Saint-Maurice (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal districts of Saint Maurice and of Saint-Maurice. For the provincial district, see Saint-Maurice (provincial electoral district). For the Pre-Confederation electoral district, see Saint Maurice (Province of Canada electoral district).

Saint Maurice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis] ^ⓘ) was a federal electoral district (riding) in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1867 to 1896.^[1] Saint-Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 2004.^[2]

Saint-Maurice

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	2003
First contested	1968
Last contested	2000

The electoral district of Saint Maurice was formed in 1867, the continuation of the pre-confederation electoral division with the same delimitation.^[1] In 1892, it was merged with the district of Trois-Rivières to form Three Rivers and St. Maurice.^[3]

A Saint-Maurice district was re-established in 1966 out of the former districts of Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche.^[4] The district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain ridings.^[5]

A high-profile MP was the former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien, who represented the riding of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche for five years and the riding of Saint-Maurice for 29 years.

Members of Parliament

This ridings elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint Maurice
1st	1867–1868		Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	Conservative
	1868–1872		Élie Lacerte
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878		Charles Gérin-Lajoie	Liberal
4th	1878–1882		Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers
7th	1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Three Rivers and St. Maurice
Saint-Maurice Riding re-created from Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
28th	1968–1972		Jean Chrétien	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1986
	1986–1988		Gilles Grondin
34th	1988–1993		Denis Pronovost	Progressive Conservative
	1993–1993			Independent
35th	1993–1997		Jean Chrétien	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Election results

Saint Maurice, 1867–1886

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[6]

Canadian federal by-election, 30 October 1868 On Mr. Désaulniers' resignation, 29 September 1868
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Élie Lacerte	679	61.84
	Unknown	E. Gérin	419	38.16

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Élie Lacerte	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[7]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Gérin-Lajoie	575	52.46
	Conservative	Élie Lacerte	521	47.54
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	811	52.59
	Unknown	S.J. Remington	731	47.41

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	842	65.37
	Unknown	Pierre Lamy	446	34.63

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers	918	58.51
	Liberal	L.A. Lord	651	41.49

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	François-Sévère Lesieur Désaulniers	894	54.41
	Independent Conservative	Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers	749	45.59

Saint-Maurice, 1968–2004

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	13,895	44.52
	Ralliement créditiste	Alphonse Poulin	12,198	39.08
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Germain	4,570	14.64
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Lalancette	550	1.76

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	19,840	56.66
	Social Credit	Guy Germain	11,363	32.45
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Genest	2,227	6.36
	New Democratic	Robert McLeod	1,032	2.95
	Not affiliated	Pierre Drolet	552	1.58

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	20,465	65.26
	Social Credit	Antonio Genest	5,471	17.45
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Durand	3,501	11.16
	New Democratic	Claude De Carufel	1,442	4.60
	Not affiliated	Pierre Rousseau	482	1.54

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	27,243	71.06
	Social Credit	Pierre-André Hamel	6,837	17.83
	Progressive Conservative	R. Armand Charbonneau	2,795	7.29
	New Democratic	Robert Deschamps	952	2.48
	Union populaire	Pierre Chénard	351	0.92
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Beaudoin	160	0.42

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	27,356	76.70
	Progressive Conservative	R. Armand Charbonneau	2,516	7.05
	Social Credit	Normand Lafrenière	2,369	6.64
	New Democratic	Edgar Paquette	1,963	5.50
	Rhinoceros	J.F. le Calife De Vernal	1,206	3.38
	Union populaire	Lionel C. Laporte	161	0.45
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Beaudoin	95	0.27

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	24,050	58.88
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Armand Charbonneau	14,468	35.42
	New Democratic	Danielle Delbecque	1,433	3.51
	Parti nationaliste	Alain Déry	892	2.18

Canadian federal by-election, 29 September 1986 On Mr. Chrétien's resignation, 27 February 1986
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gilles Grondin	19,608	58.90
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Leclerc	6,666	20.02
	New Democratic	Claude Rompré	6,484	19.48
	Parti nationaliste	Louise Gravel	428	1.29
	Independent	John Turmel	104	0.31

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Pronovost	18,741	45.30
	New Democratic	Claude Rompré	12,463	30.12
	Liberal	Yvon Milette	10,168	24.58

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	25,200	54.06
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Rompré	18,896	40.54
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline B. Daneault	1,909	4.10
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	372	0.80
	New Democratic	Robert Des Champs	236	0.51

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	22,266	47.30
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Duhaime	20,664	43.89
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Vincent	3,657	7.77
	New Democratic	Eric Hébert	489	1.04

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	23,345	54.07		$60,591
	Bloc Québécois	François Marchand	16,821	38.96		$57,038
	Alliance	Jean-Guy Mercier	1,461	3.38		$500
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Blais	866	2.24		$50
	New Democratic	Raymond Chase	359	0.83		none listed
	Communist	Sylvain Archambault	223	0.52		$187
Total valid votes			43,175	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,640
Turnout			44,815	72.50
Electors on the lists			61,810
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Mauricie
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Politics of Quebec