Laval—Two Mountains

Laval—Two Mountains (French: Laval—Deux-Montagnes) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1949.

Laval—Two Mountains

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1947
First contested	1917
Last contested	1945

This riding was created in 1914 from Laval and Two Mountains ridings.

It initially consisted of:

• All the parishes, municipalities and towns comprised in the electoral district of Laval and situated on Isle Jésus, and
• the electoral district of Two Mountains.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the Counties of Laval and Two Mountains.

In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of:

• the county of Laval, excluding the municipalities of Pont-des-Rapides; and
• the county of Two-Mountains, excluding the part north of the North River comprised in the municipality of St-Colomban and the northern part of the municipality of St-Canut.

The riding was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Laval and Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Laval—Two Mountains Riding created from Laval and Two Mountains
13th	1917–1921		Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925			Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Liguori Lacombe
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1930		Arthur Sauvé	Conservative
	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Liguori Lacombe	Liberal
19th	1940–1945			Independent Liberal
20th	1945–1948			Independent
	1948–1949		Léopold Demers	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Laval and Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier	acclaimed

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier	6,040
	Independent	Aglibert Théoret	3,479
	Independent	Joseph Azarie Bibeau	539

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Liguori Lacombe	5,717
	Conservative	Alban Germain	3,634
	Liberal	Joseph Azarie Bibeau	768

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Liguori Lacombe	5,916
	Conservative	Joseph-Horace Michaud	2,148

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Sauvé	6,601
	Liberal	Liguori Lacombe	5,634

By-election: On Mr. Sauvé accepting an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930

Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Sauvé	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Liguori Lacombe	6,551
	Conservative	Lucien Henri Gendron	4,987

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Liguori Lacombe	6,378
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste-Léo Rochon	4,552

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Liguori Lacombe	6,876
	Liberal	Joseph Ouimet	6,577

By-election: On Mr. Lacombe's resignation, 12 July 1948

By-election on 20 December 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léopold Demers	6,280
	Unknown	Honoré Désy	3,287

See also

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