- Nicolet—Yamaska
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For the Quebec provincial electoral district, see Nicolet-Yamaska (provincial electoral district).
Nicolet—Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
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History
This riding was created in 1933 from Nicolet and Yamaska ridings.
It was defined initially to consist of:
- the county of Nicolet except such part thereof as is included in the municipalities of Lemieux Ste-Cécile-de-Lévrard, St-Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, St-Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard and the village of Manseau;
- the county of Yamaska except that part of the parish and the village of St-Michel lying west of the river Yamaska.
In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:
- the county of Nicolet, (except the municipalities of Lemieux, Ste. Cécile-de-Lévrard, St. Joseph-de-Blandford, Ste. Marie-de-Blandford, St. Pierre-les-Becquets, Ste. Sophie-de-Lévrard and the villages of Manseau and les Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
- the county of Yamaska;
- that part of the county of Drummond included in the municipalities of St. Edmond-de-Grantham and St. Majorique-de-Grantham;
- that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the municipalities of Ste. Anne-du-Sault and Maddington and the village of Daveluyville;
- that part of the county of Richelieu included in the municipality of St. Marcel.
In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:
- the county of Nicolet (except the municipality of Lemieux, the parish municipalities of Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Saint-Joseph-de-Blandford, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, and the village municipalities of Manseau and Les-Becquets), and the town of Nicolet;
- the county of Yamaska;
- that part of the county of Drummond included in the parish municipalities of Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham and Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham;
- that part of the county of Arthabaska included in the parish municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, the township municipality of Maddington and the village municipality of Daveluyville;
- that part of the county of Richelieu included in the parish municipality of Saint-Marcel.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lotbinière, Drummond and Richelieu ridings.
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Dubois 9,542 Conservative Aimé Chassé 6,770 Reconstruction Joseph-Léon-Kemner Laflamme 108 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Dubois 7,445 Liberal François-Moras Manseau 6,865 National Government Joseph-Henri Belcourt 410 Independent Conservative Léo Coté 232 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Independent Liberal Lucien Dubois 7,973 Liberal Paul-Arthur Trahan 6,658 Progressive Conservative Joseph-Archie-Albéric Mondou 944 By-election on 7 February 1949 Dubois died, 8 November 1948
Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Renaud Chapdelaine 8,382 Liberal Paul-A. Trahan 8,095 Independent Liberal Romulus Manseau 469 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Maurice Boisvert 10,208 Progressive Conservative Renaud Chapdelaine 9,860 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Maurice Boisvert 9,483 Independent Liberal Roger Cloutier 7,397 Progressive Conservative Armand Proulx 2,396 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Paul Comtois 9,805 Liberal René Blondin 9,292 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Paul Comtois 11,880 Liberal Gilles Pellerin 7,219 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Clément Vincent 8,861 Liberal Lorenzo Saint-Arnaud 7,427 Social Credit Denis Cournoyer 3,233 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Clément Vincent 9,438 Liberal Lorenzo Saint-Arnaud 8,124 Social Credit Gérard Lupien 1,825 New Democrat Claude Rondeau 228 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Clément Vincent 11,734 Liberal Jean Arsenault 6,090 Ralliement créditiste Roméo Marsan 368 New Democrat Rodolphe Guillemette 210 By-election on 19 September 1966 Clément Vincent resigned, 4 May 1966
Party Candidate Votes Liberal Florian Côté 7,936 Conservative Normand Beaudoin 6,842 Independent Jean Marc Denoncourt 1,129 New Democrat Georges-Henri Forcier 588 Droit vital personnel H.-Georges Grenier 44 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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