Villeneuve (electoral district)
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1947 |
District abolished | 1976 |
First contested | 1949 |
Last contested | 1974 |
Villeneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Pontiac riding. It consisted initially of:
- the southwestern part of the county of Abitibi; and
- parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the towns of Mercier, Noranda and Rouyn.
In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:
- parts of the county of Abitibi including the towns of Bourlamarque, Cadillac, Duparquet, Malartic and Val-d'Or;
- the northern parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the cities of Noranda and Rouyn.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:
- the Towns of Barville, Bourlamaque, Cadillac, Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Malartic, Senneterre and Val-d'Or;
- parts of the County of Abitibi; and
- parts of the County of Témiscamingue.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Abitibi and Témiscamingue ridings.
Contents
1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
3 See also
4 External links
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Villeneuve Riding created from Pontiac | ||||
21st | 1949–1953 | Armand Dumas | Liberal | |
22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | |||
25th | 1962–1963 | Réal Caouette | Social Credit | |
26th | 1963–1963 | |||
1963–1965 | Ralliement créditiste | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
28th | 1968–1971 | Oza Tétrault | ||
1971–1972 | Social Credit | |||
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | Armand Caouette | ||
Riding dissolved into Abitibi and Témiscamingue |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Armand Dumas | 13,597 | ||||||
Union des électeurs | Réal Caouette | 10,980 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis-Charles Trempe | 958 | ||||||
Independent PC | Henri-L. Devost | 291 | ||||||
Independent Liberal | François-Xavier Généreux | 102 |
Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Armand Dumas | 14,851 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Thivierge | 7,015 | ||||||
Independent | Henri-L. Devost | 1,097 |
Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Armand Dumas | 9,893 | ||||||
| Candidat des électeurs | Réal Caouette | 8,129 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | André Lemieux | 6,034 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Thérèse-F. Casgrain | 1,947 |
Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Armand Dumas | 10,102 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | André Lemieux | 9,811 | ||||||
| Candidat des électeurs | Réal Caouette | 8,276 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Yvon Parent | 662 |
Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Réal Caouette | 21,022 | ||||||
Liberal | L.-D. Pilon | 6,831 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Marc Cloutier | 2,441 | ||||||
New Democratic | Jean-Paul Bonneau | 981 |
Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Réal Caouette | 18,096 | ||||||
Liberal | Stephen Cuddihy | 7,270 | ||||||
New Democratic | Roger Bédard | 2,279 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Marc Cloutier | 2,235 |
Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Réal Caouette | 19,839 | ||||||
Liberal | Joseph Morin | 5,397 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | J.-O.-Raymond Rochon | 1,924 | ||||||
New Democratic | Clermont Nadeau | 1,496 |
Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Oza Tétrault | 10,073 | ||||||
Liberal | André Roy | 7,994 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | J.-Eugène Bérard | 2,182 | ||||||
New Democratic | Wilfrid Legault | 886 |
Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Oza Tétrault | 12,070 | ||||||
Liberal | Gaston Charest | 10,719 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Guy Larocque | 1,462 | ||||||
New Democratic | Fernand Turgeon | 1,042 |
Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Armand Caouette | 10,452 | ||||||
Liberal | Gaston Charest | 8,905 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis-Paul Dionne | 3,006 | ||||||
New Democratic | Louis-Marie Meilleur | 1,205 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament