Laurier (electoral district)

Laurier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1933
District abolished 1987
First contested 1935
Last contested 1984

Laurier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988.

It was created in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont, Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

The riding was re-created in 2003, and renamed Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2004.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurier
Riding created from Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis
18th  1935–1940     Ernest Bertrand Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1949
 1949–1953 J.-Eugène Lefrançois
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Lionel Chevrier
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1963
 1964–1965 Fernand Leblanc
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 David Berger
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont,
Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand 12,998
Independent LiberalDavid Rochon 6,454
ConservativeOmer Langlois 4,913
ReconstructionGeorges Mayrand 3,018
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand 21,069
National GovernmentDonat Larivée 4,072
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand 22,520
Bloc populaireÉmile-Dostaler O'Leary 5,145
Co-operative CommonwealthJean-J. Beauchamp 1,924
Progressive ConservativeLouis-Marcel Jr. Lymburner 1,910
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand 15,578
IndependentJacques Sauriol 2,845
Progressive ConservativeEdward Auerback 1,735
Co-operative CommonwealthPierre Archambault 782
By-election on 24 October 1949

Bertrand accepted an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Eugène Lefrançois 10,164
Labor–ProgressivePierre Gélinas 713
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Eugène Lefrançois 12,648
Progressive ConservativeClaude Nolin 4,642
Co-operative CommonwealthAmédée Jasmin 376
Labor–ProgressiveJeannette Brunelle 364
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier 11,336
Progressive ConservativeRené Duranleau 5,321
Independent LiberalArmand Ouellette 712
Labor–ProgressiveHenri Gagnon 342
Co-operative CommonwealthGuy Ouellette 270
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier 10,125
Progressive ConservativePaul Leclair 8,915
Co-operative CommonwealthGuy Ouellette 741
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier 8,255
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Guilbeault 5,466
Social CreditLiliane Vien-Beaudet, 1,419
New DemocraticA.-René Tremblay 1,360
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier 8,059
Social CreditGilles Caouette 4,282
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Guilbeault 3,245
New DemocraticPaul Massé 2,379
By-election on 10 February 1964

Chevrier resigned, 27 December 1963

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc 5,349
Ralliement créditisteGilles Caouette 2,232
Progressive ConservativeJ. René Paquin 1,866
New DemocraticGérard Picard 688
UnknownAndré Goulet 216
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc 7,032
Progressive ConservativeGérard Locas 2,251
New DemocraticJean-Jacques Danis 1,925
Ralliement créditisteJ.-Alfred Lévesque 1,704
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc 10,040
IndependentHubert Falardeau 4,402
Progressive ConservativeJulius Briskin 2,827
New DemocraticGaston Mckenty 843
Ralliement créditisteJoseph-Wilfrid Banville 695
IndependentMarcel Landry 480
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc 10,936
Social CreditJ.-A. Lévesque 3,789
Progressive ConservativeRaymond Trottier 3,320
New DemocraticJean-Paul Guay 2,290
IndependentJeannette Walsh 155
IndependentDavid Keith Orton 132
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc 10,085
Progressive ConservativeBernard Paradis 3,310
New DemocraticRoger Gauthier 1,646
Social CreditGuy Lévesque 1,582
IndependentFernand Boubou Boucher 246
Marxist–LeninistChristiane Robidoux 182
CommunistJeanette Walsh 100
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger 17,366
Social CreditGérard Baillarger 3,250
Progressive ConservativeYvon Lanthier 2,790
RhinocerosChatouille Sonia Coté 2,673
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Bourdouxhe 1,934
Union populaireLucie Desrosiers 299
CommunistGuy Desautels 179
Marxist–LeninistBernard Deslières 118
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger 16,201
RhinocerosSonia Chatouille Coté 3,067
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Bourdouxhe 2,216
Progressive ConservativeMarc Legris 1,572
Social CreditEdmond-Louis Girard 534
IndependentLouise Baillargeon 346
CommunistClaire Durand 107
IndependentAndré Frappier 102
Union populaireLucien Tremblay 95
Marxist–LeninistBernard Deslières 63
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger 9,302
Progressive ConservativeRoland Gagné 7,720
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Juneau 4,595
RhinocerosFrançois Yo Gourd 3,247
Parti nationalisteJean Saint-Amour 906
GreenRobert Silverman 751
Social CreditGilles Coté 194
CommunistBrian O'Keefe 130
Commonwealth of CanadaJean Langevin 53

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