Saguenay (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1947 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| First contested | 1949 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Charlevoix—Saguenay riding. It consisted of:
- the county of Saguenay, (except the municipality of St. Firmin and the township of Sagard), and the towns of Baie Comeau and Forestville;
- Anticosti Island; and
- the territory of New-Quebec.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saguenay Riding created from Charlevoix—Saguenay |
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| 21st | 1949–1953 | Lomer Brisson | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Perrault LaRue | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Lauréat Maltais | Social Credit | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Gustave Blouin | Liberal | |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan | ||||
Election results
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lomer Brisson | 6,113 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frédéric Dorion | 5,651 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Madame Victor Gladu | 889 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lomer Brisson | 7,815 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbrod Langlais | 7,464 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lomer Brisson | 11,408 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbrod Langlais | 8,191 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Perrault LaRue | 13,194 | ||||||
| Liberal | Lomer Brisson | 11,330 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lauréat Maltais | 15,992 | ||||||
| Liberal | Réal Therrien | 10,210 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Flynn | 6,168 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Blouin | 13,896 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Lauréat Maltais | 13,261 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis-Edmond St-Laurent | 3,240 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Raymond Lapointe | 2,036 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Blouin | 15,062 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Jean-Nil Jean | 8,478 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Roger Collin | 5,019 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Coté | 4,348 | ||||||