Beauharnois—Laprairie

Beauharnois—Laprairie
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1933
District abolished 1947
First contested 1935
Last contested 1945

Beauharnois—Laprairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949.

This riding was created in 1933 from Beauharnois and Laprairie—Napierville ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Beauharnois, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie and Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville ridings.

It consisted of the county of Beauharnois (excluding the municipality of St-Etienne), the county of Laprairie, the municipalities of Ste-Philomène, St-Joachim and the towns of De Léry and of Châteauguay, and the municipality of Ste-Barbe.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Beauharnois—Laprairie
Riding created from Beauharnois and Laprairie—Napierville
18th  1935–1940     Maxime Raymond Liberal
19th  1940–1943
 1943–1945     Bloc populaire
20th  1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Beauharnois, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie
and Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal RAYMOND, Maxime 10,052
     Conservative BEAUSOLEIL, Noël 3,954
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal RAYMOND, Maxime 11,244
     National Government ROY, Hormisdas 3,471
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc populaireRAYMOND, Maxime 10,716
     Liberal CAUCHON, Robert 10,378
     Progressive Conservative SULLIVAN, Arthur W. 1,779

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