Nicolet (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Nicolet (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Nicolet (Province of Canada electoral district).

Nicolet (French pronunciation: [nikɔlɛ(t)]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

Nicolet

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It consisted of the County of Nicolet. From 1903 to 1924, it included the parishes of Ste. Brigitte, Ste. Eulalie, Ste. Perpétue and St. Samuel. It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Lotbinière and Nicolet—Yamaska ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nicolet
1st	1867–1872		Joseph Gaudet	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1877
	1877–1878		François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot	Independent Conservative
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1884
	1884–1887		Athanase Gaudet	Nationalist Conservative
6th	1887–1888
	1888–1891		Fabien Boisvert	Independent Conservative
7th	1891–1896		Joseph-Hector Leduc	Liberal
8th	1896–1897		Fabien Boisvert	Conservative
	1897–1900		Joseph-Hector Leduc	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		Georges Ball	Conservative
10th	1904–1906		Rodolphe Lemieux	Liberal
	1906–1907		Charles Ramsay Devlin
	1907–1908		Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1916		Paul-Émile Lamarche	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Arthur Trahan	Liberal
14th	1921–1923
	1923–1925		Joseph-Félix Descôteaux
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Lucien Dubois
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière and Nicolet—Yamaska

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gaudet	1,070
	Unknown	M. Rousseau	499
Eligible voters			2,253
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gaudet	1,423
	Unknown	N. Trahan	120
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gaudet	1,290
	Unknown	G. David	951
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On Mr. Gaudet being appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec, for Kennebec Division, 31 October 1877

By-election on 18 December 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot	1,387
	Liberal	Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte	1,018

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot	1,759
	Liberal	Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte	1,018

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Méthot being appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec, for La Vallière Division, 27 March 1884

By-election on 16 April 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nationalist Conservative	Athanase Gaudet	1,535
	Unknown	D. E. Archambeault	1,136

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Nationalist Conservative	Athanase Gaudet	1,957
	Liberal	Zéphirin Mailhot	779

By-election: On Mr. Gaudet's death, 29 April 1888

By-election on 17 July 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Fabien Boisvert	1,582
	Unknown	Archambault	1,469

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Hector Leduc	1,502
	Conservative	E. C. Prince	1,501
	Liberal	C. E. Houde	313

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fabien Boisvert	2,377
	Liberal	Joseph-Hector Leduc	2,239

By-election: On Mr. Boisvert's death, 12 November 1897

By-election on 21 December 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Hector Leduc	2,265
	Conservative	J. U. Beauchesne	2,018

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Georges Ball	2,277
	Liberal	Charles Milot	2,136

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	2,698
	Conservative	Georges Ball	2,356

By-election: On Mr. Lemieux being elected to sit for Gaspé, 3 December 1906

By-election on 29 December 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Ramsay Devlin	2,721
	Conservative	Georges Ball	2,328

By-election: On Mr. Devlin's resignation, 29 October 1907

By-election on 30 December 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte	2,761
	Conservative	J. C. Héon	2,340

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte	2,718
	Conservative	Wilfrid Camirand	2,052

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul-Émile Lamarche	2,805
	Liberal	Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte	2,721

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Trahan	acclaimed

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Trahan	8,298
	Progressive	Fortunat Proulx	2,271

By-election: On Mr. Trahan's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 25-04-1923

By-election on 14 May 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Félix Descôteaux	acclaimed

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Félix Descôteaux	6,221
	Conservative	Joseph Lamarche	2,972
	Independent Liberal	John O'Shaughnessy	723

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Félix Descôteaux	6,597
	Conservative	Charles Bourgeois	3,782

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Dubois	6,303
	Conservative	Joseph-Alfred Gaudet	5,102
Source: lop.parl.ca

See also

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