Nicolet—Yamaska

Nicolet—Yamaska
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

Nicolet—Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

History edit

This riding was created in 1933 from Nicolet and Yamaska ridings.

It was defined initially to consist of:

the county of Nicolet except such part thereof as is included in the municipalities of Lemieux Ste-Cécile-de-Lévrard, St-Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, St-Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard and the village of Manseau;
the county of Yamaska except that part of the parish and the village of St-Michel lying west of the river Yamaska.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

the county of Nicolet, (except the municipalities of Lemieux, Ste. Cécile-de-Lévrard, St. Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste. Marie-de-Blandford, St. Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste. Sophie-de-Lévrard and the villages of Manseau and les Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
the county of Yamaska;
that part of the county of Drummond included in the municipalities of St. Edmond-de-Grantham and St. Majorique-de-Grantham;
that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the municipalities of Ste. Anne-du-Sault and Maddington and the village of Daveluyville;
that part of the county of Richelieu included in the municipality of St. Marcel.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:

the county of Nicolet (except the municipality of Lemieux, the parish municipalities of Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Saint-Joseph-de-Blandford, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, and the village municipalities of Manseau and Les-Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
the county of Yamaska;
that part of the county of Drummond included in the parish municipalities of Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham and Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham;
that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the parish municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, the township municipality of Maddington and the village municipality of Daveluyville;
that part of the county of Richelieu included in the parish municipality of Saint-Marcel.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lotbinière, Drummond and Richelieu ridings.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Nicolet—Yamaska Riding created from Nicolet and Yamaska
18th	1935–1940	Lucien Dubois	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Liberal
20th	1945–1948		Independent Liberal
20th	1949–1949	Renaud Chapdelaine	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Paul Comtois	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Paul Comtois
25th	1962–1963	Clément Vincent
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1966
27th	1966–1968	Florian Côté	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière, Drummond and Richelieu

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Lucien Dubois	7,973
	Liberal	Paul-Arthur Trahan	6,658
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Archie-Albéric Mondou	944

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 February 1949 Dubois died, 8 November 1948
	Progressive Conservative	Renaud Chapdelaine	8,382
	Liberal	Paul-A. Trahan	8,095
	Independent Liberal	Romulus Manseau	469

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 19 September 1966 Clément Vincent resigned, 4 May 1966
	Liberal	Florian Côté	7,936
	Conservative	Normand Beaudoin	6,842
	Independent	Jean Marc Denoncourt	1,129
	New Democratic	Georges-Henri Forcier	588
	Droit vital personnel	H.-Georges Grenier	44