Quebec South

Quebec South was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.

Quebec South

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1967
First contested	1917
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Quebec West and Quebec-Centre ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Langelier and Louis-Hébert ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Quebec South Riding created from Quebec West and Quebec-Centre
13th	1917–1921		Charles Gavan Power	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925			Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1955
	1955–1957		Frank Power
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Jacques Flynn	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Jean-Charles Cantin	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Langelier and Louis-Hébert

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Charles Gavan Power	3,816
	Government (Unionist)	James Archibald Scott	2,501

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	6,645
	Conservative	Thomas James Delany	3,281
	Independent	Eugène Fortunat Dussault	669

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	6,780
	Conservative	John Skillman O'Meara	5,109

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	6,527
	Conservative	John Skillman O'Meara	4,901
	Independent Conservative	Adolphe Chevalier	775

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	8,086
	Conservative	Francis J. Dinan	6,633

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	11,270
	Conservative	John Gordon Ross	6,663

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	15,196
	National Government	Francis James Dinan	4,284

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	14,091
	Independent	Charles-Arthur Plante	3,457
	Independent	Louis Tardivel	1,486
	Social Credit	Joseph-Eugène Laliberté	931

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	19,383
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine-René Gobeil	6,454
	Union des électeurs	Joseph Bouchard	542

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Gavan Power	18,950
	Progressive Conservative	Félix Hudon	6,363

By-election on 26 September 1955 On Power being called to the Senate, 28 July 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Gavan Power	13,881
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon-R. Tassé	10,677
	Independent	Jean-Louis Plante	231

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Gavan Power	17,709
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Flynn	9,659
	Independent Liberal	Paul Latouche	1,092
	Independent	René Brulotte	160

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Flynn	15,771
	Liberal	Francis Gavan Power	15,507

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Charles Cantin	12,521
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Flynn	9,216
	Social Credit	Louis Leclerc	5,586
	New Democratic	J.-P. Gagnon	1,296

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Charles Cantin	16,314
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Marquis	5,533
	Social Credit	Louis Fréchette	5,454
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Gagnon	2,329

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Charles Cantin	16,141
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Dorion	5,373
	New Democratic	Yves Faguy	2,506
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Ricard	2,290

See also

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