Richelieu—Verchères (federal electoral district)

Richelieu—Verchères
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

Richelieu—Verchères (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃ(ə)ljø vɛʁʃɛʁ]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richelieu—Verchères Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska
18th	1935–1940	Arthur Cardin	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Liberal
20th	1945–1946		Independent
20th	1946–1949	Gérard Cournoyer	Liberal
21st	1949–1952	Gérard Cournoyer
21st	1952–1953	Lucien Cardin
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1967
27th	1967–1968	Jacques-Raymond Tremblay
Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	11,022
	Conservative	Joseph-Ignace Archambault	3,402

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	11,330
	National Government	Liboire Beauregard	2,412
	Independent Conservative	René Larivière	447

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	12,873
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Bourret	3,080
	Social Credit	Rodolphe Bignell	945

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 23 December 1946 On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	11,984
	Social Credit	J.-T.-Rolland Corbeil	6,164
	Progressive Conservative	Étienne Duhamel	1,875

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	12,795
	National Unity	Adrien Arcand	5,590
	Union des électeurs	Claude Guertin	429
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	419

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 6 October 1952 On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	13,285
	Progressive Conservative	Albéric Tremblay	4,374

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	15,406
	Progressive Conservative	François Cournoyer	3,282
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maurice Benoit	246

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	16,003
	Independent PC	Paul-Émile Guertin	2,830
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Bertrand	749

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	13,497
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Cournoyer	11,005

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	14,658
	Progressive Conservative	C.-Robert Fiset	9,790
	Social Credit	Fernando Bissonnette	2,268

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	14,194
	Social Credit	Yvon Ménard	9,616
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	1,795
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	936

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	15,697
	Ralliement créditiste	Yvon Ménard	5,317
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	3,107
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	1,868

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 29 May 1967 On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967
	Liberal	Jacques-Raymond Tremblay	10,577
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Ladouceur	3,104
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	1,178
	Radical chrétien	Rolland Corbeil	1,089

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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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