Châteauguay—Huntingdon

For other uses, see Chateauguay.

Châteauguay—Huntingdon was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1949.

Châteauguay—Huntingdon

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1947
First contested	1917
Last contested	1945

History

This riding was created in 1914 from Châteauguay and Huntingdon ridings.

It initially consisted of the Counties of Châteauguay and Huntingdon.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:

• the county of Châteauguay except the municipalities of Ste-Philomène, St-Joachim, and the towns of De Léry and of Châteauguay;
• the county of Huntingdon except the municipality of Ste-Barbe;
• in the county of Beauharnois, the municipality of St-Etienne; and
• in the county of St. Johns, the municipalities of St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and the village of Lacolle.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Châteauguay—Huntingdon Riding created from Châteauguay and Huntingdon
13th	1917–1921		James Robb	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1921			Liberal
	1922–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1926
	1926–1929
	1930–1930		Dennis James O'Connor
17th	1930–1935		John Clarke Moore	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		Donald Elmer Black	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James Robb	3,835
	Government (Unionist)	James Morris	1,990
	Unknown	Joseph Omer Dubois	40

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Robb	5,915
	Labour	Peter Daniel McArthur	4,061
	Progressive	Joseph Begin	548

By-election: On Mr. Robb accepting an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Robb	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Robb	5,270
	Conservative	John Alexander Sullivan	4,058

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Robb	5,691
	Conservative	John Alexander Sullivan	4,971

By-election: On Mr. Robb accepting an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Robb	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Robb's death, 11 November 1929

By-election on 27 January 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dennis James O'Connor	acclaimed

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Clarke Moore	5,934
	Liberal	Dennis James O'Connor	5,445

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Elmer Black	6,101
	Conservative	John Clarke Moore	4,947

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Elmer Black	5,773
	National Government	James Albert Robinson	2,047

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Elmer Black	4,770
	Independent	Henri Turcot	3,075
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Daniel McArthur	2,804
	Independent	Lorenzo Lebel	662
	Social Credit	Ovila Bourdon	101

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada