Richelieu—Verchères

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Richelieu-Verchères.
Richelieu—Verchères
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1933
District abolished 1967
First contested 1935
Last contested 1965

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

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Richelieu—Verchères
Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu,
St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska
18th  1935–1940     Arthur Cardin Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1946     Independent
 1946–1949     Gérard Cournoyer Liberal
21st  1949–1952
 1952–1953 Lucien Cardin
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1967
 1967–1968 Jacques-Raymond Tremblay
Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 11,022
ConservativeJoseph-Ignace Archambault 3,402
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 11,330
National GovernmentLiboire Beauregard 2,412
Independent ConservativeRené Larivière 447
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentPierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 12,873
Progressive ConservativeAlphonse Bourret 3,080
Social CreditRodolphe Bignell 945
By-election on 23 December 1946

On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Cournoyer 11,984
Social CreditJ.-T.-Rolland Corbeil 6,164
Progressive ConservativeÉtienne Duhamel 1,875
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Cournoyer 12,795
     National Unity Adrien Arcand 5,590
Union des électeursClaude Guertin 429
Progressive ConservativePaul-Émile Guertin 419
By-election on 6 October 1952

On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 13,285
Progressive ConservativeAlbéric Tremblay 4,374
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 15,406
Progressive ConservativeFrançois Cournoyer 3,282
Co-operative CommonwealthMaurice Benoit 246
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 16,003
Independent PCPaul-Émile Guertin 2,830
Progressive ConservativeJacques Bertrand 749
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 13,497
Progressive ConservativeCharles Cournoyer 11,005
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 14,658
Progressive ConservativeC.-Robert Fiset 9,790
Social CreditFernando Bissonnette 2,268
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 14,194
Social CreditYvon Ménard 9,616
Progressive ConservativePaul-Émile Guertin 1,795
New DemocraticPaul-Aimé Roy 936
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLucien Cardin 15,697
Ralliement créditisteYvon Ménard 5,317
Progressive ConservativePaul-Émile Guertin 3,107
New DemocraticPaul-Aimé Roy 1,868
By-election on 29 May 1967

On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJacques-Raymond Tremblay 10,577
Progressive ConservativeClaude Ladouceur 3,104
New DemocraticPaul-Aimé Roy 1,178
     Radical chrétien Rolland Corbeil 1,089

See also

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