Champlain (electoral district)

Champlain
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	2003
First contested	1867
Last contested	2000

Champlain was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004.

It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into the districts of Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Champlain
1st	1867–1872	John Jones Ross	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	John Jones Ross	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Hippolyte Montplaisir	Liberal–Conservative
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	Onésime Carignan	Conservative
8th	1896–1897	François-Arthur Marcotte
8th	1897–1900	François-Arthur Marcotte
9th	1900–1904	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Liberal
10th	1904–1908	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Liberal
11th	1908–1911	Pierre-Edouard Blondin	Conservative
12th	1911–1914
12th	1914–1917
13th	1917–1921	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	Jean-Louis Baribeau	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953	Joseph Irenée Rochefort
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Paul Lahaye	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Jean-Paul Matte	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1971	René Matte	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Michel Veillette	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Michel Veillette	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Michel Champagne	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Michel Champagne	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Réjean Lefebvre	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Réjean Lefebvre
37th	2000–2004	Marcel Gagnon
Riding dissolved into Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Jones Ross	1,449
	Unknown	Martineau	305

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Jones Ross	1,369
	Unknown	P.O. Trudel	1,208

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,063
	Unknown	R. Trudel	1,052

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,673
	Unknown	N. Fugere	527

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,773
	Unknown	A. Turcotte	614

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hippolyte Montplaisir	1,649
	Liberal	P.O. Trudel	1,534

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Onésime Carignan	1,976
	Unknown	Ferdinand Trudel	1,899

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte	2,411
	Liberal	P. Trudel	2,035

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 April 1897 Due to election being declared void 12 January 1897
	Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte	2,314
	Liberal	F.X.A. Trudel	2,187

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	2,903
	Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte	2,572

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	2,934
	Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte	2,623

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre Édouard Blondin	3,310
	Liberal	Ernest Deguise	3,217

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre Édouard Blondin	3,811
	Liberal	Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	3,444

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 November 1914 Due to Pierre Édouard Blondin being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 20 October 1914
	Conservative	Pierre Édouard Blondin	acclaimed

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	7,095
	Government (Unionist)	Pierre Édouard Blondin	472

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	11,709
	Conservative	Joseph Hildèges Desrochers	3,170
	Progressive	Auguste Trudel	2,090

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	9,423
	Conservative	Albert Joseph Ovila Bergeron	5,057

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	10,024
	Conservative	Louis Joseph Dostaler	5,407

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean-Louis Baribeau	9,024
	Liberal	Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	8,232
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Edmond Guibord	1,797

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	8,172
	Conservative	Jean-Louis Baribeau	7,343

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	9,546
	National Government	Rodrigue Bailly	5,090

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	8,332
	Independent	Roméo Morrissette	4,298
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Arseneau	1,880
	Social Credit	Joseph-Julien-Louis-Philippe St-Cyr	1,139

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	11,663
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Lucien-Ivanho Pronovost	7,719
	Independent Liberal	Roméo Morrissette	940
	Union des électeurs	Henri Meunier	747

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	14,420
	Progressive Conservative	Ivanhoe Pronovost	8,324

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	13,767
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lahaye	9,988

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lahaye	13,537
	Liberal	J.-Alfred Mongrain	13,374

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Matte	9,936
	Social Credit	Origène Arvisais	8,662
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lahaye	7,789
	New Democratic	Albert Bergeron	815

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Matte	12,446
	Social Credit	Origène Arvisais	7,470
	Progressive Conservative	Gaston Marcotte	7,287
	New Democratic	J.-Albert Bergeron	570

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Matte	12,334
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Ricard	6,106
	Ralliement créditiste	Roger-J. Simard	5,221
	New Democratic	Irénée Leroux	2,098

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	René Matte	9,866
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Matte	9,665
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Filion	6,449
	New Democratic	George L. Diamond	550

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	René Matte	14,882
	Liberal	Laurier Trottier	11,403
	Progressive Conservative	Henriot Gingras	2,770
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Landry	505

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	René Matte	14,466
	Liberal	Laurier Trottier	11,896
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-A. Pronovost	2,452
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Landry	716

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	22,256
	Independent	René Matte	10,441
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Lamy	4,200
	Social Credit	Claude L'Herault	2,796
	New Democratic	Denis Tousignant	1,328
	Rhinoceros	Gilles Leycuras	753

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	25,758
	New Democratic	René Matte	9,164
	Progressive Conservative	Philippe Demers	4,359
	Union populaire	Jacques Aubert	238
	Marxist–Leninist	Lucie Desrosiers	178

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Champagne	27,467
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	14,459
	New Democratic	Louise Cloutier	3,124
	Parti nationaliste	Jean Perron	723

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Champagne	29,788
	New Democratic	Jocelyn Crête	8,792
	Liberal	André Burke	7,471

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Réjean Lefebvre	23,646
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Champagne	13,083
	Liberal	Michel Veillette	11,251
	New Democratic	André De Billy	445

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Réjean Lefebvre	20,687
	Liberal	Pierre Lesieur	12,915
	Progressive Conservative	Yves St-Amant	12,784
	New Democratic	Petra Genest	632

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Gagnon	20,423
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	20,408
	Alberta Alliance	Eric Labranche	2,588
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	1,020
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	672

List of MPs for districts that included Champlain (since 1867)

The following list contains members of districts that have included Champlain, since 1867:

	Assignments[1]	Party	Election[2]	Popular Vote[3]
John Jones Ross	Government MP	Conservative	1867	83%
John Jones Ross	Government MP (before 1873) Official Opposition MP (after 1873)	Conservative	1872	53%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1874	50%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1878	76%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1882	74%
Hippolyte Montplaisir	Government MP	Conservative	1887	52%
Onésime Carignan	Government MP	Conservative	1891	51%
François-Arthur Marcotte[4]	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1896	54%
François-Arthur Marcotte	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1897	51%
Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Government MP	Liberal	1900	53%
Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau	Government MP	Liberal	1904	53%
Pierre Édouard Blondin	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1908	51%
Pierre Édouard Blondin[5]	Government MP	Conservative	1911	53%
Pierre Édouard Blondin[6]	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1914	unopposed
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1917	94%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers[7]	Government MP	Liberal	1921	69%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers	Government MP (until 1926) Official Opposition MP (after 1926)	Liberal	1925	65%
Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers[8]	Government MP	Liberal	1926	65%
Jean-Louis Baribeau[9]	Government MP	Conservative	1930	47%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1935	53%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1940	65%
Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Government MP	Liberal	1945	53%
Irenée Rochefort	Government MP	Liberal	1949	55%
Irenée Rochefort	Government MP	Liberal	1953	63%
Irenée Rochefort	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1957	58%
Paul Lahaye[10]	Government MP	Progressive Conservative	1958	50%
Jean-Paul Matte	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1962	37%
Jean-Paul Matte	Government MP	Liberal	1963	45%
Jean-Paul Matte[11]	Government MP	Liberal	1965	48%
René Matte	Third Party MP	Ralliement Créditiste[12]	1968	37%
René Matte	Third Party MP	Social Credit	1972	50%
René Matte[13]	Third Party MP	Social Credit	1974	49%
Michel Veillette	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1979	53%
Michel Veillette[14]	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (after 1984)	Liberal	1980	65%
Michel Champagne	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (after 1986)	Progressive Conservative	1984	60%
Michel Champagne[15]	Parliamentary Secretary	Progressive Conservative	1988	65%
Réjean Lefebvre	Official Opposition MP	Bloc Québécois	1993	49%
Réjean Lefebvre[16]	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	1997	44%
Marcel Gagnon	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2000	45%
Marcel Gagnon	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2004	55%
Jean-Yves Laforest	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2006	44%

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References

Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Champlain, Quebec
Marcotte's 1896 election was declared void. A by-election was called to settle the matter.
Blondin resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1914. A by-election was called.
Blondin lost the 1917 election.
Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1922.
Desaulniers lost the 1930 election.
Baribeau lost the 1935 election.
Lahaye lost the 1962 election.
Jean-Paul Matte lost the 1968 election.
The Ralliement Créditiste was renamed Social Credit in 1971.
René Matte sat as an Independent by 1978 and lost the 1979 election.
Veillette lost the 1984 election.
Champagne lost the 1993 election.
Lefebvre sat as an Independent by 1999.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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[1] Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.

[2] By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.

[3] History of Federal Ridings since 1867 - Champlain, Quebec

[4] Marcotte's 1896 election was declared void. A by-election was called to settle the matter.

[5] Blondin resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1914. A by-election was called.

[6] Blondin lost the 1917 election.

[7] Bureau resigned to become a member of the federal Cabinet in 1922.

[8] Desaulniers lost the 1930 election.

[9] Baribeau lost the 1935 election.

[10] Lahaye lost the 1962 election.

[11] Jean-Paul Matte lost the 1968 election.

[12] The Ralliement Créditiste was renamed Social Credit in 1971.

[13] René Matte sat as an Independent by 1978 and lost the 1979 election.

[14] Veillette lost the 1984 election.

[15] Champagne lost the 1993 election.

[16] Lefebvre sat as an Independent by 1999.

Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères