| Defunct federal electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
| Communities | Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester |
Dorchester was a federalelectoral district inQuebec, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.
It was created by theBritish North America Act, 1867, which preserved the existing electoral districts inLower Canada at the time. In 1966, it was redistributed into theBeauce,Bellechasse andLévis electoral districts.
This riding elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Hector Langevin | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[1] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Hector-Louis Langevin | 1,044 | ||||||
| Unknown | E.H. Marceau | 724 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | François Fortunat Rouleau | 895 | ||||||
| Unknown | E.H. Marceau | 874 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[3] | ||||||||
| By-election on 14 December 1875 Rouleau unseated on petition, 8 July 1875 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal–Conservative | François Fortunat Rouleau | 1,086 | |||
| Unknown | Alfred Morrisset | 620 | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | François Fortunat Rouleau | 1,081 | ||||||
| Unknown | H. Marceau | 362 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[4] | ||||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Alexander Lesage | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay | 1,565 | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Alexander Lesage | 1,089 | ||||||
| By-election on 7 January 1888 Duchesnay's death, 6 July 1887 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard | acclaimed | |||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Nationaliste | Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Jean-Baptiste Morin | 1,480 | ||||||
| Nationaliste | C.E. Vaillancourt | 1,150 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Jean-Baptiste Morin | 1,691 | ||||||
| Liberal | J.S. Ouellet | 1,322 | ||||||
| Independent | F.X. Guay | 90 | ||||||
| Unknown | F.F. Rouleau | 27 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Jean-Baptiste Morin | 1,773 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | C.E. Vaillancourt | 1,429 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Ernest Roy | 2,084 | ||||||
| Conservative | Edmund James Flynn | 1,921 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Albert Sévigny | 2,506 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ernest Roy | 2,164 | ||||||
| By-election on 27 January 1917 Sévigny appointedMinister of Inland Revenue, 8 January 1917 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Albert Sévigny | 2,719 | |||
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | 2,445 | |||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Lucien Cannon | 4,228 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Albert Sévigny | 497 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | 5,744 | ||||||
| Conservative | Philomon Vallière | 2,703 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | 5,167 | ||||||
| Conservative | Louis Joseph Gauthier | 3,666 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | 5,627 | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Coté | 3,640 | ||||||
| By-election on 2 November 1926 Cannon's acceptance of an office of emolument | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | acclaimed | |||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Onésime Gagnon | 5,771 | ||||||
| Liberal | Lucien Cannon | 5,433 | ||||||
| Source:lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Léonard-David Tremblay | 5,186 | ||||||
| Conservative | Onésime Gagnon | 5,098 | ||||||
| Unknown | J.-Adalbert Guay | 154 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Léonard-David Tremblay | 5,573 | ||||||
| Independent | Emmett O'Farrel | 4,721 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Léonard-David Tremblay | 5,149 | ||||||
| Independent | Emile Boiteau | 4,291 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph-Ernest Grégoire | 1,843 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Léonard-David Tremblay | 6,983 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Corriveau | 6,762 | ||||||
| Union des électeurs | Louis-Philippe Bouchard | 1,020 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Perron | 7,762 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Armand Landry | 7,656 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Armand Landry | 8,054 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Perron | 7,702 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Noël Drouin | 8,766 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Armand Landry | 7,111 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Pierre-André Boutin | 7,701 | ||||||
| Liberal | Francis O'Farrell | 3,939 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Noël Drouin | 3,582 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Pierre-André Boutin | 5,830 | ||||||
| Liberal | Francis O'Farrell | 4,801 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Perron | 3,597 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election:Dorchester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Côté | 4,602 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Rioux | 3,802 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Pierre-André Boutin | 3,786 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Henri Lessard | 494 | ||||||