Labelle (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Labelle (provincial electoral district).

Labelle (French pronunciation: [labɛl]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1988.

Labelle

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1987
First contested	1896
Last contested	1984

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Labelle Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th	1896–1899		Henri Bourassa	Liberal
	1900–1900			Independent
9th	1900–1904			Liberal
10th	1904–1907
	1907–1908		Charles Beautron Major
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Honoré Achim	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925			Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Henri Bourassa	Independent
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Maurice Lalonde	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		Henri Courtemanche	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957		Gustave Roy	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958		Henri Courtemanche	Independent Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1960			Progressive Conservative
25th	1960–1962		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
26th	1962–1963
27th	1963–1964		Gérard Girouard	Social Credit
	1964–1965			Progressive Conservative
28th	1965–1968		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
29th	1968–1970		Léo Cadieux
	1970–1972		Maurice Dupras
30th	1972–1974
31st	1974–1979
32nd	1979–1980
33rd	1980–1984
34th	1984–1988		Fernand Ladouceur	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Laurentides and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	2,175
	Conservative	S.R. Poulin	1,706

By-election on 18 January 1900 Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest against Canadian participation in the South African War
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	acclaimed

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	1,973
	Conservative	S.R. Poulin	1,494

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Bourassa	2,640
	Conservative	G. Alphonse Dugal	1,147
	Independent	Angus D. Cameron	399

By-election on 23 December 1907 Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Beautron Major	acclaimed

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Beautron Major	2,951
	Conservative	Hector Chauvin	1,624

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Honoré Achim	2,902
	Liberal	Charles-Beautrom Major	2,818

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	acclaimed

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier	7,391
	Progressive	Jean Lachance	2,893
	Independent	Marc-Azarie Ménard	124

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	5,843
	Liberal	Henri Jodoin	3,764

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	7,569
	Conservative	Louis Cousineau	1,118
	Protectionist	Joseph-Édouard Moranville	129

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	7,280
	Independent	Henri Bourassa	5,411

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	8,797
	Independent	Lévis Lorrain	5,909

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Lalonde	7,969
	Independent	Joseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon	5,769
	Social Credit	Philippe Lacoste	1,228

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	8,701
	Liberal	Ernest Whissell	7,998
	Union des électeurs	Simon Yelle	1,289

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Roy	9,569
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	8,610
	Labor–Progressive	Roméo Lafond	176
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Edward Senkler Morgan	90

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent PC	Henri Courtemanche	9,406
	Liberal	Gustave Roy	8,045

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Courtemanche	10,606
	Liberal	J.-Henri Forget	7,660

By-election on 31 October 1960 Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	9,540
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Lesage	7,235

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,218
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Lesage	6,107
	Social Credit	Guy Jean	4,813
	New Democratic	Albert Maisonneuve	985

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Girouard	6,951
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,632
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Vermette	2,844
	New Democratic	Roland Massé	905

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	6,554
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilles Caouette	3,697
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Vermette	3,354
	New Democratic	Noël Décosse	1,989

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léo Cadieux	15,801
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Sarrazin	10,152
	Ralliement créditiste	Clément Grondin	2,215
	New Democratic	André Peclet	1,699

By-election on 16 November 1970 Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 17 September 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	12,604
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Gélinas	4,870
	Ralliement créditiste	André Ouellette	3,417

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	15,807
	Social Credit	Gérard Perron	12,247
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Gélinas	6,439
	New Democratic	Irène Trudel	1,645
	Independent	Rolland Millette	371
	Independent	Claude Demers	368

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	16,224
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Masse	14,928
	Social Credit	Wilfrid Marin	3,116
	Social Credit	J. Noël Langlois	1,572
	New Democratic	Irène Trudel	1,326
	Communist	Claude Demers	227
	Independent	Patricia Métivier	165

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	29,614
	Social Credit	Jean Léveillé	6,580
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Racicot	6,073
	New Democratic	Willie Kofman	2,134
	Union populaire	Claude Lavoie	452
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Ménard	213

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	29,488
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Masse	9,829
	New Democratic	Willie Kofman	2,858
	Rhinoceros	Gaston Collin	664
	Rhinoceros	Jean-Marie Morin	580
	Rhinoceros	Amouthd, Richard Gagnon	331
	Union populaire	Solanges Charbonneau	227
	Independent	Louise Poisson	227
	Marxist–Leninist	Marc Blouin	108

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Ladouceur	28,286
	Liberal	Claude Hotte	14,465
	New Democratic	Marc Péclet	4,670
	Rhinoceros	Jacques Coco Miron	1,567
	Parti nationaliste	Adrien Grégoire	1,546
	Social Credit	Albert Pouliot	274
	Commonwealth of Canada	Denis Tremblay	84

See also

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