Labelle (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Labelle (provincial electoral district).
Labelle
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1892
District abolished 1987
First contested 1896
Last contested 1984

Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.

The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Labelle
Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th  1896–1899     Henri Bourassa Liberal
 1900–1900     Independent
9th  1900–1904     Liberal
10th  1904–1907
 1907–1908 Charles Beautron Major
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Honoré Achim Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926     Henri Bourassa Independent
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     Maurice Lalonde Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953     Henri Courtemanche Progressive Conservative
22nd  1953–1957     Gustave Roy Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Henri Courtemanche Independent Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1960     Progressive Conservative
25th  1960–1962     Gaston Clermont Liberal
26th  1962–1963
27th  1963–1964     Gérard Girouard Social Credit
 1964–1965     Progressive Conservative
28th  1965–1968     Gaston Clermont Liberal
29th  1968–1970 Léo Cadieux
 1970–1972 Maurice Dupras
30th  1972–1974
31st  1974–1979
32nd  1979–1980
33rd  1980–1984
34th  1984–1988     Fernand Ladouceur Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Laurentides and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenri Bourassa 2,175
ConservativeS.R. Poulin 1,706
By-election on 18 January 1900

Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest
against Canadian participation in the South African War

Party Candidate Votes
IndependentHenri Bourassa acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenri Bourassa 1,973
ConservativeS.R. Poulin 1,494
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenri Bourassa 2,640
ConservativeG. Alphonse Dugal 1,147
IndependentAngus D. Cameron 399
By-election on 23 December 1907

Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Beautron Major acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Beautron Major 2,951
ConservativeHector Chauvin 1,624
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHonoré Achim 2,902
LiberalCharles-Beautrom Major 2,818
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHyacinthe-Adélard Fortier 7,391
ProgressiveJean Lachance 2,893
IndependentMarc-Azarie Ménard 124
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentHenri Bourassa 5,843
LiberalHenri Jodoin 3,764
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentHenri Bourassa 7,569
ConservativeLouis Cousineau 1,118
     Protectionist Joseph-Édouard Moranville 129
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
IndependentHenri Bourassa acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Lalonde 7,280
IndependentHenri Bourassa 5,411
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Lalonde 8,797
IndependentLévis Lorrain 5,909
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Lalonde 7,969
IndependentJoseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon 5,769
Social CreditPhilippe Lacoste 1,228
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeHenri Courtemanche 8,701
LiberalErnest Whissell 7,998
Union des électeursSimon Yelle 1,289
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGustave Roy 9,569
Progressive ConservativeHenri Courtemanche 8,610
Labor–ProgressiveRoméo Lafond 176
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert Edward Senkler Morgan 90
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
Independent PCHenri Courtemanche 9,406
LiberalGustave Roy 8,045
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeHenri Courtemanche 10,606
LiberalJ.-Henri Forget 7,660
By-election on 31 October 1960

Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGaston Clermont 9,540
Progressive ConservativePaul-Émile Lesage 7,235
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGaston Clermont 6,218
Progressive ConservativePaul-Émile Lesage 6,107
Social CreditGuy Jean 4,813
New DemocraticAlbert Maisonneuve 985
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGérard Girouard 6,951
LiberalGaston Clermont 6,632
Progressive ConservativeGérard Vermette 2,844
New DemocraticRoland Massé 905
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGaston Clermont 6,554
Ralliement créditisteGilles Caouette 3,697
Progressive ConservativeGérard Vermette 3,354
New DemocraticNoël Décosse 1,989
Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLéo Cadieux 15,801
Progressive ConservativeFernand Sarrazin 10,152
Ralliement créditisteClément Grondin 2,215
New DemocraticAndré Peclet 1,699
By-election on 16 November 1970

Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 17 September 1970

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Dupras 12,604
Progressive ConservativePaul Gélinas 4,870
Ralliement créditisteAndré Ouellette 3,417
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Dupras 15,807
Social CreditGérard Perron 12,247
Progressive ConservativePaul Gélinas 6,439
New DemocraticIrène Trudel 1,645
IndependentRolland Millette 371
IndependentClaude Demers 368
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Dupras 16,224
Progressive ConservativeMarcel Masse 14,928
Social CreditWilfrid Marin 3,116
Social CreditJ. Noël Langlois 1,572
New DemocraticIrène Trudel 1,326
CommunistClaude Demers 227
IndependentPatricia Métivier 165
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Dupras 29,614
Social CreditJean Léveillé 6,580
Progressive ConservativeGuy Racicot 6,073
New DemocraticWillie Kofman 2,134
Union populaireClaude Lavoie 452
Marxist–LeninistPaul Ménard 213
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Dupras 29,488
Progressive ConservativeMarcel Masse 9,829
New DemocraticWillie Kofman 2,858
RhinocerosGaston Collin 664
RhinocerosJean-Marie Morin 580
RhinocerosAmouthd, Richard Gagnon 331
Union populaireSolanges Charbonneau 227
IndependentLouise Poisson 227
Marxist–LeninistMarc Blouin 108
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFernand Ladouceur 28,286
LiberalClaude Hotte 14,465
New DemocraticMarc Péclet 4,670
RhinocerosJacques Coco Miron 1,567
Parti nationalisteAdrien Grégoire 1,546
Social CreditAlbert Pouliot 274
Commonwealth of CanadaDenis Tremblay 84

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