Laurier (electoral district)

Laurier, a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988.

Laurier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1987
First contested1935
Last contested1984

It was set up in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont, Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

The riding was re-created in 2003, and renamed Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2004.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurier
Riding created from Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis
18th  1935–1940     Ernest Bertrand Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1949
 1949–1953 J.-Eugène Lefrançois
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Lionel Chevrier
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1963
 1964–1965 Fernand Leblanc
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 David Berger
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont,
Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand12,998
Independent LiberalDavid Rochon6,454
ConservativeOmer Langlois4,913
ReconstructionGeorges Mayrand3,018
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand21,069
National GovernmentDonat Larivée4,072
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand22,520
Bloc populaireÉmile-Dostaler O'Leary5,145
Co-operative CommonwealthJean-J. Beauchamp1,924
Progressive ConservativeLouis-Marcel Jr. Lymburner1,910
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalErnest Bertrand15,578
IndependentJacques Sauriol2,845
Progressive ConservativeEdward Auerback1,735
Co-operative CommonwealthPierre Archambault782
By-election on 24 October 1949

Bertrand accepted an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Eugène Lefrançois10,164
Labor–ProgressivePierre Gélinas713
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJ.-Eugène Lefrançois12,648
Progressive ConservativeClaude Nolin4,642
Co-operative CommonwealthAmédée Jasmin376
Labor–ProgressiveJeannette Brunelle364
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier11,336
Progressive ConservativeRené Duranleau5,321
Independent LiberalArmand Ouellette712
Labor–ProgressiveHenri Gagnon342
Co-operative CommonwealthGuy Ouellette270
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier10,125
Progressive ConservativePaul Leclair8,915
Co-operative CommonwealthGuy Ouellette741
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier8,255
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Guilbeault5,466
Social CreditLiliane Vien-Beaudet,1,419
New DemocraticA.-René Tremblay1,360
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLionel Chevrier8,059
Social CreditGilles Caouette4,282
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Guilbeault3,245
New DemocraticPaul Massé2,379
By-election on 10 February 1964

Chevrier resigned, 27 December 1963

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc5,349
Ralliement créditisteGilles Caouette2,232
Progressive ConservativeJ. René Paquin1,866
New DemocraticGérard Picard688
UnknownAndré Goulet216
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc7,032
Progressive ConservativeGérard Locas2,251
New DemocraticJean-Jacques Danis1,925
Ralliement créditisteJ.-Alfred Lévesque1,704
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc10,040
IndependentHubert Falardeau4,402
Progressive ConservativeJulius Briskin2,827
New DemocraticGaston Mckenty843
Ralliement créditisteJoseph-Wilfrid Banville695
IndependentMarcel Landry480
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc10,936
Social CreditJ.-A. Lévesque3,789
Progressive ConservativeRaymond Trottier3,320
New DemocraticJean-Paul Guay2,290
IndependentJeannette Walsh155
IndependentDavid Keith Orton132
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFernand Leblanc10,085
Progressive ConservativeBernard Paradis3,310
New DemocraticRoger Gauthier1,646
Social CreditGuy Lévesque1,582
IndependentFernand Boubou Boucher246
Marxist–LeninistChristiane Robidoux182
CommunistJeanette Walsh100
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger17,366
Social CreditGérard Baillarger3,250
Progressive ConservativeYvon Lanthier2,790
RhinocerosChatouille Sonia Coté2,673
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Bourdouxhe1,934
Union populaireLucie Desrosiers299
CommunistGuy Desautels179
Marxist–LeninistBernard Deslières118
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger16,201
RhinocerosSonia Chatouille Coté3,067
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Bourdouxhe2,216
Progressive ConservativeMarc Legris1,572
Social CreditEdmond-Louis Girard534
IndependentLouise Baillargeon346
CommunistClaire Durand107
IndependentAndré Frappier102
Union populaireLucien Tremblay95
Marxist–LeninistBernard Deslières63
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid Berger9,302
Progressive ConservativeRoland Gagné7,720
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Juneau4,595
RhinocerosFrançois Yo Gourd3,247
Parti nationalisteJean Saint-Amour906
GreenRobert Silverman751
Social CreditGilles Coté194
CommunistBrian O'Keefe130
Commonwealth of CanadaJean Langevin53

See also

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