Gaspé (electoral district)

Gaspé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997.

Gaspé
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1996
First contested1867
Last contested1993

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was amalgamated into the Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Gaspé
1st  1867–1872     Pierre-Étienne Fortin Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1875 Louis George Harper
 1875–1878 John Short
4th  1878–1882 Pierre-Étienne Fortin
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891 Louis-Zéphirin Joncas
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1900     Rodolphe Lemieux Liberal
9th  1900–1904
 1904–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Louis-Philippe Gauthier Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Rodolphe Lemieux Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935 Maurice Brasset
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1941     Joseph Sasseville Roy Independent Conservative
 1941–1945     Independent
20th  1945–1949     Léopold Langlois Liberal
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Roland English Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965     Alexandre Cyr Liberal
27th  1965–1968     Russell Keays Progressive Conservative
28th  1968–1972     Alexandre Cyr Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Charles-Eugène Marin Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Yvan Bernier Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePierre-Étienne Fortinacclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePierre-Étienne Fortinacclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeLouis George Harper545
UnknownHoratio Le Boutillier500
By-election on 10 July 1875

Harper unseated by petition, January 1875

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn Short605
UnknownHoratio Le Boutillier299
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePierre-Étienne Fortin913
UnknownB. Lebouthillier116
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativePierre-Étienne Fortinacclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeLouis-Zéphirin Joncas1,219
LiberalA.F. Carrier1,145
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeLouis-Zéphirin Joncasacclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux1,658
ConservativeThos. Ennis1,616
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux2,177
ConservativeAuguste Beaudry815
By-election on 20 February 1904

Lemieux named Solicitor-General, 29 January 1904

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieuxacclaimed
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieuxacclaimed
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux2,063
ConservativeWilliam Albert Edward Flynn571
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeLouis-Philippe Gauthier2,470
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux1,900
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Rodolphe Lemieux5,438
Government (Unionist)Louis-Philippe Gauthier1,160
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux9,728
ConservativeJoseph Ernest Sirois2,267
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux7,615
ConservativeGrattan O'Leary3,528
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRodolphe Lemieux8,769
ConservativeWilliam Albert Edward Flynn4,820
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Brasset9,784
ConservativeWilliam Albert Edward Flynn6,413
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Brasset11,773
ConservativeJ.-Ernest Sirois3,195
ReconstructionClovis Roy2,657
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeJoseph Sasseville Roy8,371
LiberalMaurice Brasset8,162
Independent LiberalLéopold Langlois4,437
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLéopold Langlois11,596
IndependentJ.-Sasseville Roy10,473
Co-operative CommonwealthRoland-Gérard Thibault368
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLéopold Langlois12,567
Progressive ConservativeJ.-Sasseville Roy9,650
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLéopold Langlois12,058
Progressive ConservativeRoland-Léo English10,832
Independent LiberalRose-Anne Lelièvre199
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRoland English10,916
LiberalLéopold Langlois10,848
IndependentJ.-Alfred Lévesque504
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRoland English14,535
LiberalCharles-Auguste Déry9,994
Co-operative CommonwealthThéo Gagné282
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRoland English10,530
LiberalClaude Bouchard8,055
Social CreditRégis Gagnon5,067
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr10,738
Progressive ConservativeRoland English8,846
Social CreditJ.-Albert Mignault4,208
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRussell Keays11,045
LiberalAlexandre Cyr10,452
Ralliement créditisteLouis-Joseph Roy1,148
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr9,208
Progressive ConservativeRussell Keays6,969
Ralliement créditisteJean-Guy Francoeur3,571
New DemocraticLawrence McBrearty564
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr12,422
Progressive ConservativeJ.-Bernard Savage7,059
Social CreditClaude Sasseville2,970
New DemocraticJean-Jacques Jauniault643
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr12,213
Progressive ConservativeJ. Bernard Savage8,445
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr14,830
Progressive ConservativePaul Arsenault11,797
Social CreditArmand Preston934
New DemocraticJean Paul Rivard783
Union populaireDenise Imbeau203
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexandre Cyr17,846
Progressive ConservativePaul Arsenault9,604
New DemocraticYvon Pipon1,018
RhinocerosFrancis Vitesse Mainville759
IndependentLucien Boulay255
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCharles-Eugène Marin19,128
LiberalAlexandre Cyr10,215
New DemocraticYvon Pipon1,065
Parti nationalisteMarie-Christine Dubreuil697
IndependentJoseph-Marie Lévesque317
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCharles-Eugène Marin16,298
LiberalDelton Sams9,908
New DemocraticBertrand Réhel1,504
RhinocerosLucky Loque Francis Mainville525
IndependentYvon Dubé185
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisYvan Bernier13,123
LiberalDelton Sams10,074
Progressive ConservativeCharles-Eugène Marin5,424
GreenMichel Limoges292
New DemocraticEric Wilson Steedman202

See also

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