Quebec South was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1914 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| First contested | 1917 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Quebec West and Quebec-Centre ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Langelier and Louis-Hébert ridings.
Members of Parliament
editThis riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec South Riding created from Quebec West and Quebec-Centre |
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| 13th | 1917–1921 | Charles Gavan Power | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Liberal | ||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | |||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | |||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1955 | |||
| 1955–1957 | Frank Power | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Jacques Flynn | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Jean-Charles Cantin | Liberal | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Langelier and Louis-Hébert | ||||
Election results
edit| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Charles Gavan Power | 3,816 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | James Archibald Scott | 2,501 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 6,645 | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas James Delany | 3,281 | ||||||
| Independent | Eugène Fortunat Dussault | 669 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 6,780 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Skillman O'Meara | 5,109 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 6,527 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Skillman O'Meara | 4,901 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Adolphe Chevalier | 775 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 8,086 | ||||||
| Conservative | Francis J. Dinan | 6,633 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 11,270 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Gordon Ross | 6,663 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 15,196 | ||||||
| National Government | Francis James Dinan | 4,284 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 14,091 | ||||||
| Independent | Charles-Arthur Plante | 3,457 | ||||||
| Independent | Louis Tardivel | 1,486 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Eugène Laliberté | 931 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 19,383 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Antoine-René Gobeil | 6,454 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Joseph Bouchard | 542 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Gavan Power | 18,950 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Félix Hudon | 6,363 | ||||||
| By-election on 26 September 1955
On Power being called to the Senate, 28 July 1955 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Francis Gavan Power | 13,881 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvon-R. Tassé | 10,677 | |||
| Independent | Jean-Louis Plante | 231 | |||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Francis Gavan Power | 17,709 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Flynn | 9,659 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Paul Latouche | 1,092 | ||||||
| Independent | René Brulotte | 160 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Flynn | 15,771 | ||||||
| Liberal | Francis Gavan Power | 15,507 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Charles Cantin | 12,521 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Flynn | 9,216 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Louis Leclerc | 5,586 | ||||||
| New Democratic | J.-P. Gagnon | 1,296 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Charles Cantin | 16,314 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Marquis | 5,533 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Louis Fréchette | 5,454 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Gagnon | 2,329 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Charles Cantin | 16,141 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Dorion | 5,373 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Yves Faguy | 2,506 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Ricard | 2,290 | ||||||
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