Maskinongé (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Maskinongé (provincial electoral district).
Maskinongé
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished 1924
First contested 1867
Last contested 1921

Maskinongé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was amalgamated into the Berthier—Maskinongé electoral district in 1924.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Maskinongé
1st  1867–1872     George Caron Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative
5th  1882–1884
 1884–1887     Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers Conservative
6th  1887–1891 Charles Jérémie Coulombe
7th  1891–1896     Joseph-Hormisdas Legris Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1903
 1903–1904 Hormidas Mayrand
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Adélard Bellemare Independent Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Hormidas Mayrand Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Eugène Desrochers Liberal
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Caron 702
UnknownM. Houde 564
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Alphonse Boyer 910
ConservativeGeorge Caron 681
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBOYER, Louis-Alphonse 764
ConservativeCARON, G. 607
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative HOUDE, Frédéric 838
ConservativeDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 296
UnknownYALE, 279
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
     Nationalist Conservative HOUDE, Frédéric 1,084
ConservativeCARON, George 765

By-election: On Mr. Houde's death, 15 November 1884

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1884
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 607
UnknownCOULOMBE, C.J. 570
UnknownLAFLÈCHE, D.L. 310
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCOULOMBE, C.J. 1,003
NationalistDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 997
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,153
ConservativeCOULOMBE, C.J. 1,045
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,384
ConservativeCOULOMBE, Charles-Jérémie 1,094
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLEGRIS, Joseph-Hormisdas 1,400
ConservativeCARON, Sir A.P. 901
IndependentDESAULNIERS, Alexis Lesieur 25

By-election: On Mr. Legris being called to the Senate, 10 February 1903

By-election on 3 March 1903
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, H. acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, H. 1,480
ConservativeCOMEAU, J. Alphonse 1,188
UnknownTHISDEL, T. 22
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMAYRAND, Hormisdas 1,500
UnknownFOISY, Joseph 1,167
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeBELLEMARE, Adélard 1,507
LiberalMAYRAND, Hormisdas 1,398
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)MAYRAND, Hormisdas 2,721
UnknownTHIBODEAU, Adolphe-Joseph 219
UnknownLAFONTAINE, George 165
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDESROCHERS, Eugène 4,128
Independent ConservativeBELLEMARE, Adélard 1,991

See also

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