Lapointe (electoral district)

Lapointe
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 1976
First contested 1949
Last contested 1974

Lapointe was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Chicoutimi riding. It consisted of the city of Arvida and the towns of Kénogami and Jonquières, and the western part of the county of Chicoutimi.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Lapointe
Riding created from Chicoutimi
21st  1949–1953     Jules Gauthier Liberal
22nd  1953–1957     Fernand Girard Independent
22nd  1957–1958     Augustin Brassard Liberal
23rd  1958–1962
24th  1962–1963     Gilles Grégoire Social Credit
25th  1963–1965
26th  1965–1968     Ralliement créditiste
27th  1968–1972     Gilles Marceau Liberal
28th  1972–1974
29th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJules Gauthier 10,275
IndependentLorenzo Deschenes 5,797
Union des électeursPierre Bouchard 4,730
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentFernand Girard 11,854
LiberalJoseph-Onésiphore Fraser 8,708
Progressive ConservativeClaude Gagnon 1,640
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAugustin Brassard 13,671
IndependentFernand Girard 12,363
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAugustin Brassard 12,113
Progressive ConservativeBernard Wilshire 9,864
Co-operative CommonwealthMichel Chartrand 7,042
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGilles Gregoire 16,186
LiberalAugustin Brassard 11,245
Progressive ConservativeHenri Vaillancourt 2,524
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGilles Gregoire 13,312
LiberalRené Coté 8,506
Progressive ConservativeHenri Vaillancourt 3,474
New DemocraticHenri Vachon 2,857
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditisteGilles Gregoire 13,210
LiberalPaul Labrie 9,733
Progressive ConservativeLouis Reid 2,658
New DemocraticLouis-Philippe Trinque 1,028
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGilles Marceau 11,821
Progressive ConservativeAlphonse Laliberté 8,077
Ralliement créditisteGérard Lacombe 4,324
New DemocraticLouis-Philippe Trinque 919
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGilles Marceau 16,423
Social CreditRaymond Langlois 6,934
Progressive ConservativeLéopold Bergeron 4,042
IndependentPierre-Hugues Richard 1,084
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGilles Marceau 16,673
Social CreditFrançois Rondeau 6,466
Progressive ConservativeGaston Dion 1,982
New DemocraticRéal Caron 1,587
Marxist–LeninistDaniel Verdi 227

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