Kamouraska (federal electoral district)

This article is about the defunct federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Kamouraska (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Kamouraska (Province of Canada electoral district).

Kamouraska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1869 to 1979. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. There was no election in 1867 due to riots. There was a by-election held in 1869 in its place. The district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Bellechasse, Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski ridings.

Kamouraska

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1976
First contested	1869 by-election
Last contested	1979

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamouraska
1st	1867–1869
	1869–1872		Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1877
	1877–1878		Charles-François Roy	Conservative
4th	1878–1882		Joseph Dumont	Liberal
5th	1882–1887		Charles Bruno Blondeau	Conservative
6th	1887–1891		Alexis Dessaint	Liberal
7th	1891–1896		Henry George Carroll
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1902
	1902–1904
	1904–1904		Ernest Lapointe
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1919			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
	1920–1921		Charles-Adolphe Stein	Liberal
14th	1921–1922
	1922–1925		Joseph Georges Bouchard
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945		Louis Philippe Lizotte
20th	1945–1949		Eugène Marquis
21st	1949–1949
	1949–1953		Arthur Massé	Independent Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Benoît Chabot	Independent
24th	1958–1962		Charles Richard	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Charles-Eugène Dionne	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968			Ralliement créditiste
28th	1968–1971
	1971–1972			Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Bellechasse, Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski

Election results

By-election on 17 February 1869 No return had been made in 1867, due to riots
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier	1,149
	Conservative	Adolphe-Basile Routhier	1,105

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Pantaléon Pelletier	1,143
	Conservative	Adolphe-Basile Routhier	1,045

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier	acclaimed

By-election on 19 February 1877 On Mr. Pelletier being called to the Senate, 2 February 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-François Roy	acclaimed

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bruno Blondeau	1,107
	Unknown	G. Bouchard	1,089

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	A. Dessaint	1,518
	Conservative	Charles Bruno Blondeau	1,261

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry George Carroll	1,414
	Conservative	Linière Taschereau	1,403

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry George Carroll	1,564
	Conservative	Linière Taschereau	1,383

By-election on 28 February 1902 On Mr. Carroll being appointed Solicitor General, 10 February 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry George Carroll	acclaimed

By-election on 12 February 1904 On Mr. Carroll being appointed Judge, 29 January 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Lapointe	acclaimed

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Lapointe	1,635
	Conservative	Jules Langlois	1,419

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Lapointe	1,860
	Conservative	Wilfrid Adélard Potvin	1,546

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest Lapointe	1,840
	Conservative	Wilfrid Adélard Potvin	1,754

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Ernest Lapointe	3,453
	Government (Unionist)	Samuel Charles Riou	191

By-election on 31 March 1920 On Mr. Lapointe's resignation, 14 October 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Adolphe Stein	acclaimed

By-election on 15 May 1922 Stein accepted an office of emolument from the Crown, 5 May 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Georges Bouchard	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Bouchard	4,425
	Conservative	Maurice Dupré	2,918

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Bouchard	4,332
	Conservative	François-Xavier Pelletier	2,562

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Bouchard	4,534
	Conservative	Pierre Audet	4,109

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Bouchard	6,841
	Conservative	Charles Richard	3,332
	Reconstruction	Joseph-Eleuthère Rousseau	206

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Philippe Lizotte	6,965
	National Government	Thomas-W. Michaud	2,099

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugène Marquis	6,829
	Independent	P.-Wilfrid Lévesque	3,999
	Social Credit	Jean-Robert Ouellet	1,361

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugène Marquis	7,792
	Union des électeurs	Joseph-Arthur-Émile Bélanger	1,696
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Chamberland	1,437

By-election on 24 October 1949 Marquis accepted an office of emolument from the Crown, 24 August 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Massé	6,033
	Liberal	Gérard Lévesque	5,230

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Massé	6,065
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Pérusse	5,534
	Progressive Conservative	Philippe Lavergne	229

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Benoît Chabot	6,489
	Liberal	Arthur Massé	5,988

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Richard	7,691
	Liberal	André Rousseau	6,847

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Charles-Eugène Dionne	4,550
	Liberal	Rosaire Anctil	4,165
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Richard	3,762

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Charles-Eugène Dionne	6,286
	Liberal	Rosaire Anctil	5,659
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Aimé Michaud	767
	New Democratic	Joseph-Eleuthère Rousseau	143

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Charles-Eugène Dionne	6,127
	Liberal	Lionel Dessureaux	5,639
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Aimé Michaud	300

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Charles-Eugène Dionne	8,762
	Liberal	Jean-Charles Richard Berger	7,631
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Rosario Pelletier	4,996
	New Democratic	Lionel Demers	359

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Charles-Eugène Dionne	14,195
	Liberal	Lionel Dessureaux	9,053
	Progressive Conservative	Marthe Leclerc	2,842
	New Democratic	Yvon Harvey	495

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Charles-Eugène Dionne	11,664
	Liberal	René J. Bernier	9,484
	Progressive Conservative	Gontran Bergeron	1,933

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament