Saguenay was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 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 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Charlevoix—Saguenay

Charlevoix—Saguenay

Charlevoix—Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949.This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Charlevoix—Montmorency and Chicoutimi—Saguenay ridings....

 riding. It consisted of:

• the county of Saguenay, (except the municipality of St. Firmin and the township of Sagard), and the towns of Baie Comeau and Forestville;
• Anticosti Island; and
• the territory of New-Quebec.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Charlevoix

Charlevoix (electoral district)

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004....

 and Manicouagan

Manicouagan (electoral district)

Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings....

 ridings.

Election results

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|Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1949 election to represent the riding of Saguenay. He was re-elected in the elections of 1953 and 1957 but defeated in 1958....

 ||align=right|6,113
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|Frédéric Dorion

Frédéric Dorion

Frédéric Dorion was a Quebec politician and chief justice. He led a group of Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons who were opposed to the implementation of conscription during World War II....

||align=right|5,651
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|Madame Victor Gladu ||align=right|889
|-

|Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1949 election to represent the riding of Saguenay. He was re-elected in the elections of 1953 and 1957 but defeated in 1958....

 ||align=right|7,815
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|Wilbrod Langlais ||align=right|7,464
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|Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1949 election to represent the riding of Saguenay. He was re-elected in the elections of 1953 and 1957 but defeated in 1958....

 ||align=right|11,408
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|Wilbrod Langlais ||align=right| 8,191
|-

|Perreault Larue

Perreault LaRue

Perreault LaRue was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a dentist by career....

 ||align=right|13,194
|-

|Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson

Lomer Brisson was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1949 election to represent the riding of Saguenay. He was re-elected in the elections of 1953 and 1957 but defeated in 1958....

 ||align=right|11,330
|-

|Lauréat Maltais

Lauréat Maltais

Lauréat Maltais was a Social Credit party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bergeronnes, Quebec and became a manager by career.He was first elected at the Saguenay riding in the 1962 general election...

||align=right|15,992
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|Réal Therrien ||align=right|10,210
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|Bernard Flynn ||align=right|6,168
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|Gustave Blouin

Gustave Blouin

Gustave Blouin was a Canadian politician and manufacturer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1963 election to represent the riding of Saguenay...

 ||align=right| 13,896
|-

|Lauréat Maltais

Lauréat Maltais

Lauréat Maltais was a Social Credit party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bergeronnes, Quebec and became a manager by career.He was first elected at the Saguenay riding in the 1962 general election...

 ||align=right|13,261
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|Louis-Edmond St-Laurent||align=right| 3,240
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|Raymond Lapointe ||align=right|2,036
|-

|Gustave Blouin

Gustave Blouin

Gustave Blouin was a Canadian politician and manufacturer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1963 election to represent the riding of Saguenay...

 ||align=right| 15,062
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|Jean-Nil Jean ||align=right| 8,478
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|Roger Collin ||align=right| 5,019
|-

|Bernard Coté ||align=right|4,348

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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