Saguenay (federal electoral district)

Saguenay
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1947
District abolished1967
First contested1949
Last contested1965

Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Charlevoix—Saguenay riding. It consisted of:

  • the county of Saguenay, (except the municipality of St. Firmin and the township of Sagard), and the towns of Baie Comeau and Forestville;
  • Anticosti Island; and
  • the territory of New-Quebec.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Saguenay
Riding created from Charlevoix—Saguenay
21st  1949–1953     Lomer Brisson Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1959–1962     Perrault LaRue Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Lauréat Maltais Social Credit
26th  1963–1965     Gustave Blouin Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Abitibi, Charlevoix and Manicouagan

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 6,113
Progressive Conservative Frédéric Dorion 5,651
Union des électeurs Madame Victor Gladu 889
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 7,815
Progressive Conservative Wilbrod Langlais 7,464
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lomer Brisson 11,408
Progressive Conservative Wilbrod Langlais 8,191
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Perrault LaRue 13,194
Liberal Lomer Brisson 11,330
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Lauréat Maltais 15,992
Liberal Réal Therrien 10,210
Progressive Conservative Bernard Flynn 6,168
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Blouin 13,896
Social Credit Lauréat Maltais 13,261
Progressive Conservative Louis-Edmond St-Laurent 3,240
New Democratic Raymond Lapointe 2,036
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Blouin 15,062
Ralliement créditiste Jean-Nil Jean 8,478
New Democratic Roger Collin 5,019
Progressive Conservative Bernard Coté 4,348

See also