Charlevoix—Saguenay (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Charlevoix—Saguenay (provincial electoral district).

Charlevoix—Saguenay (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁləvwa saɡnɛ]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1949.

Charlevoix—Saguenay

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1947
First contested	1925
Last contested	1945

This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Charlevoix—Montmorency and Chicoutimi—Saguenay ridings.

It initially consisted of the Counties of Charlevoix-East, Charlevoix-West and Saguenay, l'Isle-aux-Coudres, the territories of Ashuanipi and New Quebec, the Island of Anticosti and the County of Montmorency No. 1, excluding the municipalities of St. Jean de Boischatel, L'Ange Gardien and Ste. Brigitte de Laval.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of

• the counties of Charlevoix-East and Charlevoix-West and l'Ile aux Coudres;
• the county of Saguenay and the Island of Anticosti;
• the county of Montmorency No. 1, excepting the parts included in the municipalities of St-Jean-de-Boischatel and L'Ange-Gardien; and
• the territory of New Quebec.

The district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Charlevoix—Saguenay Riding created from Charlevoix—Montmorency and Chicoutimi—Saguenay
15th	1925–1926		Pierre-François Casgrain	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1941
	1942–1945		Frédéric Dorion	Independent
20th	1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Charlevoix and Saguenay

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-François Casgrain	8,312
	Conservative	Jules Gobeil	3,046
	Independent Liberal	Alcibiade Leger	143

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-François Casgrain	8,553
	Conservative	Jules Gobeil	2,911

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-François Casgrain	10,806
	Conservative	Thomas Maher	8,078

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-François Casgrain	12,144
	Conservative	Henri D'Auteuil	5,591
	Reconstruction	Murray Warren	808

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-François Casgrain	14,336
	National Government	Antoine Cimon	5,928

By-election: On Mr. Casgrain accepting an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 December 1941.

By-election on 30 November 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Frédéric Dorion	9,773
	Independent Liberal	Thérèse Casgrain	6,706
	Independent Liberal	J. Emile Boivin	2,578
	Independent Liberal	J. Donat Lacroix	209
	Unknown	Edouard Gaudreault	189

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Frédéric Dorion	12,430
	Liberal	Louis-Philippe Dufour	9,197
	Social Credit	Louis-Philippe-Antoine Belanger	1,151
	Independent Liberal	Donat Lacroix	436

See also

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