Témiscouata (federal electoral district)

For the Quebec provincial electoral district, see Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata. For the former Quebec provincial electoral district, see Témiscouata (provincial electoral district). For the Quebec regional county municipality, see Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.

Témiscouata (French pronunciation: [temiskwata]; also known as Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1979.

Témiscouata

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1976
First contested	1867
Last contested	1974

It was created as "Témiscouata" riding by the British North America Act, 1867. In 1959, it was renamed "Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" and defined to consist of:

• the county of Témiscouata;
• the county of Rivière-du-Loup (except the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Sainte-Françoise and the municipalities of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu and Trois Pistoles) and the city of Rivière-du-Loup.

In 1966, it was redivided into the ridings of Kamouraska and Témiscouata. The new Témiscouata riding consisted of:

• the City of Rivière-du-Loup;
• the Towns of Cabano and Trois-Pistoles;
• the County of Rivière-du-Loup (except the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Saint-Antonin);
• parts of the County of Témiscouata; and
• parts of the County of Rimouski.

The riding was again renamed "Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" in 1972.

Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into the ridings of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Témiscouata
1st	1867–1872		Charles Bertrand	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Élie Mailloux
3rd	1874–1878		Jean-Baptiste Pouliot	Liberal
4th	1878–1882		Paul-Étienne Grandbois	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1897		Charles-Eugène Pouliot	Liberal
	1897–1900		Charles Arthur Gauvreau
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1924			Liberal
	1924–1925		Jean-François Pouliot
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1944
	1944–1945			Independent Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953			Liberal
22nd	1953–1955
	1955–1957		Jean-Paul St-Laurent
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Antoine Fréchette	Progressive Conservative
Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
25th	1962–1963		Philippe Gagnon	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965		Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
Témiscouata
28th	1968–1972		Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
29th	1972–1974		Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski

Election results

Témiscouata, 1867–1962

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bertrand	acclaimed

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Élie Mailloux	1,125
	Conservative	Charles Bertrand	17
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Pouliot	2

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Pouliot	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,079
	Unknown	A. Pouliot	952

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,707
	Liberal	Charles-Eugène Pouliot	1,641

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,813
	Liberal	G.H. Deschênes	1,615

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles-Eugène Pouliot	2,171
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,604

By-election on 6 November 1897 On Pouliot's death, 24 June 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	acclaimed

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	2,212
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,700

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	2,752
	Conservative	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	1,800

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	3,027
	Conservative	Luc Lebel	2,362

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	2,913
	Conservative	Luc Lebel	2,701

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	6,489
	Government (Unionist)	Luc Lebel	695

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau	5,625
	Independent	Jean-François Pouliot	4,833
	Conservative	Nelson Caron	3,336

By-election on 1 December 1924 On Gauvreau's death, 9 October 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	8,759
	Liberal	Louis Eugène Parrot	5,544

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	7,341
	Conservative	Charles-Eugène Dubé	5,291

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	8,431
	Conservative	Charles-Eugène Dubé	6,513

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	8,761
	Conservative	Charles-Eugène Dubé	8,644

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	10,177
	Conservative	Luc Lebel	4,565
	Reconstruction	Herbert H. Dickey	391

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	9,615
	National Government	Horace Cimon	2,063
	Independent	Luc Lebel	1,518

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	10,325
	Social Credit	Louis-Philippe Bouchard	1,907
	Independent PC	Louis-Georges Seigneur	1,102

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	11,648
	Union des électeurs	Joseph-Antonio Mignault	2,756
	Progressive Conservative	Luc Lebel	2,250

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-François Pouliot	10,675
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine Fréchette	6,624
	Independent Liberal	J.-A.-Paul Gravel	1,152

By-election on 26 September 1955 On Pouliot being called to the Senate, 28 July 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul St. Laurent	12,010
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul Bérubé	8,055

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul St. Laurent	11,558
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine Fréchette	8,094

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine Fréchette	13,361
	Liberal	Jean-Paul St. Laurent	9,810

Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata, 1962–1968

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Philippe Gagnon	8,058
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	7,959
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine Fréchette	5,380

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	10,753
	Social Credit	Philippe Gagnon	10,278
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Violette	1,246
	New Democratic	Georges-Aurèle Pelletier	244

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	11,026
	Ralliement créditiste	Charles-E. Landry	4,715
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lahaye	4,378
	New Democratic	Daniel Lacroix	489

Témiscouata, 1968–1972

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	10,605
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Dubé	8,630
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Gagnon	3,029
	New Democratic	Robert McLeod	360

Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata, 1972–1979

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	10,004
	Social Credit	Philippe Gagnon	9,659
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Dufour	5,263

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rosaire Gendron	11,071
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Lebel	9,128
	Social Credit	Maurice Lemieux	3,261
	Independent	Bernard Dumont	885
	New Democratic	Patrice Vézina	708

See also

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