Villeneuve (electoral district)






























Villeneuve

Quebec electoral district
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
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
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
Party
Candidate
Votes

Liberal Armand Dumas 14,851

Progressive Conservative Jacques Thivierge 7,015

Independent Henri-L. Devost 1,097

































Canadian federal election, 1957
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
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
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
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
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









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