St. Lawrence (electoral district)

St. Lawrence (French: Saint-Laurent) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1917.

St. Lawrence

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1914
First contested	1896
Last contested	1911

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal West and Montreal East ridings. It consisted of St. Louis and St. Lawrence wards in the city of Montreal. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into St. Lawrence—St. George and George-Étienne Cartier ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. Lawrence Riding created from Montreal West and Montreal East
8th	1896–1900		Edward Goff Penny	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		Robert Bickerdike
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into St. Lawrence—St. George and George-Étienne Cartier

Election results

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Goff Penny	3,632
	Conservative	R. W. Smith	2,915

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bickerdike	3,439
	Conservative	Henry Archer Ekers	2,457

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bickerdike	3,282
	Conservative	C. Lane	2,632

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bickerdike	3,576
	Conservative	Henry A. Ekers	2,721
	Independent	Albert St-Martin	186

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bickerdike	4,469
	Conservative	George Franklin Johnston	3,421
	Socialist	William Ulric Cotton	359

See also

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