Dollard (electoral district)

Dollard was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988.

Dollard
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1952
District abolished1987
First contested1953
Last contested1984

History

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Laval and Mount Royal.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of:

  • the City of Saint-Laurent;
  • the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro;
  • two parts of the City of Pierrefonds, one situated northeast of the Town of Roxboro, and the other bounded on one side by Des Prairies River and on the three other sides by the Town of Roxboro;
  • the part of the City of Montreal bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the Montreal-Laurentians Autoroute and Des Prairies River; east following the Autoroute to the northwestern limit of the City of Saint-Laurent; along the limit with the City of Montreal to the northeastern limit of the City of Pierrefonds; northwest along that limit to Des Prairies River; and back to the Autoroute.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro;
  • those two parts of the City of Pierrefonds, one part lying northeast of the Towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Roxboro, and the other part bounded on one side by des Prairies River and on the other three sides by the Town of Roxboro;
  • the part of the City of Saint-Laurent bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the northwestern limit of the Town of Mount Royal and the track of the Canadian National Railways Company; northwest along the track and the border between the City of Saint-Laurent and the City of Montreal to the northeastern limit of the City of Pierrefonds; along the limit separating the City of Saint-Laurent from the City of Pierrefonds, the Town of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the City of Dorval, the City of Lachine, the City of Côte-Saint-Luc, the City of Montreal and the Town of Mount Royal to the point of commencement.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Pierrefonds—Dollard and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Dollard
Riding created from Laval and Mount Royal
22nd  1953–1957     Guy Rouleau Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Jean-Pierre Goyer
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 Louis Desmarais
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Gerry Weiner Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Pierrefonds—Dollard and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

Election results

1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Rouleau14,964
Progressive ConservativeGeorges-P. Laurin7,320
Co-operative CommonwealthHilary Comeau579
Labor–ProgressiveIrving Burman363
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Rouleau21,917
Progressive ConservativeRenaud Masson7,813
Co-operative CommonwealthViateur St-Jean2,197
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Rouleau18,760
Progressive ConservativeMaurice Cousineau16,677
Co-operative CommonwealthViateur St-Jean1,742
Social CreditDollard Richard1,063
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Rouleau21,802
Progressive ConservativeClément Brown10,227
New DemocraticJ.-Émile Boudreau4,288
Social CreditDollard Richard2,727
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Rouleau23,764
New DemocraticJ.-Émile Boudreau6,342
Social CreditLucien Mallette4,938
Progressive ConservativeDollard Desautels4,693
Independent LiberalAimé Caron1,320
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Pierre Goyer22,496
New DemocraticPaul-Émile Trudel9,041
Progressive ConservativeJacques Le Blanc6,996
Ralliement créditisteVenant Lebeault2,452
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Pierre Goyer34,146
New DemocraticCharles Taylor10,485
Progressive ConservativeRonald Léger2,391
Ralliement créditisteYvette Hamel287
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Pierre Goyer38,984
Progressive ConservativeBarry Jackson9,511
New DemocraticKari Levitt8,111
IndependentDaniel Waterlot1,053
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Pierre Goyer37,088
Progressive ConservativeLynda Moffet9,979
New DemocraticGabor Zinner5,746
Social CreditP.S. Hele-Hambly1,890
Marxist–LeninistRobert Verrier252
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis Desmarais43,294
Progressive ConservativeRichard B. Holden6,208
New DemocraticPierre Bourgeois3,949
Social CreditLucien St-Laurent1,801
RhinocerosRené Verrier793
LibertarianHugh Rowe154
Union populaireMarc A.R. Guindon143
Marxist–LeninistPaul Lévesque64
CommunistNicolaos Kotsornithis58
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLouis Desmarais37,86076.45
New DemocraticPierre Bourgeois5,76711.65
Progressive ConservativeBruce Hunter5,30310.71
Union populaireMonique Raiche2850.58
LibertarianHugh Rowe1700.34
Marxist–LeninistPaul Lévesque1380.27
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGerry Weiner26,07645.86+35.15
LiberalLouis Desmarais21,45137.73-38.72
New DemocraticSid Ingerman6,61911.65-
RhinocerosRita Constantin-Truba1,2472.19-
Parti nationalisteGisèle Hurtubise9781.72+1.14
LibertarianHugh Rowe3810.67+0.33
Commonwealth of CanadaPascal Galasso1040.18-

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