Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district)

Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 1967
First contested 1949
Last contested 1965

Îles-de-la-Madeleine was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1947 from Gaspé riding. It consisted of the county of Iles-de-la-Madeleine. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Bonaventure riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Riding created from Gaspé
21st  1949–1953     Charles Cannon Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Russell Keays Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Maurice Sauvé Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Bonaventure

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon2,203
Independent PCJoseph-Pierre-Albert Sévigny2,145
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon2,337
Progressive ConservativeAlbert Sylvain1,937
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Cannon2,472
IndependentRaymond Maher2,145
Independent LiberalJacques Pinault31
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJames Russell Keays2,471
LiberalCharles Cannon2,115
Independent PCFélix-Armand Painchaud146
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé2,765
Progressive ConservativeJames Russell Keays2,230
Social CreditAlexandre Bertrand67
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé3,053
Social CreditFernand Turbide1,568
Progressive ConservativeGérard Mecteau183
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMaurice Sauvé2,860
Progressive ConservativeMarc Arsenault2,468
Ralliement créditisteJacques-O. Lévesque38
New DemocraticMaurice Giguère20

See also

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