Nicolet—Yamaska

Nicolet—Yamaska
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

Nicolet—Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

History

This riding was created in 1933 from Nicolet and Yamaska ridings.

It was defined initially to consist of:

the county of Nicolet except such part thereof as is included in the municipalities of Lemieux Ste-Cécile-de-Lévrard, St-Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, St-Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard and the village of Manseau;
the county of Yamaska except that part of the parish and the village of St-Michel lying west of the river Yamaska.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

the county of Nicolet, (except the municipalities of Lemieux, Ste. Cécile-de-Lévrard, St. Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste. Marie-de-Blandford, St. Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste. Sophie-de-Lévrard and the villages of Manseau and les Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
the county of Yamaska;
that part of the county of Drummond included in the municipalities of St. Edmond-de-Grantham and St. Majorique-de-Grantham;
that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the municipalities of Ste. Anne-du-Sault and Maddington and the village of Daveluyville;
that part of the county of Richelieu included in the municipality of St. Marcel.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:

the county of Nicolet (except the municipality of Lemieux, the parish municipalities of Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Saint-Joseph-de-Blandford, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, and the village municipalities of Manseau and Les-Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
the county of Yamaska;
that part of the county of Drummond included in the parish municipalities of Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham and Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham;
that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the parish municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, the township municipality of Maddington and the village municipality of Daveluyville;
that part of the county of Richelieu included in the parish municipality of Saint-Marcel.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lotbinière, Drummond and Richelieu ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Nicolet—Yamaska Riding created from Nicolet and Yamaska
18th	1935–1940	Lucien Dubois	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Liberal
20th	1945–1948		Independent Liberal
20th	1949–1949	Renaud Chapdelaine	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Paul Comtois	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Paul Comtois
25th	1962–1963	Clément Vincent
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1966
27th	1966–1968	Florian Côté	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière, Drummond and Richelieu

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Dubois	9,542
	Conservative	Aimé Chassé	6,770
	Reconstruction	Joseph-Léon-Kemner Laflamme	108

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Dubois	7,445
	Liberal	François-Moras Manseau	6,865
	National Government	Joseph-Henri Belcourt	410
	Independent Conservative	Léo Coté	232

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Lucien Dubois	7,973
	Liberal	Paul-Arthur Trahan	6,658
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Archie-Albéric Mondou	944

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 February 1949 Dubois died, 8 November 1948
	Progressive Conservative	Renaud Chapdelaine	8,382
	Liberal	Paul-A. Trahan	8,095
	Independent Liberal	Romulus Manseau	469

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Boisvert	10,208
	Progressive Conservative	Renaud Chapdelaine	9,860

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Boisvert	9,483
	Independent Liberal	Roger Cloutier	7,397
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Proulx	2,396

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Comtois	9,805
	Liberal	René Blondin	9,292

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Comtois	11,880
	Liberal	Gilles Pellerin	7,219

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Vincent	8,861
	Liberal	Lorenzo Saint-Arnaud	7,427
	Social Credit	Denis Cournoyer	3,233

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Vincent	9,438
	Liberal	Lorenzo Saint-Arnaud	8,124
	Social Credit	Gérard Lupien	1,825
	New Democratic	Claude Rondeau	228

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Vincent	11,734
	Liberal	Jean Arsenault	6,090
	Ralliement créditiste	Roméo Marsan	368
	New Democratic	Rodolphe Guillemette	210

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 19 September 1966 Clément Vincent resigned, 4 May 1966
	Liberal	Florian Côté	7,936
	Conservative	Normand Beaudoin	6,842
	Independent	Jean Marc Denoncourt	1,129
	New Democratic	Georges-Henri Forcier	588
	Droit vital personnel	H.-Georges Grenier	44

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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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

Nicolet—Yamaska

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

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