Laurier (federal electoral district)

Laurier, a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988.

Laurier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1987
First contested1935
Last contested1984

It was set up in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont, Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

The riding was re-created in 2003, and renamed Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2004.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurier
Riding created from Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis
18th  1935–1940     Ernest Bertrand Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1949
 1949–1953 J.-Eugène Lefrançois
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Lionel Chevrier
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1963
 1964–1965 Fernand Leblanc
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 David Berger
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont,
Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount

Election results

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1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ernest Bertrand 12,998
Independent Liberal David Rochon 6,454
Conservative Omer Langlois 4,913
Reconstruction Georges Mayrand 3,018
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ernest Bertrand 21,069
National Government Donat Larivée 4,072
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ernest Bertrand 22,520
Bloc populaire Émile-Dostaler O'Leary 5,145
Co-operative Commonwealth Jean-J. Beauchamp 1,924
Progressive Conservative Louis-Marcel Jr. Lymburner 1,910
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ernest Bertrand 15,578
Independent Jacques Sauriol 2,845
Progressive Conservative Edward Auerback 1,735
Co-operative Commonwealth Pierre Archambault 782
By-election on 24 October 1949

Bertrand accepted an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal J.-Eugène Lefrançois 10,164
Labor–Progressive Pierre Gélinas 713
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal J.-Eugène Lefrançois 12,648
Progressive Conservative Claude Nolin 4,642
Co-operative Commonwealth Amédée Jasmin 376
Labor–Progressive Jeannette Brunelle 364
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 11,336
Progressive Conservative René Duranleau 5,321
Independent Liberal Armand Ouellette 712
Labor–Progressive Henri Gagnon 342
Co-operative Commonwealth Guy Ouellette 270
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 10,125
Progressive Conservative Paul Leclair 8,915
Co-operative Commonwealth Guy Ouellette 741
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 8,255
Progressive Conservative Albert Guilbeault 5,466
Social Credit Liliane Vien-Beaudet, 1,419
New Democratic A.-René Tremblay 1,360
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 8,059
Social Credit Gilles Caouette 4,282
Progressive Conservative Albert Guilbeault 3,245
New Democratic Paul Massé 2,379
By-election on 10 February 1964

Chevrier resigned, 27 December 1963

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fernand Leblanc 5,349
Ralliement créditiste Gilles Caouette 2,232
Progressive Conservative J. René Paquin 1,866
New Democratic Gérard Picard 688
Unknown André Goulet 216
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fernand Leblanc 7,032
Progressive Conservative Gérard Locas 2,251
New Democratic Jean-Jacques Danis 1,925
Ralliement créditiste J.-Alfred Lévesque 1,704
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fernand Leblanc 10,040
Independent Hubert Falardeau 4,402
Progressive Conservative Julius Briskin 2,827
New Democratic Gaston Mckenty 843
Ralliement créditiste Joseph-Wilfrid Banville 695
Independent Marcel Landry 480
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fernand Leblanc 10,936
Social Credit J.-A. Lévesque 3,789
Progressive Conservative Raymond Trottier 3,320
New Democratic Jean-Paul Guay 2,290
Independent Jeannette Walsh 155
Independent David Keith Orton 132
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fernand Leblanc 10,085
Progressive Conservative Bernard Paradis 3,310
New Democratic Roger Gauthier 1,646
Social Credit Guy Lévesque 1,582
Independent Fernand Boubou Boucher 246
Marxist–Leninist Christiane Robidoux 182
Communist Jeanette Walsh 100
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal David Berger 17,366
Social Credit Gérard Baillarger 3,250
Progressive Conservative Yvon Lanthier 2,790
Rhinoceros Chatouille Sonia Coté 2,673
New Democratic Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe 1,934
Union populaire Lucie Desrosiers 299
Communist Guy Desautels 179
Marxist–Leninist Bernard Deslières 118
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal David Berger 16,201
Rhinoceros Sonia Chatouille Coté 3,067
New Democratic Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe 2,216
Progressive Conservative Marc Legris 1,572
Social Credit Edmond-Louis Girard 534
Independent Louise Baillargeon 346
Communist Claire Durand 107
Independent André Frappier 102
Union populaire Lucien Tremblay 95
Marxist–Leninist Bernard Deslières 63
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal David Berger 9,302
Progressive Conservative Roland Gagné 7,720
New Democratic Jean-Pierre Juneau 4,595
Rhinoceros François Yo Gourd 3,247
Parti nationaliste Jean Saint-Amour 906
Green Robert Silverman 751
Social Credit Gilles Coté 194
Communist Brian O'Keefe 130
Commonwealth of Canada Jean Langevin 53

See also

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