Verdun_(electoral_district)
Verdun (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Verdun (provincial electoral district).
Verdun (also known as Verdun—Saint-Paul, Verdun—Saint-Henri and Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 2004.
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1935 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
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Verdun—La Salle riding, which covered much of the same area, was represented in the House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.
The riding was created as "Verdun" riding in 1933 from parts of Jacques Cartier and St. Anne ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Jacques Cartier and "Verdun—La Salle" ridings.
Verdun—La Salle riding was created from Verdun riding in 1947, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into a new Verdun riding and into Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle.
"Verdun" riding was recreated in 1952 from parts of Verdun—La Salle riding. It was renamed "Verdun—Saint-Paul" in 1980, "Verdun—Saint-Henri" in 1996, and "Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles" in 2000.
In 2004, the riding was merged into Jeanne-Le Ber riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdun Riding created from Jacques Cartier and St. Anne |
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| 18th | 1935–1940 | Jules Wermenlinger | Conservative | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Paul-Émile Côté | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| Verdun—La Salle | ||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Paul-Émile Côté | Liberal | |
| Verdun | ||||
| 22nd | 1953–1954 | Paul-Émile Côté | Liberal | |
| 1954–1957 | Yves Leduc | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Harold Monteith | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Bryce Mackasey | Liberal | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | |||
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1976 | |||
| 1977–1979 | Pierre Savard | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| Verdun—Saint-Paul | ||||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Pierre Savard | Liberal | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Gilbert Chartrand | Progressive Conservative | |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Raymond Lavigne | Liberal | |
| Verdun—Saint-Henri | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Raymond Lavigne | Liberal | |
| Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles | ||||
| 37th | 2000–2002 | Raymond Lavigne | Liberal | |
| 2002–2004 | Liza Frulla | |||
| Riding dissolved into Jeanne-Le Ber | ||||
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Verdun 1933-1947
More information 1935 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Jules Wermenlinger | 5,602 | 22.39% | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Georges Stuart Mooney | 4,706 | 18.81% | |||||
| Verdun | Hervé Ferland | 4,214 | 16.84% | |||||
| Labour | William "Willie" Lessard | 3,833 | 15.32% | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Guérin | 2,731 | 10.91% | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Casimir Allard | 2,065 | 8.25% | |||||
| Reconstruction | Camille Dansereau | 1,266 | 5.06% | |||||
| Independent Conservative | James Albert Whitaker | 232 | 0.93% | |||||
| Independent Labour | Henry Joseph Garrity | 221 | 0.88% | |||||
| Veterans | Alloys Reginald Sprenger | 79 | 0.32% | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Édouard Lamontagne | 74 | 0.30% | |||||
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More information 1940 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Paul-Émile Côté | 8,372 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Hervé Ferland | 7,231 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Louis Calder | 3,817 | ||||||
| National Government | Jules Wermenlinger | 3,693 | ||||||
| Independent | Ruby Beryl Joan Adams | 1,838 | ||||||
| Independent | Charles S.P. Halpin | 1,181 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Samuel Currie | 814 | ||||||
| Independent | Robert William Scurrah | 599 | ||||||
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More information 1945 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Paul-Émile Côté | 15,943 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfrid Pagé | 7,151 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Wilson | 6,967 | ||||||
| Bloc populaire | Louis-Philippe Hurtubise | 3,060 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Sam Bailey | 874 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Jean-Léopold Comeau | 390 | ||||||
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter Wilson | 279 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Henri Turcotte | 187 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Donald Mark Elvidge | 127 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Madore-Omer Royer | 36 | ||||||
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Verdun—La Salle 1947-1952
More information 1949 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Paul-Émile Côté | 24,903 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John William Macgillivray | 7,790 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Dodge | 2,612 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Donat Fortin | 445 | ||||||
| Independent | Richard Monahan | 83 | ||||||
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Verdun 1952-1980
More information 1953 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Paul-Émile Côté | 20,281 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Monteith | 7,255 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Raymond Lapointe | 1,587 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Ken Perry | 483 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on 22 March 1954
On Côté's acceptance of an office of emolument | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Yves Leduc | 8,221 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Armand Dupuis | 5,755 | |||
| Independent Liberal | Roland Gadbois | 4,671 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Dodge | 2,745 | |||
| Labor–Progressive | Hervé Ferland | 2,180 | |||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph Michael Hayes | 1,322 | |||
| Independent | Ken Perry | 204 | |||
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More information 1957 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Yves Leduc | 18,695 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Monteith | 9,037 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Dodge | 2,299 | ||||||
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More information 1958 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Monteith | 16,357 | ||||||
| Liberal | Yves Leduc | 14,604 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Dodge | 2,205 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | J.-O.-Rolland Leduc | 1,901 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Édouard Provencher | 264 | ||||||
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More information 1962 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 13,860 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Monteith | 11,489 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Irénée Blais | 3,430 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | William-Léonard Poitras | 3,208 | ||||||
| Social Credit | P.-Raymond Leclerc | 1,032 | ||||||
| Independent PC | Carl-B. O'Malley | 881 | ||||||
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More information 1963 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 19,473 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Rhéaume | 7,488 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Carl B. O'Malley | 4,412 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Findlay | 3,380 | ||||||
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More information 1965 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 18,072 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Rhéaume | 6,213 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Wesley Robert Dillen | 4,113 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | René Lassonde | 2,094 | ||||||
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More information 1968 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 22,436 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Claude De Serres | 3,410 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Matt Craig | 2,813 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Eugène Lépine | 1,004 | ||||||
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More information 1972 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 20,943 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eddy Vigneau | 7,626 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Eugène Lépine | 3,323 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Gus Callaghan | 2,518 | ||||||
| Independent | Paul Lévesque | 239 | ||||||
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More information 1974 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Bryce Mackasey | 17,633 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eddy Vigneau | 7,922 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Philippe Morse | 2,232 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lucien Laroche | 1,774 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Arnold August | 199 | ||||||
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| By-election on 24 May 1977
On Mackasey's resignation, 28 October 1976 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pierre Savard | 15,208 | |||
| New Democratic | Phil Edmonston | 8,151 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierrette Lucas | 2,003 | |||
| Social Credit | Michel Dansereau | 173 | |||
| Communist | Samuel J. Walsh | 97 | |||
| Independent | Louise Ouimet | 78 | |||
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More information 1979 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Savard | 30,178 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Oss | 4,908 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lucien Marien | 2,301 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Denis Faubert | 2,299 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Catherine Messier | 905 | ||||||
| Union populaire | Raymond Marchessault | 801 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Mary Lou Gutscher | 182 | ||||||
| Communist | Denis Gervais | 139 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Mary Saul | 59 | ||||||
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More information 1980 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Savard | 27,575 | ||||||
| New Democratic | David Garon | 3,635 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jocelyn Giroux | 3,423 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Ronald Cawthorn | 1,141 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lucien Marien | 599 | ||||||
| Union populaire | Jean-Claude Bonin | 155 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Mary Saul | 80 | ||||||
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Verdun—Saint-Paul 1981-1997
More information 1984 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilbert Chartrand | 17,378 | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Savard | 16,431 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 3,912 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Philippe Hooligan Coté | 1,309 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Serge Paquette | 798 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Steve Boyle | 99 | ||||||
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More information 1988 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilbert Chartrand | 20,113 | ||||||
| Liberal | Raymond Lavigne | 15,207 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Alain Tassé | 6,572 | ||||||
| Green | Jan-Marc Lavergne | 1,339 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Irène Maman Mayer | 902 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Claude Brosseau | 142 | ||||||
| Independent | Yvon Turgeon | 105 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Verdun—Saint-Paul | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Lavigne | 19,644 | 43.69 | – | $36,451 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Kim Beaudoin | 19,095 | 42.47 | $35,583 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | André Martin | 3,864 | 8.59 | $51,508 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Claude Ledoux | 860 | 1.91 | $0 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Marc Beaudin | 598 | 1.33 | $1 | ||||
| Natural Law | Marylise Baux | 432 | 0.96 | $408 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Yvan Cousineau | 140 | 0.31 | $0 | ||||
| National | J.J. McPherson | 130 | 0.29 | $466 | ||||
| Non-affiliated | Deepak Massand | 115 | 0.26 | $6,744 | ||||
| Commonwealth | Golam Khan | 88 | 0.20 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,966 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,720 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,686 | 75.50 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 61,838 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
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Verdun—Saint-Henri 1997-2000
More information 1997 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Raymond Lavigne | 21,424 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Donald Longépée | 15,153 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Aline Aubut | 6,838 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Claude Ledoux | 1,156 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Michèle Beausoleil | 498 | ||||||
| Reform | Deepak Massand | 380 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 205 | ||||||
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Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles 2000-2004
More information 2000 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Raymond Lavigne | 20,905 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pedro Utillano | 11,976 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Côté | 2,670 | ||||||
| Alliance | Jacques Gendron | 2,098 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Matthew McLauchlin | 1,003 | ||||||
| Green | Lorraine Ann Craig | 933 | ||||||
| Marijuana | Marc-André Roy | 922 | ||||||
| Communist | Bill Sloan | 147 | ||||||
| Independent | William Lorenson | 117 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on 13 May 2002
Lavigne appointed to Senate | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liza Frulla | 10,897 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sonia Goulet | 4,432 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Côté | 735 | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew McLauchlin | 635 | |||
| Alliance | Joe De Santis | 241 | |||
| Independent | Robert Lindblad | 113 | |||
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Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
- Verdun 1935-1947
- Verdun—La Salle 1947-1952
- Verdun 1952-1980
- Verdun—Saint-Paul 1981-1997
- Verdun—Saint-Henri 1997-2000
- Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles 2000-2004