Montreal_Centre

Montreal Centre
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1892
First contested	1867
Last contested	1895 by-election

Montreal Centre

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Montreal Centre (French: Montréal-Centre) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of the West Ward, the Centre Ward and the East Ward of the city of Montreal. In 1872, it was redefined to consist of the Ste. Anne Ward, West Ward, Centre Ward and East Ward.

It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. Anne and St. James ridings. Nevertheless, a by-election was held in Montreal Centre on December 27, 1895.

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Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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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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Parliament	Years		Party
Montreal Centre
1st	1867–1872	Thomas Workman	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	Michael Patrick Ryan	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Michael Patrick Ryan	Liberal–Conservative
	1875–1875	Bernard Devlin	Liberal
	1875–1878	Bernard Devlin	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	Michael Patrick Ryan	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	John Joseph Curran	Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892
	1892–1895
	1895–1896	James McShane	Liberal
Riding dissolved into St. Anne and St. James

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Workman	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Michael Patrick Ryan	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Michael Patrick Ryan	2,140
	Liberal	Bernard Devlin	1,782

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 12 January 1875
	Liberal	Bernard Devlin	2,303
	Liberal–Conservative	Michael Patrick Ryan	2,220

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Montreal Centre

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Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 November 1875
	Liberal	Bernard Devlin	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 December 1892
	Conservative	John Joseph Curran	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 December 1895
	Liberal	James McShane	acclaimed