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Bellechasse: A Federal Electoral Chronicle

Tracing the representation of Quebec's Bellechasse Riding through Canadian political history, from its inception to its eventual redistribution.

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District Overview

Geographic Context

Bellechasse was a federal electoral district situated in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its boundaries underwent several significant redefinitions throughout its existence, reflecting the evolving demographic and political landscape of the region.

Lifespan

Established in 1867 following Confederation, Bellechasse served as a distinct federal constituency for over a century. It was formally abolished prior to the 1997 federal election, with its territory being incorporated into the newly formed Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet riding.

Parliamentary Representation

The district was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from its creation until its dissolution. The first contested election was in 1867, and the final contest occurred in 1993.

Historical Boundary Evolution

Initial Definition (1867)

Upon its creation in 1867, Bellechasse was defined to encompass several parishes and townships within the County of Bellechasse. This initial configuration included the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, portions of the Townships of Armagh and Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux and Daaquam.

Boundary Adjustments

Throughout its history, Bellechasse experienced several boundary adjustments:

  • 1882: The north-eastern part of Armagh Township and the north-east part of Mailloux Township were detached and annexed to the Montmagny electoral district.
  • 1924: The district was redefined to include the County of Bellechasse, with specific exclusions for certain seigneuries and townships within municipalities like Honfleur and Sainte-Sabine.
  • 1933: Further adjustments were made, incorporating specific municipalities from the counties of Lévis, Dorchester, and Montmagny into Bellechasse.
  • 1947: Minor adjustments were made, refining the inclusion of municipalities from Lévis, Dorchester, and Montmagny.
  • 1966: The district's definition was altered to include the Town of Montmagny and parts of the Counties of Dorchester and Montmagny, while excluding Cap-Saint-Ignace.
  • 1976: The boundaries were redefined again, incorporating towns like Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, and Saint-Pamphile, and parts of Bellechasse and Dorchester counties, while excluding specific municipalities from L'Islet.
  • 1987: The final definition before abolition included towns such as Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny, and Saint-Pamphile, along with the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, parts of L'Islet (excluding Sainte-Louise), Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, and parts of Dorchester.

Dissolution and Succession

In 1996, the Bellechasse electoral district was abolished. Its territory was subsequently absorbed into the newly created riding of Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. This redistribution marked the end of Bellechasse as a distinct federal electoral entity.

Members of Parliament

Parliamentary Tenure

The following individuals represented Bellechasse in the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Bellechasse
1st 1867–1870     Louis-Napoléon Casault Conservative
1870–1872     Télesphore Fournier Liberal
2nd 1872–1873
1873–1874
3rd 1874–1875
1875–1878     Joseph-Goderic Blanchet Conservative
4th 1878–1881     Achille Larue Liberal
1881–1882     Guillaume Amyot Conservative
5th 1882–1887
6th 1887–1891     Nationalist
7th 1891–1896     Nationalist Conservative
8th 1896–1900     Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot Liberal
9th 1900–1904
10th 1904–1908
11th 1908–1911
12th 1911–1917     Joseph-Octave Lavallée Conservative
13th 1917–1921     Charles-Alphonse Fournier Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th 1921–1925     Liberal
15th 1925–1926
16th 1926–1930 Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger
17th 1930–1935
18th 1935–1940
19th 1940–1945 Louis-Philippe Picard
20th 1945–1949
21st 1949–1953
22nd 1953–1955
1955–1957 Ovide Laflamme
23rd 1957–1958
24th 1958–1962     Noël Dorion Progressive Conservative
25th 1962–1963     Bernard Dumont Social Credit
26th 1963–1965     Herman Laverdière Liberal
27th 1965–1968
28th 1968–1971     Adrien Lambert Ralliement créditiste
1971–1972     Social Credit
29th 1972–1974
30th 1974–1979
31st 1979–1980
32nd 1980–1984     Alain Garant Liberal
33rd 1984–1988     Pierre Blais Progressive Conservative
34th 1988–1993
35th 1993–1997     François Langlois Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet

Election Results

A detailed look at the electoral outcomes for Bellechasse across various federal elections.

1867 Federal Election

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Napoléon Casault 983
Unknown Édouard Rémillard 671
Source: Canadian Elections Database^

1870 By-election

Canadian federal by-election, 27 May 1870
Casault appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed

1872 Federal Election

1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier 1,219
Conservative A. Caron 638
Source: Canadian Elections Database^

1873 By-election

Canadian federal by-election, 27 November 1873
Ministerial by-election when Fournier was nominated Minister of Inland Revenue
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed

1874 Federal Election

1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Télesphore Fournier acclaimed^

1875 By-election

By-election on 23 November 1875

Fournier appointed to the Supreme Court Bench

Party Candidate Votes


Conservative Joseph Goderic Blanchet 698
Liberal Achille Larue 443
Unknown Pierre Boutin 359

1878 Federal Election

1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Achille Larue 1,042
Conservative Guillaume Amyot 990
Source: Canadian Elections Database^

1881 By-election

By-election on 19 March 1881

Election declared void

Party Candidate Votes


Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,066
Unknown Mr. Bilodeau 1,035

1882 Federal Election

1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,186
Liberal Ph. Ol. (alias Ernest) Pacaud 1,044

1887 Federal Election

1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Nationalist Guillaume Amyot 1,515
Conservative Isidore-Noël Belleau 878

1891 Federal Election

1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Nationalist Conservative Guillaume Amyot 1,271
Conservative Faucher de St. Maurice 1,165

1896 Federal Election

1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,537
Conservative Joseph-Edmond Roy 1,227

1900 Federal Election

1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,701
Conservative Joseph-Emile Gelley 1,231

1904 Federal Election

1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,819
Conservative J.B. Fradette 957

1908 Federal Election

1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,988
Conservative Charles Vezina 627

1911 Federal Election

1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph Octave Lavallée 1,742
Liberal Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot 1,696

1917 Federal Election

1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Charles-Alphonse Fournier 3,752
Conservative Honoré Grenier 60
Unknown Thomas Wilfrid Marceau 30

1921 Federal Election

1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles-Alphonse Fournier 5,195
Progressive Joseph Cléophas Cote 1,109

1925 Federal Election

1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles-Alphonse Fournier 4,596
Conservative Murdock McKenzie 1,917

1926 Federal Election

1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 4,897
Conservative Eugène F. Dussault 1,902

1930 Federal Election

1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 4,786
Conservative Joseph-Wilfrid Gaudette 2,793
Source: lop.parl.ca

1935 Federal Election

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Oscar Boulanger 7,470
Conservative H. Fanning Gosselin 1,720

1940 Federal Election

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 6,585
Conservative Edouard Morrissette 2,366

1945 Federal Election

1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 6,928
Bloc populaire Joseph-Albert Bonenfant 3,540

1949 Federal Election

1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 7,395
Independent Paul Bouchard 4,798
Union des électeurs Donat Frenette 332
Progressive Conservative Jean-Maurice St-Hilaire 41

1953 Federal Election

1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Picard 7,124
Progressive Conservative Jules Pare 4,866

1955 By-election

By-election on 26 September 1955

Picard's resignation

Party Candidate Votes


Liberal Ovide Laflamme 5,945
Progressive Conservative Jules Pare 5,383

1957 Federal Election

1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 7,960
Progressive Conservative Paul-Rodolphe Miquelon 1,792
Independent Progressive Conservative Jules Pare 1,026
Independent Progressive Conservative Allyre Aubin 139

1958 Federal Election

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Noël Dorion 6,861
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 6,255

1962 Federal Election

1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Bernard Dumont 5,091
Liberal Ovide Laflamme 4,954
Progressive Conservative Noël Dorion 2,953

1963 Federal Election

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Herman Laverdière 5,434
Social Credit Bernard Dumont 5,367
Progressive Conservative Maurice Laliberte 1,291

1965 Federal Election

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Herman Laverdière 4,783
Ralliement créditiste Bernard Dumont 4,432
Progressive Conservative Jacques La Rochelle 2,264
New Democratic Mariette Lalonde 170

1968 Federal Election

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditiste Adrien Lambert 11,137
Liberal Auguste Choquette 9,793
Progressive Conservative Gérard Poulin 2,262
New Democratic Marcel Lalonde 528

1972 Federal Election

1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 12,999
Liberal Pierre Mercier 11,714
Progressive Conservative Germain Roy 3,533
New Democratic Aurèle Marceau 776

1974 Federal Election

1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 12,550
Liberal Louis Paquin 10,759
Progressive Conservative Bertrand Gaudreau 3,210
New Democratic Marthe Lachance 604

1979 Federal Election

1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 18,702 46.43
Liberal Jean Richard 17,584 43.65
Progressive Conservative Jean Deschênes 2,924 7.26
Rhinoceros Marie Claude Chênnevert 523 1.30 −
New Democratic Guy Dupuis 354 0.88
Union populaire Jean Beaudoin 195 0.48
Total valid votes 40,282 100.00
Total rejected ballots 360
Turnout 40,642 72.17
Electors on the lists 56,317
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979.

1980 Federal Election

1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alain Garant 20,636 51.13 +7.48
Social Credit Adrien Lambert 15,124 37.47 −8.96
Progressive Conservative Jean Deschênes 2,912 7.22 −0.04
Rhinoceros Andrée Chabot 815 2.02 +0.72
New Democratic Napoléon Goupil 730 1.81 +0.93
Union populaire France Théberge 141 0.35 −0.13
Total valid votes 40,358 100.00
Total rejected ballots 274
Turnout 40,632 70.86 −1.31
Electors on the lists 57,339
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980.
lop.parl.ca

1984 Federal Election

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 24,357
Liberal Alain Garant 14,500
New Democratic Roger Lemoine 1,666
Rhinoceros Serge Au-Boutte Chabot 1,070
Parti nationaliste André Lizotte 518

1988 Federal Election

1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 27,621
Liberal Claudette Beaulieu 11,120
New Democratic Gilles Papillon 2,762
Green Alain Raby 1,010

1993 Federal Election

1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois François Langlois 17,098
Progressive Conservative Pierre Blais 15,952
Liberal Eric Lemieux 8,352
New Democratic Robert Leclerc 695

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