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Rimouski (federal electoral district)

Rimouski (also known as Rimouski—Témiscouata, Rimouski—Mitis and Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2003.

Rimouski
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished2003
First contested1867
Last contested2000

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 as "Rimouski" riding.

After the 1980 federal election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Témiscouata". In 1996, it was renamed "Rimouski", and before the 1997 election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Mitis". Before the 2000 election, it was renamed "Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis".

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rimouski—Témiscouata and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Members of Parliament edit

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Rimouski
1st  1867–1872     George Sylvain Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887     Louis Adolphe Billy Conservative
6th  1887–1891     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
7th  1891–1896     Adolph-Philippe Caron Conservative
8th  1896–1897     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
 1897–1900 Jean Auguste Ross
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Herménégilde Boulay Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Émmanuel d'Anjou Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1924     Liberal
 1924–1925 Eugène Fiset
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1944 Émmanuel d'Anjou
 1944–1945     Bloc populaire
 1945–1945     Independent
20th  1945–1949     Gleason Belzile Liberal
21st  1949–1950
 1950–1953     Joseph Hervé Rousseau Independent Liberal
22nd  1953–1957     Gérard Légaré Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Émilien Morissette Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Légaré Liberal
26th  1963–1964     Gérard Ouellet Social Credit
 1964–1965     Progressive Conservative
27th  1965–1968     Louis Guy LeBlanc Liberal
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974     Eudore Allard Social Credit
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984     Eva Côté Liberal
Rimouski—Témiscouata
33rd  1984–1988     Monique Vézina Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Mitis
36th  1997–2000     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis
37th  2000–2004     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Election results edit

Rimouski edit

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Sylvain 1,152
Unknown A. Michaud 697
Eligible voters 2,753
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1,728
Unknown A.P. Letendre 354
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2,228
Conservative Louis Taché 1,660
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2,443
Conservative Louis Taché 2,177
By-election on 6 November 1897

On Fiset being summoned to the Senate, 20 October 1897

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross acclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 2,794
Conservative Louis Taché 2,525
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3,272
Conservative William Price 3,006
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3,737
Conservative Herménégilde Boulay 3,148
By-election on 2 September 1924

On D'Anjou's acceptance of the
Registrar of Deeds for the County of Rimouski, 19 July 1924

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,701
Conservative Jean-Marie Joseph Elzéar Sasseville 3,876
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,142
Conservative Gérard Simard 3,167
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,623
Conservative Alphonse Garon 2,926
Independent Alphonse Aubin 417
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 6,257
Conservative Herménégilde Boulay 4,722
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 9,238
Conservative René-Édouard Asselin 4,495
Reconstruction Georges-Arthur Morin 732
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gleason Belzile 11,708
Progressive Conservative Adrien Gagné 7,389
Independent Liberal J.-E.-S.-Emmanuel D'Anjou 3,614
Union des électeurs Aurélien Gagné 1,491
By-election on 16 October 1950

On Belzile's death, 25 July 1950

Party Candidate Votes
Independent Liberal Joseph Hervé Rousseau 9,976
Liberal Maurice Tessier 9,431
Independent Lucien Robitaille 1,124
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 8,554
Progressive Conservative Dérome Asselin 8,201
Independent Liberal Joseph-Hervé Rousseau 5,478
Independent Liberal Blaise Lavoie 1,668
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 14,642
Progressive Conservative Dérome Asselin 9,754
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 9,955
Social Credit Gérard Ouellet 9,171
Progressive Conservative Émilien Morissette 8,956
New Democratic Maurice Loyer 393
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Gérard Ouellet 12,414
Liberal Gérard Légaré 12,274
Progressive Conservative Fernand Dionne 3,192
New Democratic Raymond D'Auteuil 1,297
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guy Leblanc 11,372
Ralliement créditiste J.A. Young 7,245
New Democratic Raymond D'Auteuil 6,783
Progressive Conservative Gérard Ouellet 1,477
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guy Leblanc 12,073
Progressive Conservative Gilles Carle 9,445
Ralliement créditiste Félix Gagnon 2,937
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 13,241
Liberal Guy Leblanc 11,097
Progressive Conservative Blondin Laplante 5,657
New Democratic J.-Adalbert Beaulieu 732
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 15,085
Liberal Sandy Burgess 13,698
Progressive Conservative Henri-Paul Lepage 893
New Democratic Serge Bernier 528
Independent Robert Corneau 410
Marxist–Leninist Jules Painchaud 89
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 16,821
Liberal Eva Côté 16,716
Progressive Conservative Jean Brisson 2,556
New Democratic Guy Poulin 492
Rhinoceros Renaud Guénette 455
Union populaire Nicolas Lavoie 80
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eva Côté 21,482
Social Credit Eudore Allard 10,839
Progressive Conservative Jacques Blanchard 3,999
New Democratic René Mcdonald 1,155
Rhinoceros Jacques Saintonge 627
Independent Régine Valois 166
Marxist–Leninist Normand Fournier 74

Rimouski—Témiscouata edit

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Monique Vézina 25,516
Liberal Eva Côté 14,234
New Democratic Guy Poulin 1,250
Parti nationaliste Pierre Bouchard 840
Rhinoceros Jacques St-Onge 752
Commonwealth of Canada Marc Carrier 64
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Monique Vézina 23,789
Liberal Eva Côté 10,561
New Democratic Pierre Boisjoli 2,417
Independent Eudore Allard 1,210
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 23,118
Liberal André Reid 9,454
Progressive Conservative Jean Morin 4,622
Independent François-Michel Denis 598
Natural Law Gilles Roussel 400
New Democratic Alex En Hwa Ng 335

Rimouski—Mitis edit

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 17,282 47.00 $53,089
Liberal Réal Marmen 11,112 30.22 $47,800
Progressive Conservative Jean Roy 7,901 21.49 $32,225
New Democratic Elizabeth Clark 479 1.30 $0
Total valid votes 36,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,211
Turnout 37,985 68.24
Electors on the lists 55,665
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis edit

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 19,759
Liberal Réal Marmen 9,795
Alliance Gerard Gosselin 1,280
Progressive Conservative Réal Blais 1,150
Natural Law Lyse Beauchemin 673
New Democratic René Lemieux 525

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links edit

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

  • Rimouski (1867 - 1980)
  • Rimouski—Témiscouata (1980 - 1996)
  • Rimouski (1996 - 1997)
  • Rimouski—Mitis (1996 - 1997)
  • Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis (1997 - 2000)

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This article is about the federal district For the provincial district see Rimouski provincial electoral district For the pre Confederation district see Rimouski Province of Canada electoral district For homonymy see Rimouski disambiguation Rimouski also known as Rimouski Temiscouata Rimouski Mitis and Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis was a federal electoral district in Quebec Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2003 RimouskiQuebec electoral districtDefunct federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsDistrict created1867District abolished2003First contested1867Last contested2000 It was created by the British North America Act 1867 as Rimouski riding After the 1980 federal election it was renamed Rimouski Temiscouata In 1996 it was renamed Rimouski and before the 1997 election it was renamed Rimouski Mitis Before the 2000 election it was renamed Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rimouski Temiscouata and Matapedia Matane ridings Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2 1 Rimouski 2 2 Rimouski Temiscouata 2 3 Rimouski Mitis 2 4 Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksMembers of Parliament editThis riding has elected the following members of Parliament Parliament Years Member Party Rimouski 1st 1867 1872 George Sylvain Conservative 2nd 1872 1874 Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 3rd 1874 1878 4th 1878 1882 5th 1882 1887 Louis Adolphe Billy Conservative 6th 1887 1891 Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 7th 1891 1896 Adolph Philippe Caron Conservative 8th 1896 1897 Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1897 1900 Jean Auguste Ross 9th 1900 1904 10th 1904 1908 11th 1908 1911 12th 1911 1917 Hermenegilde Boulay Conservative 13th 1917 1921 Emmanuel d Anjou Opposition Laurier Liberals 14th 1921 1924 Liberal 1924 1925 Eugene Fiset 15th 1925 1926 16th 1926 1930 17th 1930 1935 18th 1935 1940 19th 1940 1944 Emmanuel d Anjou 1944 1945 Bloc populaire 1945 1945 Independent 20th 1945 1949 Gleason Belzile Liberal 21st 1949 1950 1950 1953 Joseph Herve Rousseau Independent Liberal 22nd 1953 1957 Gerard Legare Liberal 23rd 1957 1958 24th 1958 1962 Emilien Morissette Progressive Conservative 25th 1962 1963 Gerard Legare Liberal 26th 1963 1964 Gerard Ouellet Social Credit 1964 1965 Progressive Conservative 27th 1965 1968 Louis Guy LeBlanc Liberal 28th 1968 1972 29th 1972 1974 Eudore Allard Social Credit 30th 1974 1979 31st 1979 1980 32nd 1980 1984 Eva Cote Liberal Rimouski Temiscouata 33rd 1984 1988 Monique Vezina Progressive Conservative 34th 1988 1993 35th 1993 1997 Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Quebecois Rimouski Mitis 36th 1997 2000 Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Quebecois Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis 37th 2000 2004 Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Quebecois Riding dissolved into Haute Gaspesie La Mitis Matane Matapediaand Rimouski Neigette Temiscouata Les BasquesElection results editRimouski edit 1867 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Sylvain 1 152 Unknown A Michaud 697 Eligible voters 2 753 Source Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1871 1 1872 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1 381 Conservative Georges Sylvain 1 150 1874 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1 728 Unknown A P Letendre 354 1878 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2 003 Conservative Hector Louis Langevin 1 554 1882 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Louis Adolphe Billy 1 648 Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1 540 1887 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2 228 Conservative Louis Tache 1 660 1891 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Adolph Philippe Caron 2 061 Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1 799 1896 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2 443 Conservative Louis Tache 2 177 By election on 6 November 1897 On Fiset being summoned to the Senate 20 October 1897 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Auguste Ross acclaimed 1900 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 2 794 Conservative Louis Tache 2 525 1904 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3 272 Conservative William Price 3 006 1908 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3 737 Conservative Hermenegilde Boulay 3 148 1911 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hermenegilde Boulay 4 179 Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3 747 1917 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Opposition Laurier Liberals Joseph Emile Stanislas Emmanuel D Anjou acclaimed 1921 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Emile Stanislas Emmanuel D Anjou 6 363 Progressive Alfred Lavoie 1 247 By election on 2 September 1924 On D Anjou s acceptance of the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Rimouski 19 July 1924 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eugene Fiset 5 701 Conservative Jean Marie Joseph Elzear Sasseville 3 876 1925 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eugene Fiset 5 142 Conservative Gerard Simard 3 167 1926 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eugene Fiset 5 623 Conservative Alphonse Garon 2 926 Independent Alphonse Aubin 417 1930 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eugene Fiset 6 257 Conservative Hermenegilde Boulay 4 722 1935 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eugene Fiset 9 238 Conservative Rene Edouard Asselin 4 495 Reconstruction Georges Arthur Morin 732 1940 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Emile Stanislas Emmanuel D Anjou 9 766 Conservative Jean Blanchet 5 928 1945 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gleason Belzile 10 730 Independent Joseph Emile Stanislas Emmanuel D Anjou 8 084 Social Credit Joseph Arthur Couture 834 1949 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gleason Belzile 11 708 Progressive Conservative Adrien Gagne 7 389 Independent Liberal J E S Emmanuel D Anjou 3 614 Union des electeurs Aurelien Gagne 1 491 By election on 16 October 1950 On Belzile s death 25 July 1950 Party Candidate Votes Independent Liberal Joseph Herve Rousseau 9 976 Liberal Maurice Tessier 9 431 Independent Lucien Robitaille 1 124 1953 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gerard Legare 8 554 Progressive Conservative Derome Asselin 8 201 Independent Liberal Joseph Herve Rousseau 5 478 Independent Liberal Blaise Lavoie 1 668 1957 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gerard Legare 14 642 Progressive Conservative Derome Asselin 9 754 1958 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Emilien Morissette 16 426 Liberal Gerard Legare 11 503 Social Credit Jean Nil Jean 534 1962 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gerard Legare 9 955 Social Credit Gerard Ouellet 9 171 Progressive Conservative Emilien Morissette 8 956 New Democratic Maurice Loyer 393 1963 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Gerard Ouellet 12 414 Liberal Gerard Legare 12 274 Progressive Conservative Fernand Dionne 3 192 New Democratic Raymond D Auteuil 1 297 1965 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Guy Leblanc 11 372 Ralliement creditiste J A Young 7 245 New Democratic Raymond D Auteuil 6 783 Progressive Conservative Gerard Ouellet 1 477 1968 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Guy Leblanc 12 073 Progressive Conservative Gilles Carle 9 445 Ralliement creditiste Felix Gagnon 2 937 1972 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Eudore Allard 13 241 Liberal Guy Leblanc 11 097 Progressive Conservative Blondin Laplante 5 657 New Democratic J Adalbert Beaulieu 732 1974 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Eudore Allard 15 085 Liberal Sandy Burgess 13 698 Progressive Conservative Henri Paul Lepage 893 New Democratic Serge Bernier 528 Independent Robert Corneau 410 Marxist Leninist Jules Painchaud 89 1979 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Eudore Allard 16 821 Liberal Eva Cote 16 716 Progressive Conservative Jean Brisson 2 556 New Democratic Guy Poulin 492 Rhinoceros Renaud Guenette 455 Union populaire Nicolas Lavoie 80 1980 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eva Cote 21 482 Social Credit Eudore Allard 10 839 Progressive Conservative Jacques Blanchard 3 999 New Democratic Rene Mcdonald 1 155 Rhinoceros Jacques Saintonge 627 Independent Regine Valois 166 Marxist Leninist Normand Fournier 74 Rimouski Temiscouata edit 1984 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Monique Vezina 25 516 Liberal Eva Cote 14 234 New Democratic Guy Poulin 1 250 Parti nationaliste Pierre Bouchard 840 Rhinoceros Jacques St Onge 752 Commonwealth of Canada Marc Carrier 64 1988 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Monique Vezina 23 789 Liberal Eva Cote 10 561 New Democratic Pierre Boisjoli 2 417 Independent Eudore Allard 1 210 1993 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Bloc Quebecois Suzanne Tremblay 23 118 Liberal Andre Reid 9 454 Progressive Conservative Jean Morin 4 622 Independent Francois Michel Denis 598 Natural Law Gilles Roussel 400 New Democratic Alex En Hwa Ng 335 Rimouski Mitis edit vte1997 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Expenditures Bloc Quebecois Suzanne Tremblay 17 282 47 00 53 089 Liberal Real Marmen 11 112 30 22 47 800 Progressive Conservative Jean Roy 7 901 21 49 32 225 New Democratic Elizabeth Clark 479 1 30 0 Total valid votes 36 774 100 00 Total rejected ballots 1 211 Turnout 37 985 68 24 Electors on the lists 55 665 Sources Official Results Elections Canada and Financial Returns Elections Canada Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis edit 2000 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes Bloc Quebecois Suzanne Tremblay 19 759 Liberal Real Marmen 9 795 Alliance Gerard Gosselin 1 280 Progressive Conservative Real Blais 1 150 Natural Law Lyse Beauchemin 673 New Democratic Rene Lemieux 525See also editList of Canadian federal electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of CanadaReferences edit Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1871 Retrieved 27 June 2022 External links editRiding history from the Library of Parliament Rimouski 1867 1980 Rimouski Temiscouata 1980 1996 Rimouski 1996 1997 Rimouski Mitis 1996 1997 Rimouski Neigette et la Mitis 1997 2000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rimouski federal electoral district amp oldid 1207048602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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