JOLIETTE (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

:''For the provincial electoral district, see Joliette (provincial electoral district)''
'Joliette' is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

1968 - present

1867 - 1935

See also

External links

References

Geography

This electoral district, located northeast of Montreal in the Quebec region of Lanaudière, currently consists of:

★ the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, including Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan indian reserve

★ the Regional County Municipality of Joliette.
It is bounded by the:

★ electoral district of Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé and the Saint Lawrence River to the south

★ electoral district of Saint-Maurice—Champlain to the east and north

★ Lac Nemiscachingue and the electoral districts of Rivière-du-Nord, Montcalm and Laurentides—Labelle to the west

History

It was created by the British North America of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. In 1933, Joliette became part of the new electoral district of Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm.
It was created again in 1966 from Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867-1872		François Benjamin Godin	Liberal
2nd	1872-1874		Louis François Georges Baby	Conservative
3rd	1874
1874 By-election	1874-1878
4th	1878
1878 By-election	1878-1880
1880 By-election	1880-1882		Lewis McConville	Conservative
5th	1882		Édouard Guilbault	Conservative
1882 By-election	1882-1887			Independent Conservative
6th	1887-1889			Conservative
1889 By-election	1889-1891		Hilaire Neveu	Nationalist
7th	1891-1896		Urbain Lippe	Conservative
8th	1896-1900		Charles Bazinet	Liberal
9th	1900-1904
10th	1904-1908		Joseph Adélard Dubeau	Liberal
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917		Joseph-Pierre Guilbault	Conservative
13th	1917-1921		Jean-Joseph Denis	Liberal
14th	1921-1925
15th	1925-1926
16th	1926-1928
1928 By-election	1928-1930		Charles-Édouard Ferland	Liberal
17th	1930-1935
''Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne from 1935-1968
28th	1968-1971		Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative
	1971-1972			Independent
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979			Progressive Conservative
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Gaby Larrivée	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997		René Laurin	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004		Pierre Paquette	Bloc Québécois
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

1968 - present

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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|52,988
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1867 - 1935

N.B. Mr. Guilbault elected by the casting vote of the Returning Officer.

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Joliette, Quebec (1867 - 1933)

★ Joliette--L'Assomption--Montcalm (1933-1966)

★ Joliette (1966-present)

★ Atlas of Canada

References

★ Riding History - Joliette