Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie

For other uses, see Chateauguay.

Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1966
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

History

This riding was created in 1947, from parts of Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon ridings.

It consisted of:

• the county of Châteauguay, except the municipality of St-Joachim-de-Châteauguay;
• the county of Huntingdon, (except the municipalities of St. Anicet and Ste. Barbe), and the town of Huntingdon;
• the county of Laprairie (except the municipality of St-Jacques-le-Mineur), and the town of Laprairie; and
• in the county of St. Jean, the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, St-Bernard-de-Lacolle and the village of Lacolle.

It was abolished in 1966, when it was redistributed into Beauharnois, Chambly, Laprairie and Saint-Jean ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Riding created from Beauharnois—Laprairie and Châteauguay—Huntingdon
21st	1949–1953		Donald Elmer Black	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		Jean Boucher
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Merrill Edwin Barrington	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Jean Boucher	Liberal
26th	1963–1965		Ian Watson
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Beauharnois, Chambly, Laprairie and Saint-Jean

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Elmer Black	9,986
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Siméon Beaudin	7,028

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Boucher	11,104
	Progressive Conservative	Merrill Edwin Barrington	7,003

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Boucher	10,066
	Progressive Conservative	Merrill Edwin Barrington	6,907
	Independent Liberal	David Cote	2,346

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Merrill Edwin Barrington	12,365
	Liberal	Jean Boucher	6,472

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Boucher	10,305
	Progressive Conservative	Merrill Edwin Barrington	9,260
	Social Credit	Bernard Dupuis	2,398

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	10,746
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond-J. Beriault	6,926
	Social Credit	Gaston Boileau	4,039
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Tremblay	1,226

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	14,222
	Progressive Conservative	Robert James Clarke	4,659
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Tremblay	2,369
	Ralliement créditiste	Marcellin Gagnon	1,052
	Independent PC	Roland De Montigny	520

See also

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