Lapointe (electoral district)

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

Lapointe
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1947
District abolished1976
First contested1949
Last contested1974

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

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member 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
24th  1962–1963     Gilles Grégoire Social Credit
25th  1963–1965
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

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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

See also

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