Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Îles-de-la-Madeleine (provincial electoral district).
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 1967
First contested 1949
Last contested 1965

Îles-de-la-Madeleine was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1947 from Gaspé riding. It consisted of the county of Iles-de-la-Madeleine. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Bonaventure riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Riding created from Gaspé
21st  1949–1953     Charles Cannon Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Russell Keays Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Maurice Sauvé Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Bonaventure

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon 2,203
Independent PCJoseph-Pierre-Albert Sévigny 2,145
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon 2,337
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Sylvain 1,937
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon 2,472
IndependentRaymond Maher 2,145
Independent LiberalJacques Pinault 31
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJames Russell Keays 2,471
LiberalCharles Cannon 2,115
Independent PCFélix-Armand Painchaud 146
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé 2,765
Progressive ConservativeJames Russell Keays 2,230
Social CreditAlexandre Bertrand 67
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé 3,053
Social CreditFernand Turbide 1,568
Progressive ConservativeGérard Mecteau 183
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé 2,860
Progressive ConservativeMarc Arsenault 2,468
Ralliement créditisteJacques-O. Lévesque 38
New DemocraticMaurice Giguère 20

See also

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