St. Ann (electoral district)

St. Ann
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1967
First contested1896
Last contested1965

St. Ann (also known as St. Anne) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1968.

It was created as "St. Anne" riding from parts of Montreal Centre in 1892. It consisted initially of the Centre, West and St. Anne's wards in the city of Montreal. In 1914, the riding's name was changed to "St. Ann", and it was redefined to consist of, in of the city of Montreal, the Centre, West and St. Ann's wards and the part of St. Gabriel ward south of the Grand Trunk Railway tracks; and the parish and town of Verdun (transferred from the county of Jacques-Cartier.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
St. Anne
Riding created from Montreal Centre
8th  1896–1900     Michael Joseph Francis Quinn Conservative
9th  1900–1904     Daniel Gallery Liberal
10th  1904–1906
 1906–1908 Joseph Charles Walsh
11th  1908–1911     Charles Doherty Conservative
12th  1911–1911
 1911–1917
St. Ann
13th  1917–1921     Charles Doherty Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     Joseph Charles Walsh Liberal
15th  1925–1926 James John Edmund Guerin
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935     John Alexander Sullivan Conservative
18th  1935–1940     William James Hushion Liberal
19th  1940–1945 Thomas Healy
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Gérard Loiselle Independent Liberal
24th  1958–1962     Liberal
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Lasalle, Saint-Henri and Saint-Jacques

Election results

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St. Anne, 1896–1917

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1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Michael Joseph Francis Quinn 3,071
Liberal James McShane 2,952
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Daniel Gallery 2,670
Conservative Michael Joseph Francis Quinn 2,369
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Daniel Gallery 2,895
Conservative M. J. Morrison 2,165

By-election: On election being declared void, 12 October 1906

By-election on 21 November 1906
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,409
Conservative F. J. Curran 2,207
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Charles Doherty 2,881
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,811
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Charles Doherty 3,319
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 2,566

By-election: On Mr. Doherty being appointed Minister of Justice, 10 October 1911

By-election on 27 October 1911
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Charles Doherty acclaimed

St. Ann, 1917–1968

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1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) Charles Doherty 8,346
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) James John Edmund Guérin 4,416
Independent Daniel Gallery 319
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph Charles Walsh 10,742
Conservative Thomas Joseph Coonan 5,494
Independent Adélard Wilfred Lanouette 1,081
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 10,242
Conservative Thomas O'Connell 9,914
Labour Joseph Tremblay 687
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 11,238
Conservative Thomas O'Connell 9,474
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative John Alexander Sullivan 11,384
Liberal James John Edmund Guerin 11,017
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal William James Hushion 4,274
Liberal Joseph Henry Dillon 3,818
Independent Liberal Francis Joseph Hogan 3,137
Conservative Louis Edward Curran 2,145
Labour Robert Yates Menary 1,301
Reconstruction John Woffenden 713
Liberal–Labour Cléophas Saint-Aubin 229
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Healy 12,687
National Government Patrick T. Lynch 2,806
Independent Liberal Gabriel Edward Gawronski 450
Independent Liberal Frederick S. Lawrence 257
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Healy 11,007
Independent Progressive Conservative William Adam Clarke 2,381
Co-operative Commonwealth Angus Rose 1,375
Independent Salluste Lavery 751
Social Credit Beulah Devlin Grace 224
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Healy 14,528
Independent Progressive Conservative Patrick Thomas Lynch 4,257
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael McManiman 457
Independent Richard Allan Foley 450
Progressive Conservative Cléophas Langlois 443
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Healy 15,519
Progressive Conservative Ernie Mundey 1,768
Independent Liberal Michael McBrine 477
Co-operative Commonwealth Harold Atwill 385
Labor–Progressive Stanley Dobrowolsky 381
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,771
Liberal William James Hushion 4,254
Progressive Conservative Gerald E. Sullivan 2,807
Independent Liberal Cliff Sowery 902
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 8,289
Progressive Conservative Gerald Sullivan 5,941
Independent Albert Collette 1,256
Co-operative Commonwealth Paul Francis King 394
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,737
Progressive Conservative Gerald Sullivan 4,478
New Democratic Bernard Mulcahy 627
Social Credit Thomas James Hamlet 381
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 7,215
Social Credit Albert Collette 2,830
Progressive Conservative A. Peter Vanloo 1,963
New Democratic Bernard Mulcahy 753
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Loiselle 6,150
Progressive Conservative George Neill 2,283
Ralliement créditiste Eugène Caraghiaur 1,060
New Democratic Martin J. Ranalli 826

See also

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament: