Richmond—Wolfe

Richmond—Wolfe
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1993

Richmond—Wolfe (also known as Richmond) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997.

It was created as by the British North America Act, 1867.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and Drummond ridings.

Richmond riding was renamed "Richmond—Wolfe" in 1980.

In 1996, it was again abolished when it was redistributed into the new districts of Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond—Wolfe
1st	1867–1872	William Hoste Webb	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	William Hoste Webb	Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Henry Aylmer	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Henry Aylmer	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	William Bullock Ives	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	Clarence Chester Cleveland
8th	1896–1900	Michael Thomas Stenson	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	Edmund William Tobin
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	François-Joseph Laflèche	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	James Patrick Mullins	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953	Ernest-Omer Gingras
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Florent Dubois	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	André Bernier	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965	Patrick Tobin Asselin	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Patrick Tobin Asselin	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Richmond and Drummond
Richmond
28th	1968–1971	Léonel Beaudoin	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Alain Tardif	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe
32nd	1980–1984	Alain Tardif	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Alain Tardif	Liberal
34th	1988–1993	Yvon Côté	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Gaston Leroux	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead

Election results

Richmond—Wolfe, 1867–1968

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Hoste Webb	1,137
	Unknown	Mr. Beique	903
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Hoste Webb	893
	Unknown	J. Graham	483
	Unknown	O. Gaudet	389
	Unknown	W. Jones	290
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	1,111
	Unknown	William Hoste Webb	949
	Unknown	O. Gaudet	10
Source: lop.parl.ca

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 December 1874 On Mr. Aylmer being unseated on petition, 24 October 1874
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	978
	Unknown	Henry-R. Hanning	592
	Unknown	L.C. Bélanger	414
	Unknown	Mr. Scarry	19

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Bullock Ives	1,684
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	1,069

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Bullock Ives	acclaimed

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Bullock Ives	2,355
	Liberal	J.N. Greenshields	2,218

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Clarence Chester Cleveland	2,416	53.09	Y
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	2,135	46.91
Total valid votes			4,551	100.00
Source(s) "Richmond--Wolfe, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	M.T. Stenson	2,782
	Conservative	C.C. Cleveland	2,544

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	3,500
	Conservative	Joseph-H. Coté-crépeau	2,517

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	3,689
	Conservative	Moïse O'Brady	2,516

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	3,850
	Conservative	John Champoux	3,051

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	3,855
	Conservative	John Hayes	3,311

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Edmund William Tobin	6,448
	Government (Unionist)	Marcus George Crombie	1,634

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	10,340
	Independent	Azarie Lemire	2,986

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	7,292
	Conservative	Joseph Hormisdas Paré	3,689

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund William Tobin	8,788
	Conservative	John Hayes	5,100

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	François-Joseph Laflèche	9,025
	Liberal	Walter George Mitchell	7,870

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Patrick Mullins	6,278
	Conservative	François-Joseph Laflèche	5,034
	Independent Liberal	Marcel Bédard	2,533
	Reconstruction	Phidime Brodeur	950

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Patrick Mullins	8,554
	National Government	Joseph-Alexandre Goulet	4,295

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Patrick Mullins	8,459
	Bloc populaire	Émilien Lafrance	5,088
	Independent	Arthur-H. Marcotte	1,271
	Social Credit	Roland Pelletier	1,147

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest-Omer Gingras	13,621
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Gustave Nadeau	3,990
	Union des électeurs	Rolland Pelletier	2,493

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest-Omer Gingras	13,006
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Nicol	7,254
	Labor–Progressive	Hubert Rhéaume	133

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest-Omer Gingras	10,300
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Nicol	7,243
	Independent Liberal	J.-Raymond Noël	4,508

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	V.-Florent Dubois	11,984
	Liberal	Ernest-Omer Gingras	11,299
	Social Credit	Lucien Bachand	560

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	André Bernier	11,816
	Liberal	Gaston-H. Théroux	6,430
	Progressive Conservative	V.-Florent Dubois	5,843

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Tobin Asselin	8,762
	Social Credit	André Bernier	8,312
	Progressive Conservative	V.-Florent Dubois	4,063
	New Democratic	Lewis Craig	928

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Tobin Asselin	8,685
	Ralliement créditiste	Léonel Beaudoin	6,662
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Osias Poirier	4,359
	New Democratic	André Drouin	1,660

Richmond, 1968–1980

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Léonel Beaudoin	11,853
	Liberal	Patrick-T. Asselin	8,870
	Progressive Conservative	Falconio Tardif	3,527
	New Democratic	Nicole Rinfret-bédard	608

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Léonel Beaudoin	14,133
	Liberal	Léo-Paul Thibeault	8,657
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Bachand	3,887
	New Democratic	Francine Mailloux	624

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Léonel Beaudoin	11,825
	Liberal	Jean-Yves Poisson	9,526
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Bachand	5,094
	New Democratic	Laurian Lefrancois	917

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alain Tardif	15,135
	Social Credit	Denis Beaudoin	14,662
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Bibeau	2,472
	New Democratic	Lida Bourgeois	551
	Rhinoceros	Fern Prince	414
	Union populaire	Guy Baillargeon	162

Richmond—Wolfe, 1980–1997

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alain Tardif	21,104
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Beaudoin	8,365
	New Democratic	André Cardinal	1,477
	Social Credit	Serge Boissonneault	1,322
	Rhinoceros	Denys Caron	876
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v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alain Tardif	18,069
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Jacques Croteau	13,835
	New Democratic	Harriet J. Schleifer	1,638
	Parti nationaliste	Ivan Hébert-croteau	1,339
	Social Credit	Léo Dion	273

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Coté	19,451
	Liberal	Alain Tardif	16,813
	New Democratic	Marc-André Péloquin	3,918
	Rhinoceros	Jean Marceau	790

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	22,235
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Coté	10,004
	Liberal	Gaétan Dumas	9,159
	Natural Law	Anne-Marie Marois	678
	New Democratic	Marc-André Peloquin	476

References

^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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