L'Assomption was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1917.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It was amalgamated into the L'Assomption—Montcalm

L'Assomption—Montcalm

L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of L'Assomption and Montcalm ridings...

 electoral district in 1914.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Louis Archambeault
   Louis Archambeault
   Louis Archambeault was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing L'Assomption from 1867 to 1874....
   
   , Liberal-Conservative (1867-1874)
2. Hilaire Hurteau
   Hilaire Hurteau
   Hilaire Hurteau was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Canadian House of Commons from 1874 to 1887 as a Liberal-Conservative member....
   
   , Liberal-Conservative (1874-1887)
3. Joseph Gauthier
   Joseph Gauthier (Quebec MP)
   Joseph Gauthier was a farmer, grain merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1892 and from 1896 to 1900 as a Liberal....
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
   The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
   
    (1887-1892)
4. Hormidas Jeannotte
   Hormidas Jeannotte
   Hormidas Jeannotte was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1896 as a Conservative member....
   
   , Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
   The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
   
    (1892-1896)
5. Joseph Gauthier, Liberal (1896-1900)
6. R.-Charlemagne Laurier, Liberal (1900-1906)
7. Ruben Charles Laurier
   Ruben Charles Laurier
   Ruben Charles Laurier was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Canadian House of Commons from 1906 to 1908 as a Liberal....
   
   , Liberal (1906-1908)
8. Paul-Arthur Séguin
   Paul-Arthur Séguin
   Paul-Arthur Séguin was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption and then L'Assomption—Montcalm in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1935 as a Liberal....
   
   , Liberal (1908-1917)

Election results

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|ARCHAMBAULT, Hon. Louis ||align=right| 898
|-

|ARCHAMBAULT, Hon. P.U. ||align=right|665
|-

|ARCHAMBAULT, Hon. Louis ||align=right| 905
|-

|ARCHAMBAULT, A. ||align=right|757
|-

|HURTEAU, Hilaire ||align=right| 879
|-

|FORREST, L. ||align=right|818
By-election: On Mr. Hurteau being unseated on petition, 24 November 1874
|-

|HURTEAU, Hilaire ||align=right| acclaimed
|-

|HURTEAU, H. ||align=right| 1,021
|-

|FOREST, L. ||align=right|852
|-

|HURTEAU, Hilaire ||align=right| 1,019
|-

|GAUTHIER, Jos. ||align=right|852
|-

|GAUTHIER, Joseph ||align=right|1,117
|-

|ROCHER, B. ||align=right|1,096
By-election: On Mr. Gauthier being unseated, 3 March 1888
|-

|GAUTHIER, Joseph ||align=right|1,162
|-

|ROCHER, Barthélémi ||align=right|1,075
|-

|GAUTHIER, Joseph ||align=right|1,239
|-

|JEANNOTTE, H. ||align=right|1,161
By-election: On election being declared void, 6 February 1892
|-

|JEANNOTTE, Hormidas ||align=right| acclaimed
|-

|GAUTHIER, Joseph ||align=right|1,335
|-

|JEANNOTTE, H. ||align=right| 1,216
|-

|LAURIER, R.-Charlemagne ||align=right|1,486
|-

|ÉTHIER, Horace Honoré ||align=right|1,138
|-

|LAURIER, R. Charlemagne ||align=right|acclaimed
By-election: On Mr. Laurier's death, 28 December 1906
|-

|LAURIER, R.C.E. ||align=right|1,276
|-

|LEMIRE DIT MARSOLAIS, E. ||align=right|1,106
|-

|SÉGUIN, Paul-Arthur ||align=right| 1,524
|-

|FORTIER, Joseph Misael ||align=right|942
|-

|SÉGUIN, Paul-Arthur ||align=right| 1,508
|-

|MORIN, Louis Joseph Siméon ||align=right|1,209

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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