Rimouski (federal electoral district)

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Rimouski
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished2003
First contested1867
Last contested2000

Rimouski (also known as Rimouski—Témiscouata, Rimouski—Mitis and Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2003.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 as "Rimouski" riding.

After the 1980 federal election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Témiscouata". In 1996, it was renamed "Rimouski", and before the 1997 election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Mitis". Before the 2000 election, it was renamed "Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis".

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rimouski—Témiscouata and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Rimouski
1st  1867–1872     George Sylvain Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887     Louis Adolphe Billy Conservative
6th  1887–1891     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
7th  1891–1896     Adolph-Philippe Caron Conservative
8th  1896–1897     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
 1897–1900 Jean Auguste Ross
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Herménégilde Boulay Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Émmanuel d'Anjou Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1924     Liberal
 1924–1925 Eugène Fiset
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1944 Émmanuel d'Anjou
 1944–1945     Bloc populaire
 1945–1945     Independent
20th  1945–1949     Gleason Belzile Liberal
21st  1949–1950
 1950–1953     Joseph Hervé Rousseau Independent Liberal
22nd  1953–1957     Gérard Légaré Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Émilien Morissette Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Légaré Liberal
26th  1963–1964     Gérard Ouellet Social Credit
 1964–1965     Progressive Conservative
27th  1965–1968     Louis Guy LeBlanc Liberal
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974     Eudore Allard Social Credit
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984     Eva Côté Liberal
Rimouski—Témiscouata
33rd  1984–1988     Monique Vézina Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Mitis
36th  1997–2000     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis
37th  2000–2004     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Election results[edit]

Rimouski[edit]

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Sylvain 1,152
Unknown A. Michaud 697
Eligible voters 2,753
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1,381
Conservative Georges Sylvain 1,150
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1,728
Unknown A.P. Letendre 354
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2,003
Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin 1,554
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis Adolphe Billy 1,648
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1,540
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2,228
Conservative Louis Taché 1,660
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Adolph-Philippe Caron 2,061
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 1,799
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset 2,443
Conservative Louis Taché 2,177
By-election on 6 November 1897

On Fiset being summoned to the Senate, 20 October 1897

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross acclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 2,794
Conservative Louis Taché 2,525
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3,272
Conservative William Price 3,006
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3,737
Conservative Herménégilde Boulay 3,148
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Herménégilde Boulay 4,179
Liberal Jean Auguste Ross 3,747
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou acclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou 6,363
Progressive Alfred Lavoie 1,247
By-election on 2 September 1924

On D'Anjou's acceptance of the
Registrar of Deeds for the County of Rimouski, 19 July 1924

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,701
Conservative Jean-Marie Joseph Elzéar Sasseville 3,876
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,142
Conservative Gérard Simard 3,167
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 5,623
Conservative Alphonse Garon 2,926
Independent Alphonse Aubin 417
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 6,257
Conservative Herménégilde Boulay 4,722
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eugène Fiset 9,238
Conservative René-Édouard Asselin 4,495
Reconstruction Georges-Arthur Morin 732
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou 9,766
Conservative Jean Blanchet 5,928
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gleason Belzile 10,730
Independent Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou 8,084
Social Credit Joseph-Arthur Couture 834
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gleason Belzile 11,708
Progressive Conservative Adrien Gagné 7,389
Independent Liberal J.-E.-S.-Emmanuel D'Anjou 3,614
Union des électeurs Aurélien Gagné 1,491
By-election on 16 October 1950

On Belzile's death, 25 July 1950

Party Candidate Votes
Independent Liberal Joseph Hervé Rousseau 9,976
Liberal Maurice Tessier 9,431
Independent Lucien Robitaille 1,124
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 8,554
Progressive Conservative Dérome Asselin 8,201
Independent Liberal Joseph-Hervé Rousseau 5,478
Independent Liberal Blaise Lavoie 1,668
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 14,642
Progressive Conservative Dérome Asselin 9,754
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Émilien Morissette 16,426
Liberal Gérard Légaré 11,503
Social Credit Jean-Nil Jean 534
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gérard Légaré 9,955
Social Credit Gérard Ouellet 9,171
Progressive Conservative Émilien Morissette 8,956
New Democratic Maurice Loyer 393
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Gérard Ouellet 12,414
Liberal Gérard Légaré 12,274
Progressive Conservative Fernand Dionne 3,192
New Democratic Raymond D'Auteuil 1,297
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guy Leblanc 11,372
Ralliement créditiste J.A. Young 7,245
New Democratic Raymond D'Auteuil 6,783
Progressive Conservative Gérard Ouellet 1,477
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guy Leblanc 12,073
Progressive Conservative Gilles Carle 9,445
Ralliement créditiste Félix Gagnon 2,937
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 13,241
Liberal Guy Leblanc 11,097
Progressive Conservative Blondin Laplante 5,657
New Democratic J.-Adalbert Beaulieu 732
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 15,085
Liberal Sandy Burgess 13,698
Progressive Conservative Henri-Paul Lepage 893
New Democratic Serge Bernier 528
Independent Robert Corneau 410
Marxist–Leninist Jules Painchaud 89
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Eudore Allard 16,821
Liberal Eva Côté 16,716
Progressive Conservative Jean Brisson 2,556
New Democratic Guy Poulin 492
Rhinoceros Renaud Guénette 455
Union populaire Nicolas Lavoie 80
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Eva Côté 21,482
Social Credit Eudore Allard 10,839
Progressive Conservative Jacques Blanchard 3,999
New Democratic René Mcdonald 1,155
Rhinoceros Jacques Saintonge 627
Independent Régine Valois 166
Marxist–Leninist Normand Fournier 74

Rimouski—Témiscouata[edit]

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Monique Vézina 25,516
Liberal Eva Côté 14,234
New Democratic Guy Poulin 1,250
Parti nationaliste Pierre Bouchard 840
Rhinoceros Jacques St-Onge 752
Commonwealth of Canada Marc Carrier 64
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Monique Vézina 23,789
Liberal Eva Côté 10,561
New Democratic Pierre Boisjoli 2,417
Independent Eudore Allard 1,210
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 23,118
Liberal André Reid 9,454
Progressive Conservative Jean Morin 4,622
Independent François-Michel Denis 598
Natural Law Gilles Roussel 400
New Democratic Alex En Hwa Ng 335

Rimouski—Mitis[edit]

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 17,282 47.00 $53,089
Liberal Réal Marmen 11,112 30.22 $47,800
Progressive Conservative Jean Roy 7,901 21.49 $32,225
New Democratic Elizabeth Clark 479 1.30 $0
Total valid votes 36,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,211
Turnout 37,985 68.24
Electors on the lists 55,665
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis[edit]

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 19,759
Liberal Réal Marmen 9,795
Alliance Gerard Gosselin 1,280
Progressive Conservative Réal Blais 1,150
Natural Law Lyse Beauchemin 673
New Democratic René Lemieux 525

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament: