Villeneuve (electoral district)

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

Villeneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Pontiac riding. It consisted initially of:

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Abitibi and Témiscamingue ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Villeneuve
Riding created from Pontiac
21st  1949–1953     Armand Dumas Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Réal Caouette Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965     Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1971 Oza Tétrault
 1971–1972     Social Credit
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Armand Caouette
Riding dissolved into Abitibi and Témiscamingue

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalArmand Dumas 13,597
Union des électeursRéal Caouette 10,980
Progressive ConservativeLouis-Charles Trempe 958
Independent PCHenri-L. Devost 291
Independent LiberalFrançois-Xavier Généreux 102
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalArmand Dumas 14,851
Progressive ConservativeJacques Thivierge 7,015
IndependentHenri-L. Devost 1,097
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalArmand Dumas 9,893
     Candidat des électeurs Réal Caouette 8,129
Progressive ConservativeAndré Lemieux 6,034
Co-operative CommonwealthThérèse-F. Casgrain 1,947
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalArmand Dumas 10,102
Progressive ConservativeAndré Lemieux 9,811
     Candidat des électeurs Réal Caouette 8,276
Co-operative CommonwealthYvon Parent 662
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditRéal Caouette 21,022
LiberalL.-D. Pilon 6,831
Progressive ConservativeMarc Cloutier 2,441
New DemocraticJean-Paul Bonneau 981
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditRéal Caouette 18,096
LiberalStephen Cuddihy 7,270
New DemocraticRoger Bédard 2,279
Progressive ConservativeMarc Cloutier 2,235
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditisteRéal Caouette 19,839
LiberalJoseph Morin 5,397
Progressive ConservativeJ.-O.-Raymond Rochon 1,924
New DemocraticClermont Nadeau 1,496
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditisteOza Tétrault 10,073
LiberalAndré Roy 7,994
Progressive ConservativeJ.-Eugène Bérard 2,182
New DemocraticWilfrid Legault 886
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditOza Tétrault 12,070
LiberalGaston Charest 10,719
Progressive ConservativeGuy Larocque 1,462
New DemocraticFernand Turgeon 1,042
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditArmand Caouette 10,452
LiberalGaston Charest 8,905
Progressive ConservativeLouis-Paul Dionne 3,006
New DemocraticLouis-Marie Meilleur 1,205

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