Richelieu (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the current federal electoral district, see Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour. For the provincial electoral district, see Richelieu (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Richelieu (Province of Canada electoral district).

Richelieu was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

Richelieu

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 and was amalgamated into the Richelieu—Verchères electoral district in 1933.

In 1968, a new electoral district was created under the same name which is now known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richelieu
1st	1867–1870		Thomas McCarthy	Conservative
	1870–1872		Georges-Isidore Barthe	Independent Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Michel Mathieu	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878		Georges-Isidore Barthe	Independent Conservative
4th	1878–1882		Louis Huet Massue	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1887		Jean-Baptiste Labelle	Conservative
	1887–1891		Joseph-Aimé Massue
7th	1891–1892		Hector-Louis Langevin
	1892–1896		Arthur Aimé Bruneau	Liberal
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1907
	1907–1908		Adélard Lanctôt
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1912		Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
	1912–1917
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1924			Liberal
	1924–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1926
	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Richelieu—Verchères

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas McCarthy	777
	Unknown	Joseph-Xavier Perrault	625
	Unknown	P. Gélinas	450
Eligible voters			2,912
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

By-election: On Mr. McCarthy's death, 23 September 1870

By-election on 18 November 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,194
	Unknown	J. G. Crébassa	849

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michel Mathieu	1,249
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,108

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,320
	Conservative	Michel Mathieu	1,119

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Huet Massue	1,227
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	1,117

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Huet Massue	1,205
	Independent Conservative	Georges-Isidore Barthe	927

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste Labelle	1,618
	Liberal	N. H. Ladouceur	1,560

By-election: On Mr. Labelle's death, 3 August 1887

By-election on 18 October 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph-Aimé Massue	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Langevin's resignation

By-election on 11 January 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	acclaimed

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	1,803
	Conservative	J. B. Vanasse	1,533

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	2,081
	Conservative	L. B. J. Leclaire	1,769

By-election: On Mr. Bruneau being appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 29 January 1907

By-election on 7 March 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Adélard Lanctôt	2,467
	Liberal	A. O. Rondeau	1,363

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Adélard Lanctôt	2,468
	Conservative	Edward A. D. Morgan	1,448

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	2,373
	Conservative	Arthur Pierre Vanasse	1,639

By-election: On election being declared void, 29 April 1912

By-election on 24 October 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	2,154
	Conservative	E. A. D. Morgan	1,896

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Arthur Cardin	3,355
	Government (Unionist)	Edward André "D." Morgan	834

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	4,706
	Conservative	William George Marcellin Morgan	2,044

By-election: On Mr. Cardin's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 30 January 1924

By-election on 27 February 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	4,562
	Conservative	William Georges Marcellin Morgan	2,565

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	4,893
	Conservative	Aimé Chassé	2,927

By-election: On Mr. Cardin's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	acclaimed

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Cardin	5,644
	Conservative	Joseph-Louis-Alphonse L'Heureux	3,236

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1867-1935