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Bellechasse (federal electoral district)

Coordinates: 46°40′N 70°30′W / 46.667°N 70.500°W / 46.667; -70.500
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Bellechasse
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1996
First contested1867
Last contested1993

Bellechasse was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867, until the 1997 election, when it became Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. After redistribution prior to the 2004 election, that riding became Lévis—Bellechasse. Currently, the only riding which includes the name "Bellechasse" is Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.

Description

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In 1867, Bellechasse was defined to consist of the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, the south-west part of the Township of Armagh, the north-east part of the Township of Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux, Roux, Bellechasse and Daaquam.

In 1882, the north-eastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the north-east part of the township of Mailloux were detached from Bellechasse and annexed to Montmagny.

In 1924, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the County of Bellechasse, except for the seigneuries of Lauzon and Joliette in the municipality of Honfleur, and the townships of Langevin and Ware in the municipality of Sainte-Sabine.

In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse (except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1947, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse, the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri in the county of Lévis, the municipality of St. Luc-de-Dijon the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St. François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1966, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the Town of Montmagny, the County of Bellechasse, parts of the County of Dorchester, and the County of Montmagny (except the municipality of Cap-Saint-Ignace).

In 1976, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the City of Montmagny, the Towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet and Saint-Pamphile, the County of Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (except the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise and the municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets), parts of the Counties of Bellechasse and Dorchester.

In 1987, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (excluding the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Louise), the Municipality of Saint-Rochdes-Aulnaies, and parts of the County of Dorchester.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and was incorporated into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Bellechasse
1st  1867–1870     Louis-Napoléon Casault Conservative
 1870–1872     Télesphore Fournier Liberal
2nd  1872–1873
 1873–1874
3rd  1874–1875
 1875–1878     Joseph-Goderic Blanchet Conservative
4th  1878–1881     Achille Larue Liberal
 1881–1882     Guillaume Amyot Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891     Nationalist
7th  1891–1896     Nationalist Conservative
8th  1896–1900     Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot Liberal
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Joseph-Octave Lavallée Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Charles-Alphonse Fournier Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930 Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945 Louis-Philippe Picard
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1955
 1955–1957 Ovide Laflamme
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Noël Dorion Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Bernard Dumont Social Credit
26th  1963–1965     Herman Laverdière Liberal
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1971     Adrien Lambert Ralliement créditiste
 1971–1972     Social Credit
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984     Alain Garant Liberal
33rd  1984–1988     Pierre Blais Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     François Langlois Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet

Election results

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1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Napoléon Casault 983
Unknown Édouard Rémillard 671
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]
By-election on 27 May 1870

Casault appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier 1,219
Conservative A. Caron 638
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]
By-election on 27 November 1873

Fournier nominated Minister of Inland Revenue

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed[3]
Source: Parliament of Canada
By-election on 23 November 1875

Fournier appointed to the Supreme Court Bench

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph Goderic Blanchet 698
Liberal Achille Larue 443
Unknown Pierre Boutin 359
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Achille Larue 1,042
Conservative Guillaume Amyot 990
By-election on 19 March 1881

Election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,066
Unknown Mr. Bilodeau 1,035
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,186
Liberal Ph. Ol. (alias Ernest) Pacaud 1,044
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Nationalist Guillaume Amyot 1,515
Conservative Isidore-Noël Belleau 878
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Nationalist Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,271
Conservative Faucher de St. Maurice 1,165
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,537
Conservative Joseph-Edmond Roy 1,227
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,701
Conservative Joseph-Emile Gelley 1,231
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,819
Conservative J.B. Fradette 957
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,988
Conservative Charles Vezina 627
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph Octave Lavallée 1,742
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,696
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Charles-Alphonse Fournier 3,752
Conservative Honoré Grenier 60
Unknown Thomas Wilfrid Marceau 30
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles-Alphonse Fournier 5,195
Progressive Joseph Cléophas Cote 1,109
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles-Alphonse Fournier 4,596
Conservative Murdock McKenzie 1,917
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 4,897
Conservative Eugène F. Dussault 1,902
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 4,786
Conservative Joseph-Wilfrid Gaudette 2,793
Source: lop.parl.ca
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 7,470
Conservative H. Fanning Gosselin 1,720
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 6,585
Conservative Edouard Morrissette 2,366
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 6,928
Bloc populaire Joseph-Albert Bonenfant 3,540
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 7,395
Independent Paul Bouchard 4,798
Union des électeurs Donat Frenette 332
Progressive Conservative Jean-Maurice St-Hilaire 41
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 7,124
Progressive Conservative J.-Emile Roy 4,866
By-election on 26 September 1955

Picard's resignation

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 5,945
Progressive Conservative Jules Pare 5,383
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 7,960
Progressive Conservative Paul-Rodolphe Miquelon 1,792
  Independent Progressive Conservative Jules Pare 1,026
  Independent Progressive Conservative Allyre Aubin 139
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Noël Dorion 6,861
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 6,255
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Bernard Dumont 5,091
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 4,954
Progressive Conservative Noël Dorion 2,953
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Herman Laverdiere 5,434
Social Credit Bernard Dumont 5,367
Progressive Conservative Maurice Laliberte 1,291
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Herman Laverdiere 4,783
Ralliement créditiste Bernard Dumont 4,432
Progressive Conservative Jacques La Rochelle 2,264
New Democratic Mariette Lalonde 170
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditiste Adrien Lambert 11,137
Liberal Auguste Choquette 9,793
Progressive Conservative Gérard Poulin 2,262
New Democratic Marcel Lalonde 528
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 12,999
Liberal Pierre Mercier 11,714
Progressive Conservative Germain Roy 3,533
New Democratic Aurèle Marceau 776
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 12,550
Liberal Louis Paquin 10,759
Progressive Conservative Bertrand Gaudreau 3,210
New Democratic Marthe Lachance 604
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 18,702 46.43
Liberal Jean Richard 17,584 43.65
Progressive Conservative Jean Deschênes 2,924 7.26
Rhinoceros Marie Claude Chênevert 523 1.30
New Democratic Guy Dupuis 354 0.88
Union populaire Jean Beaudoin 195 0.48
Total valid votes 40,282 100.00
Total rejected ballots 360
Turnout 40,642 72.17
Electors on the lists 56,317
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979.
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alain Garant 20,636 51.13 +7.48
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 15,124 37.47 −8.96
Progressive Conservative Jean Deschênes 2,912 7.22 −0.04
Rhinoceros Andrée Chabot 815 2.02 +0.72
New Democratic Napoléon Goupil 730 1.81 +0.93
Union populaire France Théberge 141 0.35 −0.13
Total valid votes 40,358 100.00
Total rejected ballots 274
Turnout 40,632 70.86 −1.31
Electors on the lists 57,339
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980.
lop.parl.ca
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 24,357
Liberal Alain Garant 14,500
New Democratic Roger Lemoine 1,666
Rhinoceros Serge Au-Boutte Chabot 1,070
Parti nationaliste André Lizotte 518
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 27,621
Liberal Claudette Beaulieu 11,120
New Democratic Gilles Papillon 2,762
Green Alain Raby 1,010
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois François Langlois 17,098
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 15,952
Liberal Eric Lemieux 8,352
New Democratic Robert Leclerc 695

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ "The Hon. Télesphore Fournier, P.C., M.P." lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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46°40′N 70°30′W / 46.667°N 70.500°W / 46.667; -70.500