Lafontaine (electoral district)

Lafontaine
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1976
First contested	1949
Last contested	1974

Lafontaine (also known as Lafontaine—Rosemont) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Hochelaga, St. James and St. mary ridings. It consisted of a part of the city of Montreal.

The riding's name was changes in 1975 to "Lafontaine—Rosemont", and the riding was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Hochelaga, Laurier, Maisonneuve and Rosemont ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lafontaine Riding created from Hochelaga, St. James and St. Mary
21st	1949–1953	J.-Georges Ratelle	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Georges-C. Lachance
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979	Claude-André Lachance
Riding dissolved into Hochelaga, Laurier, Maisonneuve and Rosemont

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Georges Ratelle	12,883
	Independent	Joseph-Marie Savignac	7,846
	Independent Liberal	Bruno-Roméo Desormiers	3,245
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lamarche	331
	Independent Liberal	Emile Naud	328
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean Sylvestre	217

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Georges Ratelle	15,285
	Progressive Conservative	Charlemagne Houle	3,438
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Oscar Latreille	1,311
	Labor–Progressive	Gabrielle Dionne	392

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Georges Ratelle	15,501
	Progressive Conservative	Charlemagne Houle	4,593
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hector Rochon	1,095

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.-Georges Ratelle	12,195
	Progressive Conservative	Dollard Dansereau	10,299
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hector Rochon	979
	Independent PC	Paul Vézina	276

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-C. Lachance	10,000
	Progressive Conservative	Dollard Dansereau	6,212
	New Democratic	Blaise-J.-L. Daigneault	1,665
	Social Credit	Roger Smith-Verrault	1,660
	Independent PC	Roger Julien	1,118

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-C. Lachance	10,929
	Social Credit	Roger Smith	4,456
	New Democratic	J.-P. Forest	3,340
	Progressive Conservative	Roméo Des Rochers	2,937

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-C. Lachance	9,101
	New Democratic	Réginald Boisvert	3,804
	Progressive Conservative	Gertrude Lessard	3,742
	Ralliement créditiste	Roger Smith	1,896
	Communist	Lucien Jacques	342

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-C. Lachance	14,786
	Progressive Conservative	André Gagnon	6,412
	New Democratic	Guy Lalonde	3,142
	Ralliement créditiste	Émile Robert	879
	Independent Liberal	Albert Leach	210

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-C. Lachance	13,508
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Bouchard	6,134
	Social Credit	Octave Grosariu	5,078
	New Democratic	Gabriel Gagnon	3,350
	Independent	Alain Beiner	228

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude-André Lachance	11,399
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Bouchard	7,887
	New Democratic	J.D.R. Robert Dépatie	2,104
	Social Credit	Octave Grosariu	2,045
	Marxist–Leninist	Françoise Roy	120
	Communist	Lydia Morand	118

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External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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Lafontaine (electoral district)

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links