Bonaventure (electoral district)

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Bonaventure (later known as Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1997. It was created as "Bonaventure" riding by the British North America Act of 1867.

1 History
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1933, it was defined to consisted of the county of Bonaventure and the municipalities of Ste-Florence, Ste-Marguerite-Marie and Causapscal (parish and village) in the county of Matapedia.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist only of the county of Bonaventure.

In 1952, parts of the county of Matapédia were added: the townships of Assemetquagan and Milnikek, the projected township of Roncevaux and, the township of Assemetquagan in the municipality of Saint-Fidèle-de-Ristigouche.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine and the Townships of Milnikek and Assemetquagan in the County of Matapédia.

In 1976, it was defined to consist of:

the Towns of Carleton, Causapscal and New Richmond;
the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine; and
in the County of Matapédia: the parish municipalities of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal and Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville; the municipalities of Saint-Edmond, Sainte-Florence and Sainte-Marguerite; the Township of Milnikek and that part of the Township of Assemetquagan without local municipal organization.

In 1987, it was defined to consist of

the towns of Carleton and New Richmond;
the County of Bonaventure excluding the following: the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anseaux-Gascons; the Township Municipality of Port-Daniel-Partie-Est; the Territory of Bonaventure-Routhierville portion; and
the County of Iles-de-la-Madeleine.

The riding's name was changed to "Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine" in 1971.

The district was amalgamated into the Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Théodore Robitaille, Conservative (1867-1879)
Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, Conservative (1879-1882)
Louis-Joseph Riopel, Conservative (1882-1891)
William LeBoutillier Fauvel, Liberal (1891-1897)
Jean-François Guité, Liberal (1897-1900)
Charles Marcil, Lieral (1900-1937)
Pierre-Emile Cote, Liberal (1937-1940)
J.-Alphée Poirier, Liberal (1940-1945)
Bona Arsenault, Independent/Liberal (1945-1957)
Nérée Aresenault, Progressive Conservative (1957-1958)
Lucien Grenier, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
Albert Bechard, Liberal (1962-1979)
Rémi Bujold, Liberal (1979-1984)
Darryl Gray, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
Patrick Gagnon, Liberal (1993-1997)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROBITAILLE, Théodore	1,018

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROBITAILLE, Théodore	999
	Unknown	HAMILTON, J.R.	232
	Unknown	VERGE, A.	2

By-election: On Mr. Robitaille's appointment as Receiver-General, 30 January 1873

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 February 1873
	Conservative	ROBITAILLE, Théodore	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROBITAILLE, Hon. Théodore	1,063
	Unknown	TREMBLAY, M.	742

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROBITAILLE, Hon. T.	1,014
	Unknown	CLAPPERTON, W.H.	825

By-election: On Mr. Robitaille's appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec,26 July 1879

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 August 1879
	Conservative	BEAUCHESNE, Pierre-Clovis	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RIOPEL, L.J.	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RIOPEL, Louis-Joseph	1,352
	Liberal	ROY, Geo. Pierre	994

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FAUVEL, Wm. LeBoutillier	1,707
	Conservative	LAFERRIERE, A.A.	1,003

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FAUVEL, W. LeB.	1,644
	Conservative	ROY, Geo. P.	1,331

By-election: On Mr. Fauvel's death, 8 February 1897

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 March 1897
	Liberal	GUITE, J.F.	1,908
	Conservative	CYR, Charles	1,116

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Charles	1,567
	Conservative	BELANGER, Jean Bte	1,418

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Charles	2,280
	Conservative	CROCKETT, Thomas	1,388

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Charles	2,408
	Conservative	BEAUCHESNE, Arthur	1,146

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	2,444
	Conservative	MOUSSEAU, Joseph-Alfred	1,395

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	4,131
	Government	FUROIS, Philippe	1,236

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	6,136
	Conservative	BUSTEED, Thomas Robert	1,599

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	4,344
	Conservative	PAQUET, Etienne Théodore	3,815

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	6,164
	Conservative	PAQUET, Hon. Eugene	5,155

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	5,894
	Conservative	MORGAN, Edward Andrew D.	5,848

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MARCIL, Hon. Charles	8,498
	Conservative	JESSOP, James Joseph	5,935

By-election: On Mr. Marcil's death, 29 January 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 March 1937
	Liberal	COTE, Pierre-Emile	7,735
	Conservative	O'DONNELL, William	6,076
	Independent	THIBAULT, Maurice	225

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	POIRIER, J.-Alphée	9,446
	National Government	ARSENAULT, Bona	5,741

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	ARSENAULT, Bona	7,885
	Liberal	GILKER, John C.	6,605
	Progressive Conservative	PRATT, Alexander	1,046

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ARSENAULT, Bona	9,802
	Progressive Conservative	DION, Edouard	6,776
	Independent Liberal	TREMBLAY, Bertrand	437

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ARSENAULT, Bona	9,177
	Progressive Conservative	GOULET, Jean-Augustin	6,446

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ARSENAULT, Nérée	8,161
	Liberal	ARSENAULT, Bona	7,903

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRENIER, Lucien	9,135
	Liberal	DUBE, André	7,741

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	7,559
	Progressive Conservative	GRENIER, Lucien	6,286
	Social Credit	AUDET, Conrad-V.	3,025

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	9,092
	Social Credit	BERNARD, J.-O-Gérard	4,302
	Progressive Conservative	GRENIER, Lucien	2,785

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	8,985
	Progressive Conservative	LEVESQUE, Aurèle	6,236
	Ralliement créditiste	AUDET, Gérard	733
	New Democrat	BOULARD, Marc	251

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	10,144
	Ralliement créditiste	AUDET, Gérard	4,240
	Progressive Conservative	BOURDAGES, Robert	3,674
	Independent	CHAPADOS, Henri	680
	New Democrat	MARTIN, Bernard	282

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	12,213
	Progressive Conservative	BLAIS, Gérard-Raymond	5,108
	Social Credit	AUDET, Gérard	4,842
	New Democrat	GAUTHIER, Huguette-L.	480

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BECHARD, Albert	12,977
	Progressive Conservative	BLAIS, Gérard-Raymond	6,884
	New Democrat	GAUTHIER, Huguette-L.	1,313

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BUJOLD, Rémi	15,777
	Progressive Conservative	CARBONNEAU, Gilbert	11,641
	New Democrat	GAUTHIER, Huguette	1,514

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BUJOLD, Rémi	19,193
	Progressive Conservative	PINARD, Marie Josée	5,063
	New Democrat	FORAN, John	1,568
	Rhino	LEBLANC, Louis Philippe Tulip	917
	Social Credit	BERNARD, Gérard	528
	Rhino	SIMARD, Jacques	391

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRAY, Darryl L.	15,502
	Liberal	BUJOLD, Rémi	13,689
	New Democrat	CAUVIER, Martin	1,040
	Not affiliated	SAUVÉ, Sylvain	440
	Commonwealth	BERNIER, Jacques	280

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRAY, Darryl	15,491
	Liberal	ROUTHIER, Lyse	9,296
	New Democrat	POIRIER, Germaine	1,546

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GAGNON, Patrick	12,334
	Bloc Québécois	SAINT-PIERRE, Michel	9,228
	Progressive Conservative	GRAY, Darryl L.	6,019
	New Democrat	POIRIER, Germaine	377