St. James (federal electoral district)

St. James
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1952
First contested	1896
Last contested	1949

St. James was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1952.

The riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of Montreal. In 1914, it was expanded to include Lafontaine Ward of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to streets in Montreal.

In 1947, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into a new St. James riding, and the ridings of Lafontaine, Laurier, Papineau and St. Mary.

The new St. James electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
St. James Riding created from Montreal Centre and Montreal East
8th	1896–1900	Odilon Desmarais	Liberal
9th	1900–1901	Odilon Desmarais
	1902–1902	Joseph Brunet
	1904–1904	Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917	Louis-Audet Lapointe
13th	1917–1920	Louis-Audet Lapointe	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
13th	1920–1921	Fernand Rinfret	Liberal
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1939
18th	1939–1940	Eugène Durocher
19th	1940–1945	Eugène Durocher
20th	1945–1949	Roland Beaudry
21st	1949–1953	Roland Beaudry
Riding dissolved into Laurier and Saint-Jacques

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Odilon Desmarais	3,423
	Conservative	Louis-Arsène Lavallée	2,054

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Odilon Desmarais	3,256
	Conservative	Tancrède Pagnuelo	1,615
	Independent	Joseph-Homère Migneron	74

By-election: On Mr. Desmarais being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 25 June 1901

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 January 1902
	Liberal	Joseph Brunet	2,899
	Conservative	Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron	2,252

By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1902

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 16 February 1904
	Liberal	Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais	3,269
	Conservative	Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron	2,591

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais	3,648
	Conservative	J. T. Cardinal	2,291

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais	3,995
	Conservative	Napoléon Giroux	2,468

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Audet Lapointe	4,653
	Nationalist Conservative	Olivar Asselin	3,179

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Louis-Audet Lapointe	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Lapointe's death, 7 February 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 April 1920
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	3,413
	Labour	Alphetus Mathieu	1,856

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	11,216
	Conservative	André Rémi Odilon Léon Gauthier	968
	Independent	Ubald Paquin	625

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	12,080
	Liberal Protectionist	Ruben Charles Laurier	4,076

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	12,740
	Conservative	Georges-Avila Marsan	2,192

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	acclaimed

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	13,299
	Conservative	Joseph-Paul Lamarche	6,208

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fernand Rinfret	22,298
	Reconstruction	Louis Francœur	10,242
	Conservative	Joseph-Paul Lamarche	2,953
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean-Désiré De Peron	1,147
	Independent	Emma Gendron	241

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's death, 12 July 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 December 1939
	Liberal	Eugène Durocher	16,986
	Unknown	Paul Bouchard	6,368

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugène Durocher	27,219
	National Government	Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte	5,777
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hector Rochon	1,091
	Independent Liberal	Achille Mathieu	864

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland Beaudry	23,970
	Bloc populaire	Roger Duhamel	12,932
	Independent	J.-Édouard Jeannotte	2,040
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hector Rochon	619
	Independent Liberal	Émile Mathieu	585
	Social Credit	Rosaire Coté	549
	Independent Liberal	Georges-Étienne Loiselle	342
	Independent	Jean-Hubert Dugas	186

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland Beaudry	18,705
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Auger	9,349
	Union des électeurs	Jean Grenier	720

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

St. James (federal electoral district)

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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