Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal electoral district)

Pontiac—Témiscamingue
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1967
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

Pontiac—Témiscamingue 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 Pontiac riding.

It was defined to consist of:

the county of Pontiac;
the towns of Belleterre and Témiscamingue and the county of Témiscamingue, except the township of Montreuil, Rémigny, Beaumesnil, Clérion, Chabert, Landanet, Mazérac, Jourdan, Pélissier and Granet and all the townships situated north of Granet.

In 1966, it was split into the new electoral districts of Pontiac and Témiscamingue.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Pontiac—Témiscamingue Riding created from Pontiac
21st	1949–1953	Hugh Proudfoot	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Paul Martineau	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965^[1]
27th	1965–1968	Thomas Lefebvre	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Pontiac and Témiscamingue

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh Proudfoot	7,817
	Progressive Conservative	John McLean Argue	5,149
	Independent Liberal	Philippe Chabot	3,041
	Union des électeurs	Charles-Alfred Sauvé	1,562
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Douglas Langford Campbell	362

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh Proudfoot	9,041
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Bélec	6,373

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh Proudfoot	8,642
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-A. Martineau	7,878

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Martineau	8,842
	Liberal	Hugh Proudfoot	8,431

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Martineau	6,137
	Liberal	Paul-Oliva Goulet	6,005
	Social Credit	Laurent Legault	4,624
	New Democratic	Alex Parker	381

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Martineau	6,448
	Liberal	Paul-Oliva Goulet	6,448
	Social Credit	Yvan Beaulé	3,339
	New Democratic	Lorne Catherwood	351

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	6,593
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Martineau	6,322
	Ralliement créditiste	Camil Samson	3,279
	New Democratic	Kenneth Morris	434
	Independent SC	Terrence O'Reilly	194

^ The election resulted in a tie, 6,448 votes for both PC candidate Paul Martineau and Liberal candidate Paul-Oliva Goulet. The casting vote of the Returning Officer went to Paul Martineau.