Richmond—Wolfe

Richmond—Wolfe
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1993

Richmond—Wolfe (also known as Richmond) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997.

Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and Drummond ridings.

Richmond riding was renamed "Richmond—Wolfe" in 1980.

In 1996, it was again abolished when it was redistributed into the new districts of Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond—Wolfe
1st	1867–1872	William Hoste Webb	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	William Hoste Webb	Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Henry Aylmer	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Henry Aylmer	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	William Bullock Ives	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	Clarence Chester Cleveland
8th	1896–1900	Michael Thomas Stenson	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	Edmund William Tobin
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	François-Joseph Laflèche	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	James Patrick Mullins	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953	Ernest-Omer Gingras
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Florent Dubois	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	André Bernier	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965	Patrick Tobin Asselin	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Patrick Tobin Asselin	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Richmond and Drummond
Richmond
28th	1968–1971	Léonel Beaudoin	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Alain Tardif	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe
32nd	1980–1984	Alain Tardif	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Alain Tardif	Liberal
34th	1988–1993	Yvon Côté	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Gaston Leroux	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Hoste Webb	1,137
	Unknown	Mr. Beique	903
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Hoste Webb	893
	Unknown	J. Graham	483
	Unknown	O. Gaudet	389
	Unknown	W. Jones	290
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	1,111
	Unknown	William Hoste Webb	949
	Unknown	O. Gaudet	10
Source: lop.parl.ca

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 December 1874 On Mr. Aylmer being unseated on petition, 24 October 1874
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	978
	Unknown	Henry-R. Hanning	592
	Unknown	L.C. Bélanger	414
	Unknown	Mr. Scarry	19

Members of Parliament

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Clarence Chester Cleveland	2,416	53.09	Y
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	2,135	46.91
Total valid votes			4,551	100.00
Source(s) "Richmond--Wolfe, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Patrick Mullins	8,459
	Bloc populaire	Émilien Lafrance	5,088
	Independent	Arthur-H. Marcotte	1,271
	Social Credit	Roland Pelletier	1,147

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest-Omer Gingras	13,621
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Gustave Nadeau	3,990
	Union des électeurs	Rolland Pelletier	2,493

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Léonel Beaudoin	14,133
	Liberal	Léo-Paul Thibeault	8,657
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Bachand	3,887
	New Democratic	Francine Mailloux	624