St. James (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

St. James 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

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

from 1892 to 1952.

The riding

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...

was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre

Montreal Centre

Montreal Centre was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted initially of the West Ward, the Centre Ward and the East Ward of the city of Montreal....

and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of Montreal. In 1914, it was expanded to include Lafontaine Ward of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to streets in Montreal.

In 1947, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into a new St. James riding, and the ridings of Lafontaine

Lafontaine (electoral district)

Lafontaine was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979....

, Laurier

Laurier (electoral district)

Laurier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988.It was created in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings....

, Papineau

Papineau (electoral district)

Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019....

and St. Mary

St. Mary (electoral district)

St. Mary was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1953.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal East riding....

.

The new St. James electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Jacques

Saint-Jacques (electoral district)

Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings...

ridings.

Election results

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|DESMARAIS, Odilon

Odilon Desmarais

Odilon Desmarais was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and St...

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|LAVALLÉE, Louis Arsène ||align=right|2,054
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|DESMARAIS, Odilon

Odilon Desmarais

Odilon Desmarais was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and St...

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|PAGNUELO, Tancrède ||align=right|1,615
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|MIGNERON, Joseph-Homère ||align=right|74
By-election: On Mr. Desmarais being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 25 June 1901
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|BRUNET, Joseph

Joseph Brunet

Joseph Brunet was a politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1902 election to represent the riding of St. James. His election was declared void on December 22, 1902...

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|BERGERON, J.G.H. ||align=right|2,252
By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1902
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|GERVAIS, Honoré

Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais

Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais was a Canadian lawyer, professor, politician.Born in Richelieu, Rouville County, Canada East, the son of Charles Gervais and Adele Monty, Gervais was educated at the "Petit Seminaire" of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir and Université Laval where he received a Master of...

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|BERGERON, J.G.H. ||align=right|2,591
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|GERVAIS, H.

Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais

||align=right|3,648
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|CARDINAL, J.T. ||align=right|2,291
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|GERVAIS, Honoré

Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais

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|GIROUX, Napoléon ||align=right|2,468
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|LAPOINTE, Louis-Audet

Louis Audet Lapointe

Louis Audet-Lapointe was a liquor merchant, wholesaler and political figure in Quebec. He represented St...

||align=right|4,653
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|Nationalist Conservative

Nationalist Conservative

The label Nationalist Conservative was used by several Quebec Members of the Canadian Parliament and several unsuccessful candidates. They used this label in order to distinguish themselves from the British imperialist reputation of the Conservative Party or as a result of disputes with the...

|ASSELIN, Olivar ||align=right|3,179
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|LAPOINTE, Louis-Audet

Louis Audet Lapointe

Louis Audet-Lapointe was a liquor merchant, wholesaler and political figure in Quebec. He represented St...

||align=right|acclaimed
By-election: On Mr. Lapointe's death, 7 February 1920
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|RINFRET, Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

Louis Édouard Fernand Rinfret, PC was a Canadian politician.-Biography:He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Montreal riding of St. James in a 1920 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1930, and 1935...

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|MATHIEU, Alphetus ||align=right|1,856
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|RINFRET, Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

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|GAUTHIER, André Rémi Odilon Léon ||align=right|968
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|PAQUIN, Ubald ||align=right|625
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|RINFRET, Louis-Édouard-Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

||align=right|12,080
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|Liberal Protectionist

Liberal Protectionist

Liberal Protectionist was the name under which three candidates sought election to the Canadian House of Commons for ridings in Quebec in two elections in the early twentieth century....

|LAURIER, Ruben-Charles

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....

||align=right|4,076
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|RINFRET, Louis-Édouard-Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

||align=right|12,740
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|MARSAN, Georges-Avila ||align=right|2,192
By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926
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|RINFRET, Hon. Louis-Édouard-Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

||align=right|acclaimed
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|RINFRET, Hon. Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

||align=right| 13,299
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|LAMARCHE, Joseph-Paul ||align=right|6,208
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|RINFRET, Hon. Fernand

Fernand Rinfret

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|FRANCOEUR, Louis ||align=right|10,242
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|LAMARCHE, Joseph-Paul ||align=right|2,953
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|DE PERON, Jean-Désiré ||align=right|1,147
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|GENDRON, Emma ||align=right|241
By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's death, 12 July 1939
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|DUROCHER, Eugène

Eugène Durocher

Eugène Durocher was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal and national politics. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career....

||align=right|16,986
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|BOUCHARD, Paul ||align=right|6,368
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|DUROCHER, Eugène

Eugène Durocher

Eugène Durocher was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal and national politics. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career....

||align=right|27,219
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|JEANNOTTE, Joseph-Édouard ||align=right| 5,777
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|ROCHON, Hector ||align=right| 1,091
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|MATHIEU, Achille ||align=right|864
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|BEAUDRY, Roland

Roland Beaudry

Roland Beaudry was a Canadian politician, journalist, publicist and publisher. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1945 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of St. James. He was re-elected in 1949 in St. James, and 1953 and 1957 in Saint-Jacques....

||align=right|23,970
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|DUHAMEL, Roger ||align=right|12,932
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|JEANNOTTE, J.-Édouard ||align=right| 2,040
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|ROCHON, Hector ||align=right|619
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|MATHIEU, Émile ||align=right|585
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|COTÉ, Rosaire ||align=right|549
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|LOISELLE, Georges-Étienne ||align=right|342
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|DUGAS, Jean-Hubert ||align=right| 186
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|BEAUDRY, Roland

Roland Beaudry

||align=right|18,705
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|AUGER, Jacques ||align=right| 9,349
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|GRENIER, Jean ||align=right| 720

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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Election results

See also

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