Rouville (federal electoral district)

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Rouville
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1914
First contested1867
Last contested1911

Rouville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into St. Hyacinthe—Rouville riding.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Rouville
1st  1867–1872     Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques Liberal
2nd  1872–1874 Honoré Mercier
3rd  1874–1878 Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
4th  1878–1882     George-Auguste Gigault Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896     Louis-Philippe Brodeur Liberal
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
 1904–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917 Rodolphe Lemieux
Riding dissolved into St. Hyacinthe—Rouville

Election results[edit]

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques 1,236
Unknown Joseph-Napoléon Poulin 824
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Honoré Mercier 1,033
Liberal Guillaume Cheval, Alias Saint-Jacques 977
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques 812
Conservative George-Auguste Gigault 73
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George-Auguste Gigault 1,073
Liberal Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques 1,038
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George-Auguste Gigault 1,199
Unknown Ed. Lareau 1,045
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George-Auguste Gigault acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur 1,289
Conservative George-Auguste Gigault 1,220
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur 1,840
Conservative J. A. Fournier 870
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur 1,767
Conservative Joseph-Arthur David 682

By-election: On Mr. Brodeur being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 19 January 1904

By-election on 30 January 1904
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur acclaimed
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur 1,671
Conservative J. A. Nadeau 999
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Philippe Brodeur acclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Rodolphe Lemieux 1,467
Conservative Hormidas Dubreuil 1,189

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

  1. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.