Champlain (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Champlain (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃plɛ̃] ⓘ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into the districts of Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Jones Ross | 1,449 | ||||||
| Unknown | M. Martineau | 305 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,562 | |||||||
| Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Jones Ross | 1,369 | ||||||
| Unknown | P.O. Trudel | 1,208 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hippolyte Montplaisir | 1,063 | ||||||
| Unknown | Robert Trudel | 1,052 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[3] | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hippolyte Montplaisir | 1,673 | ||||||
| Unknown | N. Fugere | 527 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[4] | ||||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hippolyte Montplaisir | 1,773 | ||||||
| Unknown | A. Turcotte | 614 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Hippolyte Montplaisir | 1,649 | ||||||
| Liberal | P.O. Trudel | 1,534 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Onésime Carignan | 1,976 | ||||||
| Unknown | Ferdinand Trudel | 1,899 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | 2,411 | ||||||
| Liberal | P. Trudel | 2,035 | ||||||
| By-election on 7 April 1897
Due to election being declared void 12 January 1897 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | 2,314 | |||
| Liberal | F.X.A. Trudel | 2,187 | |||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau | 2,903 | ||||||
| Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | 2,572 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau | 2,934 | ||||||
| Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | 2,623 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Pierre Édouard Blondin | 3,310 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ernest Deguise | 3,217 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Pierre Édouard Blondin | 3,811 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau | 3,444 | ||||||
| By-election on 7 November 1914
Due to Pierre Édouard Blondin being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 20 October 1914 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pierre Édouard Blondin | acclaimed | |||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers | 7,095 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Pierre Édouard Blondin | 472 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers | 11,709 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Hildèges Desrochers | 3,170 | ||||||
| Progressive | Auguste Trudel | 2,090 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers | 9,423 | ||||||
| Conservative | Albert Joseph Ovila Bergeron | 5,057 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers | 10,024 | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis Joseph Dostaler | 5,407 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Jean-Louis Baribeau | 9,024 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers | 8,232 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Edmond Guibord | 1,797 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hervé-Edgar Brunelle | 8,172 | ||||||
| Conservative | Jean-Louis Baribeau | 7,343 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hervé-Edgar Brunelle | 9,546 | ||||||
| National Government | Rodrigue Bailly | 5,090 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hervé-Edgar Brunelle | 8,332 | ||||||
| Independent | Roméo Morrissette | 4,298 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest Arseneau | 1,880 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Julien-Louis-Philippe St-Cyr | 1,139 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Irenée Rochefort | 11,663 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph-Lucien-Ivanho Pronovost | 7,719 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Roméo Morrissette | 940 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Henri Meunier | 747 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Irenée Rochefort | 14,420 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ivanhoe Pronovost | 8,324 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Irenée Rochefort | 13,767 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Lahaye | 9,988 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Lahaye | 13,537 | ||||||
| Liberal | J.-Alfred Mongrain | 13,374 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Paul Matte | 9,936 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Origène Arvisais | 8,662 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Lahaye | 7,789 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Albert Bergeron | 815 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Paul Matte | 12,446 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Origène Arvisais | 7,470 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gaston Marcotte | 7,287 | ||||||
| New Democratic | J.-Albert Bergeron | 570 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Paul Matte | 12,334 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Antonio Ricard | 6,106 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Roger-J. Simard | 5,221 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Irénée Leroux | 2,098 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | René Matte | 9,866 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Paul Matte | 9,665 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Filion | 6,449 | ||||||
| New Democratic | George L. Diamond | 550 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | René Matte | 14,882 | ||||||
| Liberal | Laurier Trottier | 11,403 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henriot Gingras | 2,770 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Guy Landry | 505 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | René Matte | 14,466 | ||||||
| Liberal | Laurier Trottier | 11,896 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-A. Pronovost | 2,452 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Guy Landry | 716 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Michel Veillette | 22,256 | ||||||
| Independent | René Matte | 10,441 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Lamy | 4,200 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Claude L'Herault | 2,796 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Denis Tousignant | 1,328 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Gilles Leycuras | 753 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Michel Veillette | 25,758 | ||||||
| New Democratic | René Matte | 9,164 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Philippe Demers | 4,359 | ||||||
| Union populaire | Jacques Aubert | 238 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Lucie Desrosiers | 178 | ||||||
| lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Champagne | 27,467 | ||||||
| Liberal | Michel Veillette | 14,459 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Louise Cloutier | 3,124 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Jean Perron | 723 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Champagne | 29,788 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jocelyn Crête | 8,792 | ||||||
| Liberal | André Burke | 7,471 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Réjean Lefebvre | 23,646 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Champagne | 13,083 | ||||||
| Liberal | Michel Veillette | 11,251 | ||||||
| New Democratic | André De Billy | 445 | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Réjean Lefebvre | 20,687 | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Lesieur | 12,915 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yves St-Amant | 12,784 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Petra Genest | 632 | ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Gagnon | 20,423 | ||||||
| Liberal | Julie Boulet | 20,408 | ||||||
| Alberta Alliance | Eric Labranche | 2,588 | ||||||
| Marijuana | Paul Giroux | 1,020 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Philip Toone | 672 | ||||||
List of MPs for districts that included Champlain (since 1867)
The following list contains members of districts that have included Champlain, since 1867:
See also
Notes
- Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
- By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
- Marcotte's 1896 election was declared void. A by-election was called to settle the matter.
- Blondin resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1914. A by-election was called.
- Blondin lost the 1917 election.
- Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1922.
- Desaulniers lost the 1930 election.
- Baribeau lost the 1935 election.
- Lahaye lost the 1962 election.
- Jean-Paul Matte lost the 1968 election.
- The Ralliement Créditiste was renamed Social Credit in 1971.
- René Matte sat as an Independent by 1978 and lost the 1979 election.
- Veillette lost the 1984 election.
- Champagne lost the 1993 election.
- Lefebvre sat as an Independent by 1999.