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Saint-Maurice—Laflèche

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Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1967
First contested1935
Last contested1965

Saint-Maurice—Laflèche (previously known as St-Maurice—Laflèche) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

It was created as "St-Maurice—Laflèche" riding in 1933 from parts of Champlain and Three Rivers and St. Maurice ridings. In 1947, the riding's English name was changed to "Saint-Maurice—Laflèche". The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier, Champlain and Saint-Maurice ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
St-Maurice—Laflèche
Riding created from Champlain and Three Rivers and St. Maurice
18th  1935–1940     Joseph-Alphida Crête Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     René Hamel Bloc populaire
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
21st  1949–1953     Joseph-Adolphe Richard Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Lamy Social Credit
26th  1963–1965     Jean Chrétien Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Berthier, Champlain and Saint-Maurice

Election results

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St-Maurice—Laflèche, 1935–1949

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1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alphida Crête 5,505
Independent Liberal Polydore Beaulac 4,237
Independent Liberal Louis-Joseph Dostaler 3,715
Conservative Elzéar Dallaire 3,332
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alphida Crête 9,440
Independent Liberal Joseph-A. Frigon 7,465
National Government Joseph-Albert Béland 1,957
Independent Liberal Elzéar Dallaire 457
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc populaire René Hamel 9,779
Liberal Joseph-Alphida Crête 9,323
Independent Liberal Joseph-Arthur Bilodeau 4,352
Social Credit Lucien Lambert 681

Saint-Maurice—Laflèche, 1949–1968

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1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Adolphe Richard 13,898
Independent René Hamel 11,646
Union des électeurs Joseph-Gabriel Lacasse 2,064
Progressive Conservative Samuel Labelle 347
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Adolphe Richard 18,662
Progressive Conservative Stolland Naud 10,337
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Adolphe Richard 18,714
Progressive Conservative Lucien Filion 7,686
Co-operative Commonwealth Fernand-Denis Lavergne 4,369
Independent Bruno Pellerin 751
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Adolphe Richard 18,556
Progressive Conservative Lucien Filion 14,405
Co-operative Commonwealth Armand Coté 1,863
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Gérard Lamy 20,225
Liberal Joseph-Adolphe Richard 10,912
Progressive Conservative Edouardine Pellerin 4,931
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Chrétien 16,358
Social Credit Gérard Lamy 14,414
Progressive Conservative Bruno Pellerin 3,018
New Democratic Martial Laforest 1,983
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Chrétien 14,395
Ralliement créditiste Alphonse Poulin 7,429
New Democratic C. Liddle 5,669
Progressive Conservative Louis Lizotte 5,115

See also

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