Champlain_(federal_electoral_district)

Champlain
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	2003
First contested	1867
Last contested	2000

Champlain (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Champlain was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004.

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It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into the districts of Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières.

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"Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

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Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.

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By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.

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History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Champlain, Quebec

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Marcotte's 1896 election was declared void. A by-election was called to settle the matter.

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Blondin resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1914. A by-election was called.

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Blondin lost the 1917 election.

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Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1922.

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Desaulniers lost the 1930 election.

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Baribeau lost the 1935 election.

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Lahaye lost the 1962 election.

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Jean-Paul Matte lost the 1968 election.

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The Ralliement Créditiste was renamed Social Credit in 1971.

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René Matte sat as an Independent by 1978 and lost the 1979 election.

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Veillette lost the 1984 election.

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Champagne lost the 1993 election.

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Lefebvre sat as an Independent by 1999.

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Parliament	Years		Party
Champlain
1st	1867–1872	John Jones Ross	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	John Jones Ross	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Hippolyte Montplaisir	Liberal–Conservative
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	Onésime Carignan	Conservative
8th	1896–1897	François-Arthur Marcotte
8th	1897–1900	François-Arthur Marcotte
9th	1900–1904	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Liberal
10th	1904–1908	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Liberal
11th	1908–1911	Pierre-Edouard Blondin	Conservative
12th	1911–1914
12th	1914–1917
13th	1917–1921	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	Jean-Louis Baribeau	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953	Joseph Irenée Rochefort
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Paul Lahaye	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Jean-Paul Matte	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1971	René Matte	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Michel Veillette	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Michel Veillette	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Michel Champagne	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Michel Champagne	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Réjean Lefebvre	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Réjean Lefebvre
37th	2000–2004	Marcel Gagnon
Riding dissolved into Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Jones Ross	1,449
	Unknown	M. Martineau	305
Eligible voters			2,562
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Jones Ross	1,369
	Unknown	P.O. Trudel	1,208
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,063
	Unknown	R. Trudel	1,052

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,673
	Unknown	N. Fugere	527

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Champlain (federal electoral district)

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List of MPs for districts that included Champlain (since 1867)

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Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 April 1897 Due to election being declared void 12 January 1897
	Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte	2,314
	Liberal	F.X.A. Trudel	2,187

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 November 1914 Due to Pierre Édouard Blondin being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 20 October 1914
	Conservative	Pierre Édouard Blondin	acclaimed

	Assignments^[3]	Party	Election^[4]	Popular Vote^[5]
John Jones Ross	Government MP	Conservative	1867	83%
John Jones Ross	Government MP (before 1873) Official Opposition MP (after 1873)	Conservative	1872	53%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1874	50%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1878	76%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1882	74%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1887	52%
Onésime Carignan	Government MP	Conservative	1891	51%
François-Arthur Marcotte^[6]	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1896	54%
François-Arthur Marcotte	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1897	51%
Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Government MP	Liberal	1900	53%
Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Government MP	Liberal	1904	53%
Pierre Édouard Blondin	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1908	51%
Pierre Édouard Blondin^[7]	Government MP	Conservative	1911	53%
Pierre Édouard Blondin^[8]	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1914	unopposed
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1917	94%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers^[9]	Government MP	Liberal	1921	69%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Government MP (until 1926) Official Opposition MP (after 1926)	Liberal	1925	65%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers^[10]	Government MP	Liberal	1926	65%
Jean-Louis Baribeau^[11]	Government MP	Conservative	1930	47%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1935	53%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1940	65%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1945	53%
Irenée Rochefort	Government MP	Liberal	1949	55%
Irenée Rochefort	Government MP	Liberal	1953	63%
Irenée Rochefort	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1957	58%
Paul Lahaye^[12]	Government MP	Progressive Conservative	1958	50%
Jean-Paul Matte	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1962	37%
Jean-Paul Matte	Government MP	Liberal	1963	45%
Jean-Paul Matte^[13]	Government MP	Liberal	1965	48%
René Matte	Third Party MP	Ralliement Créditiste^[14]	1968	37%
René Matte	Third Party MP	Social Credit	1972	50%
René Matte^[15]	Third Party MP	Social Credit	1974	49%
Michel Veillette	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1979	53%
Michel Veillette^[16]	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (after 1984)	Liberal	1980	65%
Michel Champagne	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (after 1986)	Progressive Conservative	1984	60%
Michel Champagne^[17]	Parliamentary Secretary	Progressive Conservative	1988	65%
Réjean Lefebvre	Official Opposition MP	Bloc Québécois	1993	49%
Réjean Lefebvre^[18]	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	1997	44%
Marcel Gagnon	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2000	45%
Marcel Gagnon	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2004	55%
Jean-Yves Laforest	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2006	44%

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	11,663
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Lucien-Ivanho Pronovost	7,719
	Independent Liberal	Roméo Morrissette	940
	Union des électeurs	Henri Meunier	747

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	22,256
	Independent	René Matte	10,441
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Lamy	4,200
	Social Credit	Claude L'Herault	2,796
	New Democratic	Denis Tousignant	1,328
	Rhinoceros	Gilles Leycuras	753

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	25,758
	New Democratic	René Matte	9,164
	Progressive Conservative	Philippe Demers	4,359
	Union populaire	Jacques Aubert	238
	Marxist–Leninist	Lucie Desrosiers	178