Lapointe (electoral district)

Lapointe
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1976
First contested	1949
Last contested	1974

Lapointe (French pronunciation: [lapwɛ̃t]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Chicoutimi riding. It consisted of the city of Arvida and the towns of Kénogami and Jonquière and the western part of the county of Chicoutimi.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lapointe Riding created from Chicoutimi
21st	1949–1953	Jules Gauthier	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Fernand Girard	Independent
22nd	1957–1958	Augustin Brassard	Liberal
23rd	1958–1962	Augustin Brassard	Liberal
24th	1962–1963	Gilles Grégoire	Social Credit
25th	1963–1965		Social Credit
26th	1965–1968		Ralliement créditiste
27th	1968–1972	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
28th	1972–1974
29th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jules Gauthier	10,275
	Independent	Lorenzo Deschenes	5,797
	Union des électeurs	Pierre Bouchard	4,730

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Fernand Girard	11,854
	Liberal	Joseph-Onésiphore Fraser	8,708
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Gagnon	1,640

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Augustin Brassard	13,671
	Independent	Fernand Girard	12,363

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Augustin Brassard	12,113
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Wilshire	9,864
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michel Chartrand	7,042

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilles Gregoire	16,186
	Liberal	Augustin Brassard	11,245
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Vaillancourt	2,524

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilles Gregoire	13,312
	Liberal	René Coté	8,506
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Vaillancourt	3,474
	New Democratic	Henri Vachon	2,857

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilles Gregoire	13,210
	Liberal	Paul Labrie	9,733
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Reid	2,658
	New Democratic	Louis-Philippe Trinque	1,028

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	11,821
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Laliberté	8,077
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Lacombe	4,324
	New Democratic	Louis-Philippe Trinque	919

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	16,423
	Social Credit	Raymond Langlois	6,934
	Progressive Conservative	Léopold Bergeron	4,042
	Independent	Pierre-Hugues Richard	1,084

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	16,673
	Social Credit	François Rondeau	6,466
	Progressive Conservative	Gaston Dion	1,982
	New Democratic	Réal Caron	1,587
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Verdi	227

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

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