Mr. Pouliot being unseated on petition

By-election on 14 July 1869
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeBarthélemy Pouliot 697
UnknownLouis-Bonaventure Caron 460
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPhilippe Baby Casgrain 646
ConservativeBarthélemy Pouliot 599
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCASGRAIN, Philippe Baby acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCASGRAIN, P.B. 687
UnknownFOURNIER, 628
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCASGRAIN, P.B. 545
UnknownCHOUINARD, N.J.J.B. 480
UnknownDUFOUR, Jos. 244
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCASGRAIN, P.B. 883
UnknownBÉLANGER, P.R.A. 843
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeDESJARDINS, L.G. 981
LiberalCASGRAIN, P.B. 975

By-election: On Mr. Desjardin's resignation, 30 September 1892

By-election on 5 January 1893
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentTARTE, Joseph-Israël acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDÉCHENE, A.M. 1,038
ConservativeDIONNE, A. 1,032
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDÉCHENE, Arthur Miville 1,111
ConservativeCARON, Jos. Ed. 1,011

By-election: On Mr. Déchêne being called to the Senate, 13 May 1901

By-election on 15 January 1902
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCARBONNEAU, O. 953
ConservativeCARON, Jos. Ed. 932
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePAQUET, Eugène 1,195
LiberalCARBONNEAU, Onésiphore 1,038
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePAQUET, Eugène 1,349
LiberalCARON, Jean-Baptiste-Thomas 1,184
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePAQUET, Eugène 1,578
LiberalBOURGAULT, Armand 1,144
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)FAFARD, Joseph-Fernand acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFAFARD, Joseph-Fernand 3,720
ConservativePAQUET, Eugène 2,132
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFAFARD, Joseph-Ferdinand 3,516
ConservativeGAGNON, Joseph-Adhémar 2,436
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFAFARD, J. Fernand 3,619
ConservativeGAGNON, Joseph-Adhémar 2,795
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFAFARD, J.-Fernand 3,558
ConservativeGAUTHIER, Louis-Joseph 3,165

See also

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