Charlevoix (electoral district)

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.

Charlevoix
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1947
District abolished2003
First contested1949
Last contested2000

The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.

The best-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Charlevoix
1st  1867–1872     Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
3rd  1874–1876
 1876–1877     Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative
 1877–1878
4th  1878–1879     Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal
 1879–1881     Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative
 1881–1882 Simon-Xavier Cimon
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1887     Independent Liberal
 1887–1891     Simon Cimon Conservative
7th  1891–1895     Henry Simard Liberal
 1896–1896 Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908     Rodolphe Forget Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency
Riding re-created from Charlevoix—Saguenay
21st  1949–1953     Auguste Maltais Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968     Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974     Gilles Caouette Social Credit
30th  1974–1979     Charles Lapointe Liberal
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Charles-André Hamelin Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993 Brian Mulroney
35th  1993–1997     Gérard Asselin Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon999
UnknownAdolphe Gagnon911
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay1,485
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon779
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay1,377
ConservativePierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau1,104
By-election on 22 January 1876

Election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHector-Louis Langevin952
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay741
By-election on 23 March 1877

By-election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHector-Louis Langevin1,185
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay1,129
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre-Alexis Tremblay1,052
UnknownJoseph-Stanislas Perrault936
By-election on 13 February 1879

Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJoseph-Stanislas Perrault1,077
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon898
By-election on 19 March 1881

By-election declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon929
ConservativeJoseph-Stanislas Perrault854
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon954
UnknownJ.A.J. Kane601
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent LiberalSimon-Xavier Cimon903
NationalistJ.A. Tremblay819
UnknownC.H.A. Clement688
UnknownJ.A. Hamel309
By-election on 28 September 1887

Cimon's death, 26 June 1887

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr.1,436
UnknownJ.A. Tremblay1,025
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Simard1,542
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr.1,235
By-election on 27 January 1896

Simard's death, 6 November 1895

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angersacclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers1,403
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr.1,273
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers1,517
ConservativeSimon-Xavier Cimon Jr.1,342
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget1,684
LiberalLouis Charles Alphonse Angers1,601
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget1,934
LiberalJoseph Camille Pouliot1,725
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRodolphe Forget2,020
LiberalLucien Cannon1,358
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais9,543
IndependentEmile Boiteau4,402
Progressive ConservativeJoseph-Hidas-Aimé Dufour1,608
Union des électeursPierre Simard940
Independent LiberalDonat Lacroix217
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais10,742
Progressive ConservativeFrédéric Dorion7,259
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAuguste Maltais10,182
Progressive ConservativeGuy Dorion7,532
Social CreditJean-Louis Hudon246
Independent LiberalJos. Gignac213
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin12,315
LiberalAuguste Maltais7,918
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditLouis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger8,645
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin6,341
LiberalAuguste Maltais5,408
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditLouis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger7,390
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin6,843
LiberalMeredy Bouchard5,787
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin6,844
LiberalAimé Racine6,676
Ralliement créditisteJ.-Adélard Froment5,556
New DemocraticPaul-Henri Dufresne556
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMartial Asselin9,487
LiberalAimé Racine8,282
Ralliement créditisteRaymond Poulin3,831
New DemocraticReginald Boulay1,070
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGilles Caouette10,264
LiberalJean-Guy Alain10,105
Progressive ConservativePierre-Paul Savard5,747
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe10,372
Social CreditGilles Caouette8,905
Progressive ConservativeGualbert Tremblay4,942
New DemocraticGaétan Tremblay692
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe18,031
Social CreditGabriel-Yvan Gagnon8,004
Progressive ConservativePaul-André Tremblay4,503
New DemocraticNormand Laforce613
Union populaireMargot Kaszap251
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Lapointe22,130
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Dufour5,679
New DemocraticNormand Laforce1,273
Social CreditAngelo Emond1,021
RhinocerosGuy "Pantouffe" Laliberté945
Union populaireLise Brodeur232
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCharles-André Hamelin23,661
LiberalCharles Lapointe11,906
New DemocraticJocelyn Toulouse1,022
Parti nationalisteVictorien Pilote610
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeBrian Mulroney33,730
LiberalMartin Cauchon5,994
New DemocraticKenneth Choquette1,819
RhinocerosFrançois Yo Gourd600
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin23,615
LiberalAndré Desgagnés7,140
Progressive ConservativeGérard Guy6,781
New DemocraticAudrey Carpentier552
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin19,792
LiberalGhislain Maltais9,838
Progressive ConservativeNicole Massicotte6,443
New DemocraticFrançois Dumoutier454
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisGérard Asselin20,479
LiberalMarjolaine Gagnon9,308
AlliancePierre Paradis1,905
Progressive ConservativeDoris Grondin1,154
New DemocraticJoss Duhaime484

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Manicouagan
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1988–1993
Succeeded by
Vancouver Centre
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