St. Lawrence (electoral district)
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1892 |
District abolished | 1914 |
First contested | 1896 |
Last contested | 1911 |
St. Lawrence (French: Saint-Laurent) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1917.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal West and Montreal East ridings. It consisted of St. Louis and St. Lawrence wards in the city of Montreal. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into St. Lawrence—St. George and George-Étienne Cartier ridings.
Members of Parliament[]
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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St. Lawrence Riding created from Montreal West and Montreal East |
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8th | 1896–1900 | Edward Goff Penny | Liberal | |
9th | 1900–1904 | Robert Bickerdike | ||
10th | 1904–1908 | |||
11th | 1908–1911 | |||
12th | 1911–1917 | |||
Riding dissolved into St. Lawrence—St. George and George-Étienne Cartier |
Election results[]
1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Edward Goff Penny | 3,632 | ||||||
Conservative | R. W. Smith | 2,915 |
1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Robert Bickerdike | 3,439 | ||||||
Conservative | Henry Archer Ekers | 2,457 |
1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Robert Bickerdike | 3,282 | ||||||
Conservative | C. Lane | 2,632 |
1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Robert Bickerdike | 3,576 | ||||||
Conservative | Henry A. Ekers | 2,721 | ||||||
Independent | Albert St-Martin | 186 |
1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Robert Bickerdike | 4,469 | ||||||
Conservative | George Franklin Johnston | 3,421 | ||||||
Socialist | William Ulric Cotton | 359 |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links[]
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Categories:
- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
- Canadian constituency stubs