Quebec East Quebec electoral district Legislature House of Commons District created 1867 District abolished 2003 First contested 1867 Last contested 2000
Quebec East (also known as Québec-Est and Québec East ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004.
While its boundaries changed over the decades, it was essentially made up of the eastern part of Quebec City and was largely of working class composition. It was created in 1867. It was renamed "Québec-Est" in 1966, and "Québec East" in 1996. It was abolished through redistribution 2003 into the ridings of Québec , Louis-Saint-Laurent , and Beauport .
From 1877 to 1958, the riding was held by just three Members of Parliament (MPs)–Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1877 – 1919), senior Cabinet member Ernest Lapointe (1919 – 1941) and Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (1942 – 1958).
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
Quebec East [ ]
hide Canadian federal by-election, November 11, 1877 Federal Ministerial by-election for Laurier's appointed as Minister of Inland Revenue and Isidore Thibaudeau resignation on November 7, 1877
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
1,863
54.62
Y
Conservative
Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau
1,548
45.38
Total valid votes
3,411
100.00
show Source(s)
"Quebec East, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)" . History of Federal Ridings Since 1867 . Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020 .Federal
Ministerial by-election , November 11, 1877: Quebec East, Quebec on Wilfred Laurier's appointment as
Minister of Inland Revenue , October 8, 1877
hide 1878 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
1,946
62.49
Y
Unknown
Phi. Vallières
1,168
37.51
Total valid votes
3,114
100.00
hide 1882 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
1,750
57.70
Y
Unknown
J. P. Rhéaume
1,283
42.30
Total valid votes
3,033
100.00
hide 1887 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
2,622
79.05
Y
Conservative
F. X. Drouin
695
20.95
Total valid votes
3,317
100.00
hide Canadian federal by-election, July 30, 1896 Federal Ministerial by-election for Laurier's being made Prime Minister on July 11, 1896
Party
Candidate
Votes
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
acclaimed
Y
Total valid votes
-
-
hide 1900 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
3,598
81.33
Y
Conservative
Joseph-Eugène Chapleau
826
18.67
Total valid votes
4,424
100.00
hide 1908 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Elected
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
3,764
70.83
Y
Conservative
Michel Fiset
1,550
29.17
Total valid votes
5,314
100.00
By-election on 19 January 1922
On Lapointe's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 3 January 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
acclaimed
hide 1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
9,193
Conservative
Pierre Audet
6,366
hide 1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
9,370
Conservative
Pierre Audet
6,438
By-election on 2 November 1926
On Lapointe's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
acclaimed
hide 1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
11,822
Conservative
Alleyn Taschereau
9,642
hide 1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
15,557
Conservative
Edgar Champoux
9,611
hide 1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
17,914
Independent Nationalist
Paul Bouchard
12,302
By-election on 9 February 1942
On Lapointe's death, 26 November 1941
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Louis St. Laurent
16,708
Canadian Party
Paul Bouchard
12,768
hide 1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Louis St. Laurent
17,965
Independent
Noël Dorion
7,197
Social Credit
Gérard Mercier
2,816
Bloc populaire
Joseph-Norbert-Jules Thérien
1,463
Independent
Paul-Émile Latouche
280
Co-operative Commonwealth
François-Xavier Perron
231
Labor–Progressive
Joseph-Gaudias De Croiselles
109
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Louis St. Laurent
25,945
Progressive Conservative
Raymond Maher
5,841
Labor–Progressive
Gérard Fortin
438
Locataire
Louis Seigneur
417
Anti-Communist
Patrick Walsh
333
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Louis St. Laurent
27,364
Progressive Conservative
Louis Gagnon
9,900
Social Credit
Roland Roy
739
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Yvon Tassé
22,285
Liberal
Maurice Lamontagne
21,649
Social Credit
Jean-Louis Hudon
1,104
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Social Credit
Jean Robert Beaulé
22,446
Liberal
Maurice Lamontagne
13,747
Progressive Conservative
Yvon Tassé
8,005
New Democratic
Roméo Bilodeau
703
Québec-Est [ ]
hide 1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Gérard Duquet
14,945
Ralliement créditiste
Robert Robichaud
13,807
Progressive Conservative
Jacques Perron
4,607
New Democratic
Yvon Le-Tiec
953
hide 1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Marcel Tremblay
29,493
Liberal
Rémi Bujold
13,732
New Democratic
Jeanne Lalanne
7,555
Rhinoceros
Jean-François Lehoux
1,028
Green
Reine Biron
906
Independent
Claude Moreau
207
hide 1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Paul Marchand
34,203
Liberal
Camil Samson
14,003
Progressive Conservative
Marcel Tremblay
6,505
Natural Law
Pierre-Paul Paquet
1,059
New Democratic
Stéphanie Mitchell
938
Abolitionist
Henri Gagnon
364
National
Guy Sanfaçon
255
Québec East [ ]
hide 2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Jean-Guy Carignan
21,813
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Paul Marchand
21,166
Alliance
Robert Martel
8,594
Progressive Conservative
Richard Joncas
3,727
New Democratic
Majella Desmeules
1,192
See also [ ]
External links [ ]
Riding history from the] Library of Parliament :
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Preceded byCape Breton
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1896-1911
Succeeded byHalifax
Preceded byGlengarry
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1948-1957
Succeeded byPrince Albert
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