Châteauguay (federal electoral district)

Châteauguay
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	2003
First contested	1979
Last contested	2000

Châteauguay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 and from 1979 to 2004.

History

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. In 1914, it was amalgamated with Huntingdon to become Châteauguay—Huntingdon riding.

The riding was recreated in 1976 from portions of La Prairie and Beauharnois—Salaberry ridings. It consisted of:

the Towns of Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Delson, Léry, Mercier, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Constant and Saint-Rémi;
in the County of Châteauguay: the parish municipalities of Sainte-Clothilde, Sainte-Martine and Saint-Urbain-Premier; the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Châteauguay;
in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipality of Saint-Isidore; the municipality of Saint-Mathieu; the Indian Reserve of Caughnawaga No. 14; and
in the County of Napierville: the parish municipalities of Saint-Michel and Saint-Rémi.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the Towns of Châteauguay, Delson, Mercier, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Constant and Saint-Rémi;
in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipalities of Saint-Isidore, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur and Saint-Philippe; the Municipality of Saint-Mathieu; the Indian Reserve of Kahnawake No. 14; and
in the County of Napierville: the parish municipalities of Saint-Édouard, Saint-Michel and Saint-Patrick-de-Sherrington.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

the cities of Châteauguay, Delson, Léry, Mercier, Saint-Constant, Saint-Rémi and Sainte-Catherine;
the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon, including Kahnawake Indian Reserve No. 14 (Caughnawaga), excepting: the cities of Candiac and La Prairie; the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe; and
in the County Regional Municipality of Les Jardins-de-Napierville: the parish municipalities of Saint-Édouard, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur and Saint-Michel.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Châteauguay
1st	1867–1872	Luther Hamilton Holton	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1880
4th	1880–1882	Edward Holton
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	James Pollock Brown
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1913
12th	1913–1917	James Morris	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay—Huntingdon
Riding re-created from Laprairie and Beauharnois—Salaberry
31st	1979–1980	Ian Watson	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Ian Watson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Ricardo López	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Ricardo López	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Maurice Godin	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Maurice Godin
37th	2000–2003	Robert Lanctôt
37th	2003–2004	Robert Lanctôt	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

Election results

1867 – 1917

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Luther Hamilton Holton	1,013
	Unknown	Thomas Kennedy Ramsay^[1]	586

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Luther Hamilton Holton	907
	Unknown	R. Stuart	669
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Luther Hamilton Holton	911
	Unknown	J. Tantone	519
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Luther Hamilton Holton	936
	Unknown	L. A. Seers	757

By-election: On Mr. Holton's death, 14 March 1880

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 April 1880
	Liberal	Edward Holton	838
	Unknown	P. Laberge	725

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Holton	860
	Unknown	F. A. Quinn	799

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Holton	1,120
	Conservative	Michael Joseph Francis Quinn	767

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,246
	Independent	R. N. Walsh	1,148

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,594
	Conservative	C. Lecavalier	894

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,301
	Conservative	William Greig	872

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,370
	Conservative	John George Bryson	906

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,397
	Conservative	Campbell Lane	1,092

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Pollock Brown	1,281
	Conservative	James Morris	1,241

By-election: On Mr. Brown's death, 30 May 1913

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 11 October 1913
	Conservative	James Morris	1,412
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,267

1979 - 2004

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	27,485
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Longtin	5,909
	Social Credit	Jean Lachaine	3,668
	New Democratic	Ginette Bourdon	2,404
	Rhinoceros	Cher Logue Georges Duchesne	883
	Union populaire	Guy Cousineau	213

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	27,152
	New Democratic	William W. Evans	4,203
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Dugre	3,311
	Social Credit	Paul-André Boucher	1,182
	Union populaire	Jean-Denis Paquette	570
	Marxist–Leninist	Jane Woods	199
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v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	21,318
	Liberal	Ian Watson	17,313
	New Democratic	Robert Vigneault	5,083
	Parti nationaliste	Jean-Guy Lafrenaye	1,630
	Libertarian	Guy Pelletier	284
	Commonwealth of Canada	Gilles A. Grisé	124

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	22,439
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Fournier	16,422
	New Democratic	Pierre Hétu	8,282
	Not affiliated	André Turcot	1,724
	Rhinoceros	Hubert Le Tube Simon	1,250

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Godin	34,271
	Liberal	Kimon Valaskakis	18,012
	Progressive Conservative	Ricardo López	5,749
	New Democratic	Luc Proulx	850
	Commonwealth of Canada	Stéphane Beauregard	317

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Godin	25,909
	Liberal	Sergio Pavone	19,167
	Progressive Conservative	George F. Lavoie	11,112
	New Democratic	Hannah Rogers	794

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Lanctôt	26,284
	Liberal	Carole Marcil	22,972
	Alliance	Ricardo López	3,120
	Progressive Conservative	Réjeanne Rioux	2,041
	Natural Law	Margaret Larrass	743
	New Democratic	Robert Lindblad	622

References

^ "Biography – RAMSAY, THOMAS KENNEDY – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

Riding history from the] Library of Parliament

[1] "Biography – RAMSAY, THOMAS KENNEDY – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[3] Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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