Nicolet—Yamaska

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Nicolet-Yamaska (electoral district).
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 Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.

History

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

It was defined initially to consist of:

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:

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

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Dubois 9,542
ConservativeAimé Chassé 6,770
ReconstructionJoseph-Léon-Kemner Laflamme 108
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Dubois 7,445
LiberalFrançois-Moras Manseau 6,865
National GovernmentJoseph-Henri Belcourt 410
Independent ConservativeLéo Coté 232
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Independent LiberalLucien Dubois 7,973
LiberalPaul-Arthur Trahan 6,658
Progressive ConservativeJoseph-Archie-Albéric Mondou 944
By-election on 7 February 1949

Dubois died, 8 November 1948

Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRenaud Chapdelaine 8,382
LiberalPaul-A. Trahan 8,095
Independent LiberalRomulus Manseau 469
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Boisvert 10,208
Progressive ConservativeRenaud Chapdelaine 9,860
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Boisvert 9,483
Independent LiberalRoger Cloutier 7,397
Progressive ConservativeArmand Proulx 2,396
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativePaul Comtois 9,805
LiberalRené Blondin 9,292
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativePaul Comtois 11,880
LiberalGilles Pellerin 7,219
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeClément Vincent 8,861
LiberalLorenzo Saint-Arnaud 7,427
Social CreditDenis Cournoyer 3,233
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeClément Vincent 9,438
LiberalLorenzo Saint-Arnaud 8,124
Social CreditGérard Lupien 1,825
New DemocraticClaude Rondeau 228
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeClément Vincent 11,734
LiberalJean Arsenault 6,090
Ralliement créditisteRoméo Marsan 368
New DemocraticRodolphe Guillemette 210
By-election on 19 September 1966

Clément Vincent resigned, 4 May 1966

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFlorian Côté 7,936
ConservativeNormand Beaudoin 6,842
IndependentJean Marc Denoncourt 1,129
New DemocraticGeorges-Henri Forcier 588
     Droit vital personnel H.-Georges Grenier 44

See also

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