Richelieu—Verchères
Richelieu—Verchères
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Richelieu-Verchères.
Richelieu—Verchères was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...
 Quebec electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| First contested | 1935 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
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This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Richelieu—Verchères Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska |
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| 18th | 1935–1940 | Arthur Cardin | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | |||
| 20th | 1945–1946 | Independent | ||
| 1946–1949 | Gérard Cournoyer | Liberal | ||
| 21st | 1949–1952 | |||
| 1952–1953 | Lucien Cardin | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1967 | |||
| 1967–1968 | Jacques-Raymond Tremblay | |||
| Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe | ||||
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More information 1935 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 11,022 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph-Ignace Archambault | 3,402 | ||||||
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More information 1940 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 11,330 | ||||||
| National Government | Liboire Beauregard | 2,412 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | René Larivière | 447 | ||||||
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More information 1945 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 12,873 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alphonse Bourret | 3,080 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Rodolphe Bignell | 945 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on 23 December 1946
On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gérard Cournoyer | 11,984 | |||
| Social Credit | J.-T.-Rolland Corbeil | 6,164 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Étienne Duhamel | 1,875 | |||
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More information 1949 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gérard Cournoyer | 12,795 | ||||||
| National Unity | Adrien Arcand | 5,590 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Claude Guertin | 429 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 419 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on 6 October 1952
On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 13,285 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Albéric Tremblay | 4,374 | |||
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More information 1953 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 15,406 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | François Cournoyer | 3,282 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Maurice Benoit | 246 | ||||||
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More information 1957 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 16,003 | ||||||
| Independent PC | Paul-Émile Guertin | 2,830 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Bertrand | 749 | ||||||
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More information 1958 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 13,497 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Cournoyer | 11,005 | ||||||
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More information 1962 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 14,658 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | C.-Robert Fiset | 9,790 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Fernando Bissonnette | 2,268 | ||||||
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More information 1963 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 14,194 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Yvon Ménard | 9,616 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 1,795 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 936 | ||||||
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More information 1965 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cardin | 15,697 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Yvon Ménard | 5,317 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Guertin | 3,107 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 1,868 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on 29 May 1967
On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jacques-Raymond Tremblay | 10,577 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Ladouceur | 3,104 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul-Aimé Roy | 1,178 | |||
| Radical chrétien | Rolland Corbeil | 1,089 | |||
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