Quebec County (French: Comté de Québec) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1924 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1921 |
It was created by The British North America Act, 1867 which preserved existing ridings in Lower Canada. It was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Québec—Montmorency riding.
Members of Parliament
editThis riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec County | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1873 | |||
| 1873–1874 | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1880 | |||
| 1880–1882 | ||||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | |||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | |||
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont | Liberal | |
| 8th | 1896–1896 | Charles Fitzpatrick | ||
| 1896–1900 | ||||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1906 | |||
| 1906–1908 | Lorenzo Robitaille | Independent Liberal | ||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Joseph-Pierre Turcotte | Liberal | |
| 12th | 1911–1911 | Louis-Philippe Pelletier | Conservative | |
| 1911–1914 | ||||
| 1914–1917 | Thomas Chase-Casgrain | |||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Henri-Edgar Lavigueur | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Liberal | ||
| Riding dissolved into Québec—Montmorency | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[1] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | 1,415 | ||||||
| Unknown | M. Hearn | 316 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
By-election: On Mr. Chauveau being called to the Senate, 20 February 1873
| By-election on 28 March 1873 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | acclaimed | |||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | 1,702 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. Thibodeau | 1,073 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Caron being appointed Minister of Militia and Defence, 8 November 1880
| By-election on 20 November 1880 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | acclaimed | |||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | 1,438 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. E. Bédard | 869 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | 1,451 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jos. Martin | 1,192 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont | 1,692 | ||||||
| Conservative | Edmund James Flynn | 1,352 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | 1,982 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont | 1,058 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Fitzpatrick being appointed Solicitor General, 11 July 1896
| By-election on 30 July 1896 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | acclaimed | |||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | 2,201 | ||||||
| Conservative | L. A. Beaubien | 911 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | 2,445 | ||||||
| Conservative | J. P. H. Pageot | 271 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Fitzpatrick being appointed Chief Justice of Canada, 4 June 1906
| By-election on 23 October 1906 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Liberal | Lorenzo Robitaille | 2,087 | |||
| Liberal | G. E. Amyot | 1,699 | |||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Pierre Turcotte | 2,139 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Lorenzo Robitaille | 1,993 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Alfred Martineau | 38 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis-Philippe Pelletier | 2,295 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Baptiste Caouette | 2,247 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Pelletier being appointed Postmaster General, 10 October 1911
| By-election on 27 October 1911 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Louis-Philippe Pelletier | acclaimed | |||
By-election: On Mr. Pelletier's resignation, 20 October 1914
| By-election on 7 November 1914 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Chase-Casgrain | acclaimed | |||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Henri-Edgar Lavigueur | 6,843 | ||||||
| Independent | Armand Lavergne | 4,547 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Henri-Edgar Lavigueur | 4,799 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Joseph-Édouard Barnard | 546 | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.