Richelieu—Verchères
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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.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Arthur | 11,022 | |||
| Conservative | ARCHAMBAULT, Joseph-Ignace | 3,402 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Arthur | 11,330 | |||
| National Government | BEAUREGARD, Liboire | 2,412 | |||
| Independent Conservative | LARIVIÈRE, René | 447 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Independent | CARDIN, Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Arthur | 12,873 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BOURRET, Alphonse | 3,080 | |||
| Social Credit | BIGNELL, Rodolphe | 945 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Cardin's death, 21 October 1946
| By-election on 23 December 1946 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | COURNOYER, Gérard | 11,984 | |||
| Social Credit | CORBEIL, J.-T.-Rolland | 6,164 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | DUHAMEL, Étienne | 1,875 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | COURNOYER, Gérard | 12,795 | |||
| National Unity | ARCAND, J.-R.-N. Adrien | 5,590 | |||
| Union des électeurs | GUERTIN, Claude | 429 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | GUERTIN, Paul-Émile | 419 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952
| By-election on 6 October 1952 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | CARDIN, Lucien | 13,285 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | TREMBLAY, Albéric | 4,374 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Lucien | 15,406 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | COURNOYER, François | 3,282 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | BENOIT, Maurice | 246 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Louis-Joseph-Lucien | 16,003 | |||
| Ind. Progressive Conservative | GUERTIN, Paul-Émile | 2,830 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BERTRAND, Jacques | 749 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Louis-Joseph-Lucien | 13,497 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | COURNOYER, Charles | 11,005 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Louis-Joseph-Lucien | 14,658 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | FISET, C.-Robert | 9,790 | |||
| Social Credit | BISSONNETTE, Fernando | 2,268 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Louis-Joseph-Lucien | 14,194 | |||
| Social Credit | MÉNARD, Yvon | 9,616 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | GUERTIN, Paul-Émile | 1,795 | |||
| New Democrat | ROY, Paul-Aimé | 936 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | CARDIN, Louis-Joseph-Lucien | 15,697 | |||
| Ralliement créditiste | MÉNARD, Yvon | 5,317 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | GUERTIN, Paul-Émile | 3,107 | |||
| New Democrat | ROY, Paul-Aimé 1,868 | ||||
By-election: On Mr. Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967
| By-election on 29 May 1967 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | TREMBLAY, Jacques-R. | 10,577 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | LADOUCEUR, Claude | 3,104 | |||
| New Democrat | ROY, Paul-Aimé | 1,178 | |||
| Radical chrétien | CORBEIL, Rolland | 1,089 | |||
