Labelle (federal electoral district)

Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1988.

Labelle
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1987
First contested1896
Last contested1984

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Labelle
Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th  1896–1899     Henri Bourassa Liberal
 1900–1900     Independent
9th  1900–1904     Liberal
10th  1904–1907
 1907–1908 Charles Beautron Major
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Honoré Achim Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926     Henri Bourassa Independent
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     Maurice Lalonde Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953     Henri Courtemanche Progressive Conservative
22nd  1953–1957     Gustave Roy Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Henri Courtemanche Independent Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1960     Progressive Conservative
25th  1960–1962     Gaston Clermont Liberal
26th  1962–1963
27th  1963–1964     Gérard Girouard Social Credit
 1964–1965     Progressive Conservative
28th  1965–1968     Gaston Clermont Liberal
29th  1968–1970 Léo Cadieux
 1970–1972 Maurice Dupras
30th  1972–1974
31st  1974–1979
32nd  1979–1980
33rd  1980–1984
34th  1984–1988     Fernand Ladouceur Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Laurentides and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle

Election results

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1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 2,175
Conservative S.R. Poulin 1,706
By-election on 18 January 1900

Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest
against Canadian participation in the South African War

Party Candidate Votes
Independent Henri Bourassa acclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 1,973
Conservative S.R. Poulin 1,494
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Bourassa 2,640
Conservative G. Alphonse Dugal 1,147
Independent Angus D. Cameron 399
By-election on 23 December 1907

Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Beautron Major acclaimed
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Beautron Major 2,951
Conservative Hector Chauvin 1,624
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Honoré Achim 2,902
Liberal Charles-Beautrom Major 2,818
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier acclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier 7,391
Progressive Jean Lachance 2,893
Independent Marc-Azarie Ménard 124
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Henri Bourassa 5,843
Liberal Henri Jodoin 3,764
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Henri Bourassa 7,569
Conservative Louis Cousineau 1,118
  Protectionist Joseph-Édouard Moranville 129
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Henri Bourassa acclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 7,280
Independent Henri Bourassa 5,411
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 8,797
Independent Lévis Lorrain 5,909
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Lalonde 7,969
Independent Joseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon 5,769
Social Credit Philippe Lacoste 1,228
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 8,701
Liberal Ernest Whissell 7,998
Union des électeurs Simon Yelle 1,289
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Roy 9,569
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 8,610
Labor–Progressive Roméo Lafond 176
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert Edward Senkler Morgan 90
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent PC Henri Courtemanche 9,406
Liberal Gustave Roy 8,045
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Henri Courtemanche 10,606
Liberal J.-Henri Forget 7,660
By-election on 31 October 1960

Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 9,540
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Lesage 7,235
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 6,218
Progressive Conservative Paul-Émile Lesage 6,107
Social Credit Guy Jean 4,813
New Democratic Albert Maisonneuve 985
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Gérard Girouard 6,951
Liberal Gaston Clermont 6,632
Progressive Conservative Gérard Vermette 2,844
New Democratic Roland Massé 905
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gaston Clermont 6,554
Ralliement créditiste Gilles Caouette 3,697
Progressive Conservative Gérard Vermette 3,354
New Democratic Noël Décosse 1,989
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Léo Cadieux 15,801
Progressive Conservative Fernand Sarrazin 10,152
Ralliement créditiste Clément Grondin 2,215
New Democratic André Peclet 1,699
By-election on 16 November 1970

Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 17 September 1970

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 12,604
Progressive Conservative Paul Gélinas 4,870
Ralliement créditiste André Ouellette 3,417
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 15,807
Social Credit Gérard Perron 12,247
Progressive Conservative Paul Gélinas 6,439
New Democratic Irène Trudel 1,645
Independent Rolland Millette 371
Independent Claude Demers 368
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 16,224
Progressive Conservative Marcel Masse 14,928
Social Credit Wilfrid Marin 3,116
Social Credit J. Noël Langlois 1,572
New Democratic Irène Trudel 1,326
Communist Claude Demers 227
Independent Patricia Métivier 165
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 29,614
Social Credit Jean Léveillé 6,580
Progressive Conservative Guy Racicot 6,073
New Democratic Willie Kofman 2,134
Union populaire Claude Lavoie 452
Marxist–Leninist Paul Ménard 213
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Maurice Dupras 29,488
Progressive Conservative Marcel Masse 9,829
New Democratic Willie Kofman 2,858
Rhinoceros Gaston Collin 664
Rhinoceros Jean-Marie Morin 580
Rhinoceros Amouthd, Richard Gagnon 331
Union populaire Solanges Charbonneau 227
Independent Louise Poisson 227
Marxist–Leninist Marc Blouin 108
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Fernand Ladouceur 28,286
Liberal Claude Hotte 14,465
New Democratic Marc Péclet 4,670
Rhinoceros Jacques Coco Miron 1,567
Parti nationaliste Adrien Grégoire 1,546
Social Credit Albert Pouliot 274
Commonwealth of Canada Denis Tremblay 84

See also

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