Richelieu—Verchères (federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Richelieu-Verchères.

Richelieu—Verchères (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃ(ə)ljø vɛʁʃɛʁ]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

Richelieu—Verchères

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richelieu—Verchères Riding created from Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe—Rouville and Yamaska
18th	1935–1940		Arthur Cardin	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1946			Independent
	1946–1949		Gérard Cournoyer	Liberal
21st	1949–1952
	1952–1953		Lucien Cardin
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1967
	1967–1968		Jacques-Raymond Tremblay
Riding dissolved into Chambly, Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	11,022
	Conservative	Joseph-Ignace Archambault	3,402

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	11,330
	National Government	Liboire Beauregard	2,412
	Independent Conservative	René Larivière	447

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin	12,873
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Bourret	3,080
	Social Credit	Rodolphe Bignell	945

By-election on 23 December 1946 On Cardin's death, 21 October 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	11,984
	Social Credit	J.-T.-Rolland Corbeil	6,164
	Progressive Conservative	Étienne Duhamel	1,875

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	12,795
	National Unity	Adrien Arcand	5,590
	Union des électeurs	Claude Guertin	429
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	419

By-election on 6 October 1952 On Cournoyer's resignation, 5 July 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	13,285
	Progressive Conservative	Albéric Tremblay	4,374

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	15,406
	Progressive Conservative	François Cournoyer	3,282
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Maurice Benoit	246

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	16,003
	Independent PC	Paul-Émile Guertin	2,830
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Bertrand	749

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	13,497
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Cournoyer	11,005

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	14,658
	Progressive Conservative	C.-Robert Fiset	9,790
	Social Credit	Fernando Bissonnette	2,268

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	14,194
	Social Credit	Yvon Ménard	9,616
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	1,795
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	936

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cardin	15,697
	Ralliement créditiste	Yvon Ménard	5,317
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Guertin	3,107
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	1,868

By-election on 29 May 1967 On Cardin's resignation, 4 April 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques-Raymond Tremblay	10,577
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Ladouceur	3,104
	New Democratic	Paul-Aimé Roy	1,178
	Radical chrétien	Rolland Corbeil	1,089

See also

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