Jacques Cartier (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Jacques-Cartier.

Jacques Cartier (French pronunciation: [ʒak kaʁtje]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953.

Jacques Cartier

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1952
First contested	1867
Last contested	1949 by-election

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was amalgamated into the Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle electoral district in 1952.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Jacques Cartier
1st	1867–1872		Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Rodolphe Laflamme	Liberal
3rd	1874–1876
	1876–1878
4th	1878–1882		Désiré Girouard	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1895
	1895–1896		Napoléon Charbonneau	Liberal
8th	1896–1900		Frederick Debartzch Monk	Conservative
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1911
	1911–1914
	1915–1917		Joseph Adélard Descarries
13th	1917–1921		David Arthur Lafortune	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1922			Liberal
	1922–1925		Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Georges-Philippe Laurin	Conservative
18th	1935–1939		Vital Mallette	Liberal
	1939–1940		Elphège Marier
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1949
	1949–1953		Edgar Leduc	Independent
Riding dissolved into Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher	659
	Unknown	M. Brunet	542
Eligible voters			2,350
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	685
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	635
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On Mr. Laflamme being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 9 November 1876

By-election on 28 December 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	acclaimed

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	1,010
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	1,008

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	994
	Liberal	Rodolphe Laflamme	731

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	1,161
	Liberal	Napoléon Charbonneau	965

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Désiré Girouard	1,379
	Liberal	J. A. C. Madore	1,103

By-election: On Mr. Girouard being named Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, 28 September 1895

By-election on 30 November 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Napoléon Charbonneau	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	2,329
	Liberal	Arthur Boyer	2,216

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	2,682
	Liberal	Jérémie L. Décarie	2,390

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	3,095
	Liberal	Louis A. Boyer	2,755

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	4,143	56.65	+3.75
	Liberal	Ucal Henri Dandurand	3,170	34.34	-3.75
Total valid votes			7,313
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.75

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	5,782	56.55	-0.10
	Liberal	Louis-Joseph-Charles-Émile Boyer	4,442	43.45	+0.10
Total valid votes			10,224
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.10

Canadian federal by-election, October 27, 1911 On Mr. Monk being appointed Minister of Public Works, 10 October 1911
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Debartzch Monk	acclaimed

Canadian federal by-election, February 1, 1915 On Mr. Monk's resignation, 2 March 1914
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Adélard Descarries	acclaimed

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	David Arthur Lafortune	9,228	57.16	+13.71
	Government (Unionist)	Aquila Jasmin	6,917	42.84	-13.71
Total valid votes			16,145
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals) gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.71

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Arthur Lafortune	18,881	63.08	+5.92
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste Hercule Gohier	9,227	30.83	-12.02
	Independent	Joseph Adélard Descarries	1,825	6.10
Total valid votes			29,933
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.97

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	David Arthur Lafortune	9,228	57.16	+13.71
	Government (Unionist)	Aquila Jasmin	6,917	42.84	-13.71
Total valid votes			16,145
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals) gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.71

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Arthur Lafortune	18,881	63.08	+5.92
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste Hercule Gohier	9,227	30.83	-12.02
	Independent	Joseph Adélard Descarries	1,825	6.10
Total valid votes			29,933
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.97

Canadian federal by-election, November 20, 1922 On Mr. Lafortune's death, 19 October 1922
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	acclaimed

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	16,826
	Conservative	Esioff-Léon Patenaude	14,956

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	18,755
	Conservative	Esioff-Léon Patenaude	16,602

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Georges-Philippe Laurin	22,907
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	20,438
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid-Émile Ranger	981
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Vital Mallette	7,309
	Conservative	Georges-Philippe Laurin	6,796
	Reconstruction	Alfred Drolet	1,872

By-election: On Mr. Mallette's death, 17 April 1939

By-election on 18 December 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elphège Marier	6,829
	Independent Liberal	Albert Lacombe	1,418
	Parti nationaliste	Edgar Guérard	558

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elphège Marier	11,755
	National Government	Charles-Stanislas-Victorien Barre	4,028

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elphège Marier	12,640
	Progressive Conservative	Elmo-Ernest Deslauriers	8,421
	Bloc populaire	Victor Paul	3,147
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fabien Charron	1,866

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elphège Marier	15,298
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Arthur Seton	7,794
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fabien Charron	2,007

By-election: On Mr. Marier's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 24 August 1949

By-election on 1949/10/04
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Edgar Leduc	9,327
	Liberal	Sarto Marchand	6,903

See also

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