St. James (electoral district)

St. James
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1892
District abolished 1952
First contested 1896
Last contested 1949

St. James was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1952.

The riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of Montreal. In 1914, it was expanded to include Lafontaine Ward of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to streets in Montreal.

In 1947, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into a new St. James riding, and the ridings of Lafontaine, Laurier, Papineau and St. Mary.

The new St. James electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
St. James
Riding created from Montreal Centre and Montreal East
8th  1896–1900     Odilon Desmarais Liberal
9th  1900–1901
 1902–1902 Joseph Brunet
 1904–1904 Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917 Louis-Audet Lapointe
13th  1917–1920     Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
 1920–1921     Fernand Rinfret Liberal
14th  1921–1925
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1926
 1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1939
 1939–1940 Eugène Durocher
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Roland Beaudry
21st  1949–1953
Riding dissolved into Laurier and Saint-Jacques

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDESMARAIS, Odilon 3,423
ConservativeLAVALLÉE, Louis-Arsène 2,054
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDESMARAIS, Odilon 3,256
ConservativePAGNUELO, Tancrède 1,615
IndependentMIGNERON, Joseph-Homère 74

By-election: On Mr. Desmarais being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 25 June 1901

By-election on 15 January 1902
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBRUNET, Joseph 2,899
ConservativeBERGERON, J.G.H. 2,252

By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1902

By-election on 16 February 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGERVAIS, Honoré 3,269
ConservativeBERGERON, J.G.H. 2,591
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGERVAIS, H. 3,648
ConservativeCARDINAL, J.T. 2,291
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGERVAIS, Honoré 3,995
ConservativeGIROUX, Napoléon 2,468
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLAPOINTE, Louis-Audet 4,653
     Nationalist Conservative ASSELIN, Olivar 3,179
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)LAPOINTE, Louis-Audet acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Lapointe's death, 7 February 1920

By-election on 7 April 1920
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Fernand 3,413
LabourMATHIEU, Alphetus 1,856
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Fernand 11,216
ConservativeGAUTHIER, André Rémi Odilon Léon 968
IndependentPAQUIN, Ubald 625
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Louis-Édouard-Fernand 12,080
     Liberal Protectionist LAURIER, Ruben-Charles 4,076
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Louis-Édouard-Fernand 12,740
ConservativeMARSAN, Georges-Avila 2,192

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Hon. Louis-Édouard-Fernand acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Hon. Fernand 13,299
ConservativeLAMARCHE, Joseph-Paul 6,208
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRINFRET, Hon. Fernand 22,298
ReconstructionFRANCOEUR, Louis 10,242
ConservativeLAMARCHE, Joseph-Paul 2,953
Co-operative CommonwealthDE PERON, Jean-Désiré 1,147
IndependentGENDRON, Emma 241

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's death, 12 July 1939

By-election on 18 December 1939
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDUROCHER, Eugène 16,986
UnknownBOUCHARD, Paul 6,368
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDUROCHER, Eugène 27,219
National GovernmentJEANNOTTE, Joseph-Édouard 5,777
Co-operative CommonwealthROCHON, Hector 1,091
Independent LiberalMATHIEU, Achille 864
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBEAUDRY, Roland 23,970
Bloc populaireDUHAMEL, Roger 12,932
IndependentJEANNOTTE, J.-Édouard 2,040
Co-operative CommonwealthROCHON, Hector 619
Independent LiberalMATHIEU, Émile 585
Social CreditCOTÉ, Rosaire 549
Independent LiberalLOISELLE, Georges-Étienne 342
IndependentDUGAS, Jean-Hubert 186
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBEAUDRY, Roland 18,705
Progressive ConservativeAUGER, Jacques 9,349
Union des électeursGRENIER, Jean 720

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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