St. Ann (electoral district)

St. Ann (also known as St. Anne) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1968.

St. Ann

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1967
First contested	1896
Last contested	1965

It was created as "St. Anne" riding from parts of Montreal Centre in 1892. It consisted initially of the Centre, West and St. Anne's wards in the city of Montreal. In 1914, the riding's name was changed to "St. Ann", and it was redefined to consist of, in of the city of Montreal, the Centre, West and St. Ann's wards and the part of St. Gabriel ward south of the Grand Trunk Railway tracks; and the parish and town of Verdun (transferred from the county of Jacques-Cartier.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. Anne Riding created from Montreal Centre
8th	1896–1900		Michael Joseph Francis Quinn	Conservative
9th	1900–1904		Daniel Gallery	Liberal
10th	1904–1906
	1906–1908		Joseph Charles Walsh
11th	1908–1911		Charles Doherty	Conservative
12th	1911–1911
	1911–1917
St. Ann
13th	1917–1921		Charles Doherty	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Joseph Charles Walsh	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		James John Edmund Guerin
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		John Alexander Sullivan	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		William James Hushion	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Thomas Healy
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Gérard Loiselle	Independent Liberal
24th	1958–1962			Liberal
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques

Election results

St. Anne, 1896–1917

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Gallery	2,895
	Conservative	M. J. Morrison	2,165

By-election: On election being declared void, 12 October 1906

By-election on 21 November 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Charles Walsh	2,409
	Conservative	F. J. Curran	2,207

By-election: On Mr. Doherty being appointed Minister of Justice, 10 October 1911

By-election on 27 October 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Doherty	acclaimed

St. Ann, 1917–1968

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Charles Doherty	8,346
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James John Edmund Guérin	4,416
	Independent	Daniel Gallery	319

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Charles Walsh	10,742
	Conservative	Thomas Joseph Coonan	5,494
	Independent	Adélard Wilfred Lanouette	1,081

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James John Edmund Guerin	10,242
	Conservative	Thomas O'Connell	9,914
	Labour	Joseph Tremblay	687

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James John Edmund Guerin	11,238
	Conservative	Thomas O'Connell	9,474

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William James Hushion	4,274
	Liberal	Joseph Henry Dillon	3,818
	Independent Liberal	Francis Joseph Hogan	3,137
	Conservative	Louis Edward Curran	2,145
	Labour	Robert Yates Menary	1,301
	Reconstruction	John Woffenden	713
	Liberal–Labour	Cléophas Saint-Aubin	229

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Healy	12,687
	National Government	Patrick T. Lynch	2,806
	Independent Liberal	Gabriel Edward Gawronski	450
	Independent Liberal	Frederick S. Lawrence	257

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Healy	11,007
	Independent Progressive Conservative	William Adam Clarke	2,381
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus Rose	1,375
	Independent	Salluste Lavery	751
	Social Credit	Beulah Devlin Grace	224

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Healy	14,528
	Independent Progressive Conservative	Patrick Thomas Lynch	4,257
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael McManiman	457
	Independent	Richard Allan Foley	450
	Progressive Conservative	Cléophas Langlois	443

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Healy	15,519
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Mundey	1,768
	Independent Liberal	Michael McBrine	477
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Atwill	385
	Labor–Progressive	Stanley Dobrowolsky	381

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	7,771
	Liberal	William James Hushion	4,254
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald E. Sullivan	2,807
	Independent Liberal	Cliff Sowery	902

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	8,289
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Sullivan	5,941
	Independent	Albert Collette	1,256
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Francis King	394

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	7,737
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Sullivan	4,478
	New Democratic	Bernard Mulcahy	627
	Social Credit	Thomas James Hamlet	381

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	7,215
	Social Credit	Albert Collette	2,830
	Progressive Conservative	A. Peter Vanloo	1,963
	New Democratic	Bernard Mulcahy	753

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	6,150
	Progressive Conservative	George Neill	2,283
	Ralliement créditiste	Eugène Caraghiaur	1,060
	New Democratic	Martin J. Ranalli	826

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• St. Ann (1892 - 1914)
• St. Ann (1914 - 1947)
• St. Ann (1947 - 1952)
• St. Ann (1952 - 1966)