Drummond—Arthabaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was amalgamated into the Richmond, Drummond and Lotbinière electoral districts in 1966.
Members of Parliament
editThis riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond—Arthabaska | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Louis-Adélard Senécal | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | Pierre-Nérée Dorion | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1874–1877 | Wilfrid Laurier | ||
| 1877–1878 | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | |||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | |||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | Joseph Lavergne | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | |||
| 8th | 1896–1897 | |||
| 1897–1900 | Louis Lavergne | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1910 | |||
| 1910–1911 | Arthur Gilbert | Nationalist | ||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Joseph Ovide Brouillard | Liberal | |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | ||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Napoléon Kemner Laflamme | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Wilfrid Girouard | ||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Armand Cloutier | ||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Samuel Boulanger | Independent Liberal | |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Liberal | ||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | David Ouellet | Social Credit | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Jean-Luc Pépin | Liberal | |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Richmond, Drummond and Lotbinière | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis-Adélard Sénécal | 1,135 | ||||||
| Unknown | M. Houle | 1,111 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,028 | |||||||
| Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Pierre-Nérée Dorion | 1,251 | ||||||
| Unknown | Tessier | 1,197 | ||||||
| Unknown | Griffin | 95 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 778 | 52.64 | 
| ||||
| Unknown | Tessier | 700 | 47.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1478 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Drummond--Arthabaska, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020. | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, October 27, 1877 Federal Ministerial by-election for Laurier's appointed as Minister of Inland Revenue | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Conservative | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | 1,902 | 50.29 |
| ||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 1,880 | 49.71 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,782 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Drummond--Arthabaska, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020. Ministerial by-election, October 27, 1877: Drummond—Arthabaska, Quebec on Wilfrid Laurier's appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue, October 8, 1877 | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | 2,143 | ||||||
| Unknown | L. Rainville | 1,981 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | 2,421 | ||||||
| Unknown | L.J. Cannon | 1,811 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Lavergne | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Lavergne | 3,159 | ||||||
| Conservative | L.P.E. Crépeau | 2,197 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Lavergne | 3,561 | ||||||
| Conservative | E. Désy | 2,255 | ||||||
| By-election on 13 November 1897
Lavergne nominated as Puisne Judge of the | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Louis Lavergne | 3,022 | |||
| Conservative | Auguste Noel | 1,374 | |||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Louis Lavergne | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Louis Lavergne | 3,753 | ||||||
| Conservative | Stanislas Montplaisir | 1,277 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Louis Lavergne | 3,754 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Luc Louis Philippe Poulin de Courval | 2,920 | ||||||
| By-election on 3 November 1910
Lavergne called to the Senate | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Arthur Gilbert | 3,451 | |||
| Liberal | Joseph Édouard Perreault | 3,244 | |||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Ovide Brouillard | 3,800 | ||||||
| Nationalist | Arthur Gilbert | 3,533 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Joseph Ovide Brouillard | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Napoléon Kemner Laflamme | 10,280 | ||||||
| Progressive | Wilfrid Blanchard | 2,154 | ||||||
| Conservative | Wilfrid Laliberté | 1,902 | ||||||
| Independent | Joseph Albert Nadeau | 1,503 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 9,301 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Marier | 3,926 | ||||||
| Farmer | Luc Louis Philippe Poulin de Courval | 1,130 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 9,600 | ||||||
| Conservative | Henri-Édouard St-Sauveur | 3,814 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 11,241 | ||||||
| Conservative | Agésilas Kirouac | 7,784 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 14,125 | ||||||
| Conservative | Roland Provencher | 7,411 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Élie Lalumière | 1,067 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Armand Cloutier | 12,145 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph Garon | 10,853 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Armand Cloutier | 14,805 | ||||||
| Independent | Joseph Garon | 8,547 | ||||||
| Bloc populaire | Raymond Beaudet | 5,423 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Richard Aubry | 1,037 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Armand Cloutier | 16,899 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Antonio Lamaire | 4,251 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jos.-Edmond Demers | 1,804 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Armand Cloutier | 15,870 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roland Provencher | 13,325 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Samuel Boulanger | 11,462 | ||||||
| Liberal | Armand Cloutier | 10,512 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Paul | 10,327 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Boulanger | 17,288 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Paul | 16,522 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Sylvio Mélancon | 1,308 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | David Ouellet | 17,597 | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Boulanger | 13,414 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Paul | 7,050 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Luc Pépin | 17,338 | ||||||
| Social Credit | David Ouellet | 14,739 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | J.-Claude Couture | 3,416 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Pierre Lambert | 1,456 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Luc Pépin | 15,179 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | André Fortin | 8,518 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Jutras | 7,413 | ||||||
| Independent | Sam Boulanger | 6,068 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Charles-Émile Riendeau | 1,660 | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.