Wright (electoral district)

Wright was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1948.

Wright
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1947
First contested1896
Last contested1945

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau riding.

Geography

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In 1892, it consisted of the city of Hull, the town of Aylmer, the township of Templeton, including the village of Pointe-à-Gatineau, the townships of Hull, Eardley, Masham, Wakefield, Lowe, Denholm, Aylwin, Hincks, Bowman, Bigelow, Blake, Northfield, Wright, Bouchette, Cameron, Wabasse, Bouthillier, Kensington, Maniwaki, Egan, Lytton, Sicotte, Aumond, Robertson, and all the unorganized territories west of the River du Lièvre to the southern boundary of the county of Montcalm.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the townships of Aylwin, Aumond, Baskatong, Bouchette, Cameron, Denholm, Eardley, Egan, Hincks, Hull, Kensington, Low, Lytton, Maniwaki, Masham, Northfield, Sicotte, Templeton, Wakefield and Wright,
  • the villages and other municipal subdivisions of those townships,
  • the city of Hull,
  • the town of Aylmer, and
  • all of the unorganized territory bounded on the north-east by the county of Montcalm and on the east by a line formed by the production northwards of the eastern boundary line of the township of Baskatong.

In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the county of Gatineau; and
  • that part of the county of Labelle included in the township of Blake.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Wright
Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th  1896–1897     Charles Ramsay Devlin Liberal
 1897–1900 Louis Napoléon Champagne
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1905 Wilfrid Laurier
 1905–1908 Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Romuald Montézuma Gendron Liberal
15th  1925–1926 Fizalam-William Perras
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1936
 1936–1940 Rodolphe Leduc
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Léon Raymond
Riding dissolved into Gatineau

Election results

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1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Ramsay Devlin 2,975
Conservative J. M. McDougall 2,593

By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed trade commissioner to Ireland, 15 March 1897

By-election on 23 March 1897
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis Napoléon Champagne 2,842
Conservative J. M. McDougall 2,067
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis Napoléon Champagne 2,953
Conservative J. M. McDougall 2,074


1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Wilfrid Laurier 3,250 61.39  Y
Conservative F. A. A. Labelle 2,044 38.61
Total valid votes 5,294 100.00
Source(s)
"Wright, Quebec (1896-04-24 - 1949-04-29)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905

Canadian federal by-election, 13 February 1905
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin 1,857
Conservative J. M. McDougall 1,685
Independent Conservative Louis Cousineau 655
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin 3,562
Conservative François Amable Albert Labelle 2,851
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin 4,003
Conservative Louis Cousineau 2,819
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin 2,860
Government (Unionist) Andrew Pritchard 1,318
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Romuald Montézuma Gendron 4,510
Progressive Herbert Miller Ellard 1,590
Conservative François-Albert Labelle 1,551
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fizalam-William Perras 4,685
Conservative François-Albert Labelle 3,973
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fizalam-William Perras 5,950
Conservative François-Albert Labelle 5,105
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fizalam-William Perras 6,015
Conservative Louis Cousineau 4,932
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Fizalam-William Perras 5,945
Conservative Jean-Noël Beauchamp 2,540
Reconstruction Wilfrid-Jean Lavigne 1,296
Independent Freeman Thomas Cross 825

By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936

By-election on 3 August 1936
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc acclaimed
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 7,260
National Government Halliday Bell 2,310
Independent Liberal Augustin Hubert 1,172
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Léon Raymond 6,460
Progressive Conservative John Charles Logue 2,634
Co-operative Commonwealth Jean-Paul Desjardins 1,067
Bloc populaire Ludger Lécuyer 1,019
Independent PC Alphée Lavigne 352
Independent Liberal Gérald Favier 174

See also

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