Cartier Quebec electoral district Legislature House of Commons District created 1924 District abolished 1966 First contested 1925 Last contested 1965
Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. The riding covered much of Montreal 's old Jewish district (from 1933 including parts of the Mile End neighbourhood). It was one of the smallest ridings in the country in area.
It was created in 1924 from parts of George-Étienne Cartier riding.
Cartier is the only riding in Canada to have elected a Communist to the House of Commons: Fred Rose , who was elected in a 1943 by-election, and re-elected in 1945. Rose ran under the banner of the Labor-Progressive Party , which was a front organization for the banned Communist Party of Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. Sam Jacobs was the riding's MP for many years and was in his final years also the president of the Canadian Jewish Congress .
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Laurier , Outremont and Saint-Jacques ridings.
Every single MP to represent this riding was Jewish.
Members of Parliament [ ]
Election results [ ]
hide 1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Milton L. Klein
5,389
50.64
+1.48
Progressive Conservative
Andrew Henry Pytel
2,209
20.76
+0.12
New Democratic
John Kambites
1,903
17.88
+3.68
Ralliement créditiste
Gérard Ledoux
1,141
10.72
–5.28
Total valid votes
10,642
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+0.68
Change for the Ralliement créiditiste is based on the results of the Social Credit.
hide 1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Milton L. Klein
6,642
49.16
–0.12
Progressive Conservative
Charles S. Barden
2,788
20.64
–6.67
Social Credit
Georges Binette
2,162
16.00
+6.84
New Democratic
William I. Miller
1,918
14.20
–0.06
Total valid votes
13,510
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+3.28
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Leon David Crestohl
6,464
49.28
+5.44
Progressive Conservative
Charles S. Barden
3,582
27.31
–15.01
New Democratic
William I. Miller
1,871
14.26
+9.86
Social Credit
Sylvio-Fernando Melancon
1,201
9.16
Total valid votes
13,118
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+10.22
Change for the New Democrats is based on the results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Leon David Crestohl
7,097
43.84
–29.08
Progressive Conservative
Hyman Bernard Brock
6,850
42.32
+30.68
Independent Liberal
Samuel Kolomeir
1,528
9.44
–0.43
Co-operative Commonwealth
Michael Wozniak
713
4.40
+0.27
Total valid votes
16,188
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
–29.88
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Leon David Crestohl
11,955
72.92
–3.98
Progressive Conservative
Aldo Lattik
1,909
11.64
+5.07
Independent Liberal
Samuel Kolomeir
1,618
9.87
Co-operative Commonwealth
Michael Wozniak
677
4.13
–1.90
Independent Liberal
Moses Zalman Miller
236
1.44
+0.25
Total valid votes
16,395
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
–4.52
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Leon David Crestohl
12,493
76.90
+22.76
Progressive Conservative
Tadeusz Brzezinski
1,068
6.57
–9.24
Co-operative Commonwealth
Hector Rochon
980
6.03
–2.19
Labor–Progressive
Harry Binder
896
5.52
–16.32
Independent Progressive Conservative
Marcel Hotte
616
3.79
Independent Liberal
Moses Miller
193
1.19
Total valid votes
16,246
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+16.00
hide Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950 On the death of Maurice Hartt , 15 March 1950
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Leon David Crestohl
9,701
54.14
+1.39
Labor–Progressive
Harry Binder
3,913
21.84
+0.43
Progressive Conservative
Maurice-S. Hebert
2,833
15.81
+4.22
Co-operative Commonwealth
Kalmen Kaplansky
1,473
8.22
–6.02
Total valid votes
17,920
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+0.48
hide 1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Maurice Hartt
11,993
52.75
+13.69
Labor–Progressive
Harry Binder
4,868
21.41
–5.37
Co-operative Commonwealth
Abraham M. Klein
3,238
14.24
Progressive Conservative
Maurice-S. Hebert
2,636
11.59
Total valid votes
22,735
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+9.53
hide Canadian federal by-election, 31 March 1947 On Fred Rose 's seat being declared vacant by House of Commons resolution, 30 January 1947
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Maurice Hartt
9,649
39.06
+4.02
Autonomist
Paul Masse
6,929
28.05
Labor–Progressive
Michael Buhay
6,616
26.78
–14.06
Independent
David Rochon
1,323
5.36
Independent
Onil Léonide Gingras
142
0.57
Independent
Louis Valiquette
45
0.18
Total valid votes
24,704
100.0
Liberal gain from Labor–Progressive
Swing
–12.02
hide 1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labor–Progressive
Fred Rose
10,413
40.84
+10.42
Liberal
Samuel Edgar Schwisberg
8,935
35.04
+13.07
Bloc populaire
Paul Masse
6,148
24.11
–5.52
Total valid votes
25,496
100.00
Labor–Progressive hold
Swing
–1.32
hide Canadian federal by-election, August 9, 1943 Death of Peter Bercovitch
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labor–Progressive
Fred Rose
5,789
30.42
Bloc populaire
Paul Masse
5,639
29.63
Liberal
Lazarus Phillips
4,180
21.97
–66.57
Co-operative Commonwealth
David Lewis
3,313
17.41
Independent
Moses Miller
109
0.57
Total valid votes
19,030
100.00
Labor–Progressive gain from Liberal
Swing
+0.40
hide 1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Peter Bercovitch
18,191
88.54
+23.27
National Labour
Arthur Ainey
2,354
11.46
Total valid votes
20,545
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+5.90
hide Canadian federal by-election, 7 November 1938 On the death of Samuel William Jacobs , 21 August 1938
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Peter Bercovitch
acclaimed
hide 1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Samuel William Jacobs
13,574
65.27
–3.36
Communist
Fred Rose
3,385
16.28
Independent Liberal
Paul-Emile Goyette
1,531
7.36
Reconstruction
Salluste Lavery
1,362
6.55
Conservative
Herman Julien
945
4.54
–11.54
Total valid votes
20,797
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
–9.82
hide 1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Samuel William Jacobs
8,231
68.63
+18.53
Conservative
Louis Wolfe
1,928
16.08
–6.87
Independent Progressive
Médéric Masson
1,294
10.79
Independent Liberal
Paul-E. Parent
540
4.50
–15.78
Total valid votes
11,993
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
+12.70
hide 1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Samuel William Jacobs
5,048
50.10
–11.77
Conservative
Louis Wolfe
2,312
22.95
Independent Liberal
Paul-Ernest Parent
2,043
20.28
Socialist
Michael Buhay
672
6.67
Total valid votes
10,075
100.0
Liberal hold
Swing
–17.36
hide 1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Samuel William Jacobs
7,934
61.87
Independent Liberal
Joseph Alfred Bernier
4,889
38.13
Total valid votes
12,823
100.0
This riding was created from parts of George-Étienne Cartier , where Liberal Samuel William Jacobs was the incumbent.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ Died in office, 21 August 1938
^ Died in office, 26 December 1942
^ Seat declared vacant on 30 January 1947, on Fred Rose's conviction for spying for the Soviet Union.
^ Died in office, 15 March 1950
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