Quebec-Centre (federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Québec-Centre (provincial electoral district).

Quebec-Centre (French: Québec-Centre) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

Quebec-Centre

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of Palace Ward, St. Louis Ward, St. John's Ward and the parts of Montcalm Ward and the Banlieue not included in Quebec West or Quebec East ridings. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Quebec East and Quebec South ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Quebec-Centre
1st	1867–1872		Georges-Honoré Simard	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Independent
3rd	1874–1875			Liberal
	1875–1877
	1877–1878		Jacques Malouin	Independent
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Joseph-Guillaume Bossé	Conservative
6th	1887–1891		François Langelier	Liberal
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1898
	1898–1900		Albert Malouin
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1905
	1905–1908		Arthur Lachance
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Quebec East and Quebec South

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Georges-Honoré Simard	1,291
	Unknown	P. Garneau	5
	Unknown	Mr. Blanchet	2
Eligible voters			2,542
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

1872 Canadian federal election: Quebec Centre/Québec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	964
	Conservative	James Gibb Ross	694
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Cauchon being appointed President of the Privy Council, 7 December 1875

By-election on 27 December 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Cauchon being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, 1877

By-election on 3 November 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jacques Malouin	acclaimed

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jacques Malouin	1,001
	Conservative	James Gibb Ross	782

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph-Guillaume Bossé	966
	Independent	Jacques Malouin	855

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,331
	Conservative	L. F. Burroughs	626

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,080
	Conservative	Victor Chateauvert	1,002

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,469
	Conservative	A. R. Angers	1,150

By-election: On Mr. Langelier being appointed judge, 14 January 1898

By-election on 24 January 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Malouin	acclaimed

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Malouin	1,670
	Conservative	Victor Chateauvert	1,155

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Malouin	1,809
	Liberal	Wm. Alex. Verge	1,012

By-election: On Mr. Malouin being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, Arthabasca District, 7 January 1905

By-election on 19 January 1905
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lachance	acclaimed

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lachance	2,049
	Conservative	Hubert Cimon	1,135

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Lachance	2,122
	Conservative	Jules Hone Jr.	1,529

See also

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