Maskinongé (federal electoral district)

Maskinongé
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1924
First contested1867
Last contested1921

Maskinongé (French pronunciation: [maskinɔ̃ʒe] ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was amalgamated into the Berthier—Maskinongé electoral district in 1924.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Maskinongé
1st  1867–1872     George Caron Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative
5th  1882–1884
 1884–1887     Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers Conservative
6th  1887–1891 Charles Jérémie Coulombe
7th  1891–1896     Joseph-Hormisdas Legris Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1903
 1903–1904 Hormidas Mayrand
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Adélard Bellemare Independent Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Hormidas Mayrand Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Eugène Desrochers Liberal
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Caron 702
Unknown Moïse Houde 564
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Alphonse Boyer 910
Conservative George Caron 681
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Alphonse Boyer 764
Conservative George Caron 607
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Nationalist Conservative Frédéric Houde 838
Conservative Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers 296
Unknown Yale 279
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Nationalist Conservative Frédéric Houde 1,084
Conservative George Caron 765

By-election: On Mr. Houde's death, 15 November 1884

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1884
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers 607
Unknown Charles Jérémie Coulombe 570
Unknown D. L. Laflèche 310
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Charles Jérémie Coulombe 1,003
Nationalist Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers 997
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Hormisdas Legris 1,153
Conservative Charles Jérémie Coulombe 1,045
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Hormisdas Legris 1,384
Conservative Charles Jérémie Coulombe 1,094
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Hormisdas Legris 1,400
Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron 901
Independent Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers 25

By-election: On Mr. Legris being called to the Senate, 10 February 1903

By-election on 3 March 1903
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hormidas Mayrand acclaimed
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hormidas Mayrand 1,480
Conservative J. Alphonse Comeau 1,188
Unknown T. Thisdel 22
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Hormidas Mayrand 1,500
Unknown Joseph Foisy 1,167
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Conservative Adélard Bellemare 1,507
Liberal Hormidas Mayrand 1,398
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Hormidas Mayrand 2,721
Unknown Adolphe-Joseph Thibodeau 219
Unknown George Lafontaine 165
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Desrochers 4,128
Independent Conservative Adélard Bellemare 1,991

See also

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