Verdun (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Verdun (provincial electoral district).

Verdun (also known as Verdun—Saint-Paul, Verdun—Saint-Henri and Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 2004.

Verdun

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	2003
First contested	1935
Last contested	2000

Verdun—La Salle riding, which covered much of the same area, was represented in the House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.

History

The riding was created as "Verdun" riding in 1933 from parts of Jacques Cartier and St. Anne ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Jacques Cartier and "Verdun—La Salle" ridings.

Verdun—La Salle riding was created from Verdun riding in 1947, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into a new Verdun riding and into Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle.

"Verdun" riding was recreated in 1952 from parts of Verdun—La Salle riding. It was renamed "Verdun—Saint-Paul" in 1980, "Verdun—Saint-Henri" in 1996, and "Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles" in 2000.

In 2004, the riding was merged into Jeanne-Le Ber riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Verdun Riding created from Jacques Cartier and St. Anne
18th	1935–1940		Jules Wermenlinger	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
Verdun—La Salle
21st	1949–1953		Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal
Verdun
22nd	1953–1954		Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal
	1954–1957		Yves Leduc
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Harold Monteith	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Bryce Mackasey	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1976
	1977–1979		Pierre Savard
31st	1979–1980
Verdun—Saint-Paul
32nd	1980–1984		Pierre Savard	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Gilbert Chartrand	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1990
	1990–1990			Independent
	1990–1991			Bloc Québécois
	1991–1993			Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Raymond Lavigne	Liberal
Verdun—Saint-Henri
36th	1997–2000		Raymond Lavigne	Liberal
Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles
37th	2000–2002		Raymond Lavigne	Liberal
	2002–2004		Liza Frulla
Riding dissolved into Jeanne-Le Ber

Election results

Verdun 1933-1947

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jules Wermenlinger	5,602	22.39%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Georges Stuart Mooney	4,706	18.81%
	Verdun	Hervé Ferland	4,214	16.84%
	Labour	William "Willie" Lessard	3,833	15.32%
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Guérin	2,731	10.91%
	Independent Liberal	Casimir Allard	2,065	8.25%
	Reconstruction	Camille Dansereau	1,266	5.06%
	Independent Conservative	James Albert Whitaker	232	0.93%
	Independent Labour	Henry Joseph Garrity	221	0.88%
	Veterans	Alloys Reginald Sprenger	79	0.32%
	Independent Conservative	Édouard Lamontagne	74	0.30%

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-Émile Côté	8,372
	Independent Liberal	Hervé Ferland	7,231
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Louis Calder	3,817
	National Government	Jules Wermenlinger	3,693
	Independent	Ruby Beryl Joan Adams	1,838
	Independent	Charles S.P. Halpin	1,181
	Independent Conservative	Samuel Currie	814
	Independent	Robert William Scurrah	599

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-Émile Côté	15,943
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfrid Pagé	7,151
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward Wilson	6,967
	Bloc populaire	Louis-Philippe Hurtubise	3,060
	Labor–Progressive	Sam Bailey	874
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Jean-Léopold Comeau	390
	Independent Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Wilson	279
	Social Credit	Henri Turcotte	187
	Independent Liberal	Donald Mark Elvidge	127
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Madore-Omer Royer	36

Verdun—La Salle 1947-1952

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-Émile Côté	24,903
	Progressive Conservative	John William Macgillivray	7,790
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	2,612
	Union des électeurs	Donat Fortin	445
	Independent	Richard Monahan	83

Verdun 1952-1980

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-Émile Côté	20,281
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Monteith	7,255
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Raymond Lapointe	1,587
	Labor–Progressive	Ken Perry	483

By-election on 22 March 1954 On Côté's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 1 January 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yves Leduc	8,221
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Dupuis	5,755
	Independent Liberal	Roland Gadbois	4,671
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	2,745
	Labor–Progressive	Hervé Ferland	2,180
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Michael Hayes	1,322
	Independent	Ken Perry	204

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yves Leduc	18,695
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Monteith	9,037
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	2,299

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Monteith	16,357
	Liberal	Yves Leduc	14,604
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	2,205
	Independent Liberal	J.-O.-Rolland Leduc	1,901
	Social Credit	Édouard Provencher	264

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	13,860
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Monteith	11,489
	New Democratic	Irénée Blais	3,430
	Independent Liberal	William-Léonard Poitras	3,208
	Social Credit	P.-Raymond Leclerc	1,032
	Independent PC	Carl-B. O'Malley	881

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	19,473
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Rhéaume	7,488
	Social Credit	Carl B. O'Malley	4,412
	New Democratic	Douglas Findlay	3,380

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	18,072
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Rhéaume	6,213
	New Democratic	Wesley Robert Dillen	4,113
	Ralliement créditiste	René Lassonde	2,094

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	22,436
	Progressive Conservative	Claude De Serres	3,410
	New Democratic	Matt Craig	2,813
	Ralliement créditiste	Eugène Lépine	1,004

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	20,943
	Progressive Conservative	Eddy Vigneau	7,626
	Social Credit	Eugène Lépine	3,323
	New Democratic	Gus Callaghan	2,518
	Independent	Paul Lévesque	239

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	17,633
	Progressive Conservative	Eddy Vigneau	7,922
	New Democratic	Philippe Morse	2,232
	Social Credit	Lucien Laroche	1,774
	Marxist–Leninist	Arnold August	199

By-election on 24 May 1977 On Mackasey's resignation, 28 October 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Savard	15,208
	New Democratic	Phil Edmonston	8,151
	Progressive Conservative	Pierrette Lucas	2,003
	Social Credit	Michel Dansereau	173
	Communist	Samuel J. Walsh	97
	Independent	Louise Ouimet	78

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Savard	30,178
	Progressive Conservative	John Oss	4,908
	Social Credit	Lucien Marien	2,301
	New Democratic	Denis Faubert	2,299
	Rhinoceros	Catherine Messier	905
	Union populaire	Raymond Marchessault	801
	Libertarian	Mary Lou Gutscher	182
	Communist	Denis Gervais	139
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Saul	59

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Savard	27,575
	New Democratic	David Garon	3,635
	Progressive Conservative	Jocelyn Giroux	3,423
	Rhinoceros	Ronald Cawthorn	1,141
	Social Credit	Lucien Marien	599
	Union populaire	Jean-Claude Bonin	155
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Saul	80

Verdun—Saint-Paul 1981-1997

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Chartrand	17,378
	Liberal	Pierre Savard	16,431
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	3,912
	Rhinoceros	Philippe Hooligan Coté	1,309
	Parti nationaliste	Serge Paquette	798
	Commonwealth of Canada	Steve Boyle	99

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Chartrand	20,113
	Liberal	Raymond Lavigne	15,207
	New Democratic	Alain Tassé	6,572
	Green	Jan-Marc Lavergne	1,339
	Rhinoceros	Irène Maman Mayer	902
	Commonwealth of Canada	Claude Brosseau	142
	Independent	Yvon Turgeon	105

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Verdun—Saint-Paul
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Lavigne	19,644	43.69	–	$36,451
	Bloc Québécois	Kim Beaudoin	19,095	42.47		$35,583
	Progressive Conservative	André Martin	3,864	8.59		$51,508
	New Democratic Party	Claude Ledoux	860	1.91		$0
	Green	Jean-Marc Beaudin	598	1.33		$1
	Natural Law	Marylise Baux	432	0.96		$408
	Abolitionist	Yvan Cousineau	140	0.31		$0
	National	J.J. McPherson	130	0.29		$466
	Non-affiliated	Deepak Massand	115	0.26		$6,744
	Commonwealth	Golam Khan	88	0.20		$0
Total valid votes			44,966	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,720
Turnout			46,686	75.50
Electors on the lists			61,838
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Verdun—Saint-Henri 1997-2000

1993 federal election redistributed results[1]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	20,343	43.43
	Liberal	20,059	42.83
	Progressive Conservative	3,789	8.09
	New Democratic	951	2.03
	Others	1,694	3.62

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Lavigne	21,424	46.93	+4.10
	Bloc Québécois	Donald Longépée	15,153	33.19	-10.24
	Progressive Conservative	Aline Aubut	6,838	14.98	+6.89
	New Democratic	Claude Ledoux	1,156	2.53	0.50
	Natural Law	Michèle Beausoleil	498	1.09
	Reform	Deepak Massand	380	0.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	205	0.45
Total valid votes			45,654	96.20
Total rejected ballots			1,803	3.80	+0.09
Turnout			47,457	72.51	-1.81
Registered voters			65,447
	Liberal notional gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+7.17

Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe Saint-Charles 2000-2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Lavigne	20,905	51.27	+4.34
	Bloc Québécois	Pedro Utillano	11,976	29.37	-3.82
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Côté	2,670	6.55	-8.43
	Alliance	Jacques Gendron	2,098	5.15	+4.31
	New Democratic	Matthew McLauchlin	1,003	2.46	-0.07
	Green	Lorraine Ann Craig	933	2.29
	Marijuana	Marc-André Roy	924	2.27
	Communist	Bill Sloan	148	0.36
	Independent	William Lorenson	117	0.29
Total valid votes			40,774	97.14
Total rejected ballots			1,200	2.86	-0.94
Turnout			41,974	59.05	-13.46
Registered voters			71,085
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.08

Canadian federal by-election, May 13, 2002 Appointment of Raymond Lavigne to the Senate
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Liza Frulla	10,897	63.90	+12.63
	Bloc Québécois	Sonia Goulet	4,432	25.99	-3.38
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Côté	735	4.31	-2.24
	New Democratic	Matthew McLauchlin	635	3.72	+1.26
	Alliance	Joe De Santis	241	1.41	-3.73
	Independent	Robert Lindblad	113	0.66
Total valid votes			17,053	98.38
Total rejected ballots			280	1.62	-1.24
Turnout			17,333	25.45	-33.60
Registered voters			68,115
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.01

See also

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