Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm

Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt lasɔ̃psjɔ̃ mɔ̃kalm]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Joliette and L'Assomption—Montcalm ridings.

It was initially defined to consist of:

• the county of Joliette including the city of Joliette;
• the county of L'Assomption; and
• the county of Montcalm, except the township of Archambault.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

• the county of Joliette (except the township of Gouin), and the city of Joliette;
• the county of L'Assomption and the towns of L'Assomption and Laurentides;
• the county of Montcalm, except the townships of Brunet, Nantel and Pérodeau and the township of Archambault.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier, Joliette, Labelle and Terrebonne ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Riding created from Joliette and L'Assomption—Montcalm
18th	1935–1940		Charles-Édouard Ferland	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Georges-Émile Lapalme
21st	1949–1950
	1950–1953		Maurice Breton
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Louis-Joseph Pigeon	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Joseph-Roland Comtois	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Berthier, Joliette, Labelle and Terrebonne

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Ferland	14,087
	Reconstruction	François-Xavier-Romulus Joly	1,966
	Conservative	Mario Forest	1,640

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Ferland	14,112
	National Government	Julien Lavallée	3,430

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-Émile Lapalme	14,810
	Independent	Paul Brien	12,560
	Independent	Rodolphe Gariépy	393
	Progressive Conservative	Damien Neveu	318
	Social Credit	Joseph-Arthur Marchand	161

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges-Émile Lapalme	18,755
	Progressive Conservative	Claude-Édouard Hétu	13,584
	Union des électeurs	Frédéric Therrien	361

By-election on 3 October 1950 Lapalme resigned, 23 June 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Breton	acclaimed

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Breton	18,149
	Progressive Conservative	Sarto Blais	4,541

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Breton	19,445
	Progressive Conservative	Placide Morency	4,409

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Joseph Pigeon	21,821
	Liberal	Maurice Breton	15,454

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Joseph Pigeon	17,600
	Liberal	J.-Roland Comtois	12,172
	Social Credit	Victor Pagette	6,310
	New Democratic	Pierre-Émile Doré	829

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Joseph Pigeon	16,103
	Liberal	Joseph-Roland Comtois	12,299
	Social Credit	Victor Pagette	7,399
	New Democratic	Raymond Legendre	2,033

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Roland Comtois	15,221
	Progressive Conservative	Roch La Salle	15,043
	New Democratic	Noël Lacas	4,951
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean Boisclair	2,961

See also

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