Gaspé (federal electoral district)

Gaspé
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1993

Gaspé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was amalgamated into the Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Gaspé
1st	1867–1872	Pierre-Étienne Fortin	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Pierre-Étienne Fortin
3rd	1874–1875	Louis George Harper
3rd	1875–1878	John Short
4th	1878–1882	Pierre-Étienne Fortin
5th	1882–1887	Pierre-Étienne Fortin
6th	1887–1891	Louis-Zéphirin Joncas
7th	1891–1896	Louis-Zéphirin Joncas
8th	1896–1900	Rodolphe Lemieux	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
9th	1904–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917	Louis-Philippe Gauthier	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	Rodolphe Lemieux	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935	Maurice Brasset
18th	1935–1940	Maurice Brasset
19th	1940–1941	Joseph Sasseville Roy	Independent Conservative
19th	1941–1945	Joseph Sasseville Roy	Independent
20th	1945–1949	Léopold Langlois	Liberal
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958	Roland English	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Alexandre Cyr	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Russell Keays	Progressive Conservative
28th	1968–1972	Alexandre Cyr	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Charles-Eugène Marin	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Charles-Eugène Marin	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Yvan Bernier	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Fortin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre-Étienne Fortin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis George Harper	545
	Unknown	Horatio Le Boutillier	500
Source: lop.parl.ca

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 10 July 1875 Harper unseated by petition, January 1875
	Conservative	John Short	605
	Unknown	Horatio Le Boutillier	299

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre-Étienne Fortin	913
	Unknown	B. Lebouthillier	116

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre-Étienne Fortin	acclaimed

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Zéphirin Joncas	1,219
	Liberal	A.F. Carrier	1,145

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Zéphirin Joncas	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	1,658
	Conservative	Thos. Ennis	1,616

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	2,177
	Conservative	Auguste Beaudry	815

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	acclaimed

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	2,063
	Conservative	William Albert Edward Flynn	571

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Philippe Gauthier	2,470
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	1,900

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Rodolphe Lemieux	5,438
	Government (Unionist)	Louis-Philippe Gauthier	1,160

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	9,728
	Conservative	Joseph Ernest Sirois	2,267

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	7,615
	Conservative	Grattan O'Leary	3,528

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux	8,769
	Conservative	William Albert Edward Flynn	4,820

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Brasset	9,784
	Conservative	William Albert Edward Flynn	6,413
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Brasset	11,773
	Conservative	J.-Ernest Sirois	3,195
	Reconstruction	Clovis Roy	2,657

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Joseph Sasseville Roy	8,371
	Liberal	Maurice Brasset	8,162
	Independent Liberal	Léopold Langlois	4,437

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léopold Langlois	11,596
	Independent	J.-Sasseville Roy	10,473
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roland-Gérard Thibault	368

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léopold Langlois	12,567
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Sasseville Roy	9,650

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léopold Langlois	12,058
	Progressive Conservative	Roland-Léo English	10,832
	Independent Liberal	Rose-Anne Lelièvre	199

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Roland English	10,916
	Liberal	Léopold Langlois	10,848
	Independent	J.-Alfred Lévesque	504

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Roland English	14,535
	Liberal	Charles-Auguste Déry	9,994
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Théo Gagné	282

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Roland English	10,530
	Liberal	Claude Bouchard	8,055
	Social Credit	Régis Gagnon	5,067

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	10,738
	Progressive Conservative	Roland English	8,846
	Social Credit	J.-Albert Mignault	4,208

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell Keays	11,045
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	10,452
	Ralliement créditiste	Louis-Joseph Roy	1,148

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	9,208
	Progressive Conservative	Russell Keays	6,969
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Guy Francoeur	3,571
	New Democratic	Lawrence McBrearty	564

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	12,422
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Bernard Savage	7,059
	Social Credit	Claude Sasseville	2,970
	New Democratic	Jean-Jacques Jauniault	643
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	12,213
	Progressive Conservative	J. Bernard Savage	8,445
lop.parl.ca

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	14,830
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Arsenault	11,797
	Social Credit	Armand Preston	934
	New Democratic	Jean Paul Rivard	783
	Union populaire	Denise Imbeau	203

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	17,846
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Arsenault	9,604
	New Democratic	Yvon Pipon	1,018
	Rhinoceros	Francis Vitesse Mainville	759
	Independent	Lucien Boulay	255
lop.parl.ca

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Eugène Marin	19,128
	Liberal	Alexandre Cyr	10,215
	New Democratic	Yvon Pipon	1,065
	Parti nationaliste	Marie-Christine Dubreuil	697
	Independent	Joseph-Marie Lévesque	317

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Eugène Marin	16,298
	Liberal	Delton Sams	9,908
	New Democratic	Bertrand Réhel	1,504
	Rhinoceros	Lucky Loque Francis Mainville	525
	Independent	Yvon Dubé	185

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Gaspé
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Bernier	13,123
	Liberal	Delton Sams	10,074
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Eugène Marin	5,424
	Green	Michel Limoges	292
	New Democratic	Eric Wilson Steedman	202

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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

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Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
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Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
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Until 1962	Témiscouata
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