Yamaska (federal electoral district)

Yamaska (French pronunciation: [jamaska]) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

Yamaska

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1933 by-election

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the County of Yamaska, and the township of Upton in the County of Drummond.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933, when it was re-distributed into Nicolet—Yamaska, Drummond—Arthabaska and Richelieu—Verchères ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Yamaska
1st	1867–1872		Moïse Fortier	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Joseph Duguay	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878		Charles-Ignace Gill
4th	1878–1879
	1879–1882		Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	Liberal
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Oscar Gladu
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Albéric-Archie Mondou	Conservative
13th	1917–1920		Oscar Gladu	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
	1921–1921		Aimé Boucher	Liberal
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1932
	1933–1935
Riding dissolved into Nicolet—Yamaska, Drummond—Arthabaska and Richelieu—Verchères

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Moïse Fortier	797
	Conservative	Joseph Provencher	760

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Duguay	1,047
	Liberal	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	643

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-Ignace Gill	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles-Ignace Gill	1,029
	Unknown	F. Gouin	706

By-election on 7 July 1879
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille	1,003
	Unknown	F. Gouin	815
By-election called upon Mr. Gill's resignation, 19 May 1879

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille	1,049
	Unknown	Victor Gladu	978

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille	1,333
	Liberal	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	1,302

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	1,399
	Conservative	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille	1,299

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	1,342
	Conservative	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille	1,324

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	1,473
	Conservative	Albéric-Archie Mondou	1,369

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Oscar Gladu	2,026
	Conservative	Ernest Pélissier	1,566

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Oscar Gladu	1,846
	Conservative	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet	1,758

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Albéric-Archie Mondou	1,870
	Liberal	Oscar Gladu	1,777

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Oscar Gladu	3,148
	Government (Unionist)	Aimé Chassé	464

Canadian federal by-election, 28 May 1921
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	4,251
	Unknown	Albéric-Archie Mondou	2,608
	Unknown	Joseph Lambert	467
By-election called upon Mr. Gladu's death, 5 December 1920

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	4,130
	Progressive	Rémi Plante	2,462

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	3,438
	Conservative	Joseph-Félix-Frédéric Boulais	2,754

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	3,500
	Conservative	Joseph-Félix-Frédéric Boulais	3,082

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	3,505
	Conservative	Paul-François Comtois	3,504

By-election on 23 October 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aimé Boucher	3,901
	Conservative	Paul F. Comtois	3,817
By-election called upon Mr. Boucher's election being declared void, 23 December 1932

See also

• Yamaska (provincial electoral district)
• Yamaska (Province of Canada electoral district)
• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada