Bonaventure (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Bonaventure (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Bonaventure (Province of Canada electoral district).

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Bonaventure Quebec electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1867
District abolished| 1969
First contested| 1867
Last contested| 1993

Bonaventure (later known as Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997. It was created as "Bonaventure" riding by the British North America Act, 1867.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Members of Parliament
* 3 Election results
* 3.1 Bonaventure
* 3.2 Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

In 1933, it was defined to consist of the county of Bonaventure and the municipalities of Ste-Florence, Ste-Marguerite-Marie and Causapscal (parish and village) in the county of Matapedia.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist only of the county of Bonaventure.

In 1952, parts of the county of Matapédia were added: the townships of Assemetquagan and Milnikek, the projected township of Roncevaux and, the township of Assemetquagan in the municipality of Saint-Fidèle-de-Ristigouche.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine and the Townships of Milnikek and Assemetquagan in the County of Matapédia.

In 1976, it was defined to consist of:

* the Towns of Carleton, Causapscal and New Richmond;
* the Counties of Bonaventure and Iles-de-la-Madeleine; and
* in the County of Matapédia: the parish municipalities of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal and Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville; the municipalities of Saint-Edmond, Sainte-Florence and Sainte-Marguerite; the Township of Milnikek and that part of the Township of Assemetquagan without local municipal organization.

In 1987, it was defined to consist of

* the towns of Carleton and New Richmond;
* the County of Bonaventure excluding the following: the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Germaine-de-l'Anseaux-Gascons; the Township Municipality of Port-Daniel-Partie-Est; the Territory of Bonaventure-Routhierville portion; and
* the County of Iles-de-la-Madeleine.

The riding's name was changed to "Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine" in 1971.

The district was amalgamated into the Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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|
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Bonaventure
1st |  1867–1872 |  | Théodore Robitaille | Conservative
2nd |  1872–1873
1873–1874
3rd |  1874–1878
4th |  1878–1879
1879–1882 | Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne
5th |  1882–1887 | Louis-Joseph Riopel
6th |  1887–1891
7th |  1891–1896 |  | William Le Boutillier Fauvel | Liberal
8th |  1896–1897
1897–1900 | Jean-François Guité
9th |  1900–1904 | Charles Marcil
10th |  1904–1908
11th |  1908–1911
12th |  1911–1917
13th |  1917–1921 |  | Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th |  1921–1925 |  | Liberal
15th |  1925–1926
16th |  1926–1930
17th |  1930–1935
18th |  1935–1937
1937–1940 | Pierre-Émile Côté
19th |  1940–1945 | Alphée Poirier
20th |  1945–1949 |  | Bona Arsenault | Independent
21st |  1949–1953 |  | Liberal
22nd |  1953–1957
23rd |  1957–1958 |  | Nérée Arsenault | Progressive Conservative
24th |  1958–1962 | Lucien Grenier
25th |  1962–1963 |  | Albert Béchard | Liberal
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
28th |  1968–1972
Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
29th |  1972–1974 |  | Albert Béchard | Liberal
30th |  1974–1979
31st |  1979–1980 | Rémi Bujold
32nd |  1980–1984
33rd |  1984–1988 |  | Darryl Gray | Progressive Conservative
34th |  1988–1993
35th |  1993–1997 |  | Patrick Gagnon | Liberal
Riding dissolved into Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

## Election results[edit]

### Bonaventure[edit]

1867 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Théodore Robitaille | 1,018
| Unknown | M. Tremblay | 444
Eligible voters  | 1,878
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]
1872 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Théodore Robitaille | 999
| Unknown | J.R. Hamilton | 232
| Unknown | A. Verge | 2
By-election on 15 February 1873

On Mr. Robitaille's appointment as Receiver-General, 30 January 1873

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Théodore Robitaille | acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Théodore Robitaille | 1,063
| Unknown | M. Tremblay | 742
1878 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Théodore Robitaille | 1,014
| Unknown | W.H. Clapperton | 825
By-election on 26 August 1879

Robitaille appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 26 July 1879

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne | acclaimed
1882 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Louis-Joseph Riopel | acclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Louis-Joseph Riopel | 1,352
| Liberal | George Pierre Roy | 994
1891 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William LeBoutillier Fauvel | 1,707
| Conservative | A.A. Laferriere | 1,003
1896 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William LeBoutillier Fauvel | 1,644
| Conservative | George P. Roy | 1,331
By-election on 17 March 1897

Fauvel's death, 8 February 1897

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Jean-François Guité | 1,908
| Conservative | Charles Cyr | 1,116
1900 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 1,567
| Conservative | Jean Baptiste Belanger | 1,418
1904 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 2,280
| Conservative | Thomas Crockett | 1,388
1908 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 2,408
| Conservative | Arthur Beauchesne | 1,146
1911 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 2,444
| Conservative | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | 1,395
1917 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Charles Marcil | 4,131
| Government (Unionist) | Philippe Furois | 1,236
1921 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 6,136
| Conservative | Thomas Robert Busteed | 1,599
1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 4,344
| Conservative | Etienne Théodore Paquet | 3,815
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 6,164
| Conservative | Eugene Paquet | 5,155
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 5,894
| Conservative | Edward Andrew D. Morgan | 5,848
1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Charles Marcil | 8,498
| Conservative | James Joseph Jessop | 5,935
By-election on 22 March 1937

Marcil's death, 29 January 1937

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Pierre-Emile Cote | 7,735
| Conservative | William O'Donnell | 6,076
| Independent | Maurice Thibault | 225
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | J.-Alphée Poirier | 9,446
| National Government | Bona Arsenault | 5,741
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Independent | Bona Arsenault | 7,885
| Liberal | John C. Gilker | 6,605
| Progressive Conservative | Alexander Pratt | 1,046
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Bona Arsenault | 9,802
| Progressive Conservative | Edouard Dion | 6,776
| Independent Liberal | Bertrand Tremblay | 437
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Bona Arsenault | 9,177
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Augustin Goulet | 6,446
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Nérée Arsenault | 8,161
| Liberal | Bona Arsenault | 7,903
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Grenier | 9,135
| Liberal | André Dube | 7,741
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 7,559
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Grenier | 6,286
| Social Credit | Conrad-V. Audet | 3,025
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 9,092
| Social Credit | J.-O-Gérard Bernard | 4,302
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Grenier | 2,785
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 8,985
| Progressive Conservative | AURÈLE | 6,236
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Audet | 733
| New Democratic | Marc Boulard | 251
1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 10,144
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Audet | 4,240
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Bourdages | 3,674
| Independent | Henri Chapados | 680
| New Democratic | Bernard Martin | 282

### Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine[edit]

1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 12,213
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard-Raymond Blais | 5,108
| Social Credit | Gérard Audet | 4,842
| New Democratic | Huguette-L. Gauthier | 480
1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Albert Béchard | 12,977
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard-Raymond Blais | 6,884
| New Democratic | Huguette-L. Gauthier | 1,313
1979 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Rémi Bujold | 15,777
| Progressive Conservative | Gilbert Carbonneau | 11,641
| New Democratic | Huguette Gauthier | 1,514
1980 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Rémi Bujold | 19,193
| Progressive Conservative | Marie Josée Pinard | 5,063
| New Democratic | John Foran | 1,568
| Rhinoceros | Louis Philippe Tulip Leblanc | 917
| Social Credit | Gérard Bernard | 528
| Rhinoceros | Jacques Simard | 391
1984 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Darryl Gray | 15,502
| Liberal | Rémi Bujold | 13,689
| New Democratic | Martin Cauvier | 1,040
| Independent | Sylvain Sauvé | 440
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jacques Bernier | 280
1988 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Darryl Gray | 15,491
| Liberal | Lyse Routhier | 9,296
| New Democratic | Germaine Poirier | 1,546
1993 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Patrick Gagnon | 12,334
| Bloc Québécois | Michel Saint-Pierre | 9,228
| Progressive Conservative | Darryl L. Gray | 6,019
| New Democratic | Germaine Poirier | 377

## See also[edit]

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". p. 161. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

## External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

* Bonaventure
* Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

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Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec|

* Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Joliette
* Lévis—Lotbinière
* Montcalm
* Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
* Repentigny
* Saint-Maurice—Champlain
* Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay|

* Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
* Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
* Jonquière
* Manicouagan
* Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec|

* Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
* Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
* Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
* Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships|

* Beauce
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Compton—Stanstead
* Drummond
* Mégantic—L'Érable
* Richmond—Arthabaska
* Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
* Shefford
* Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec|

* Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
* Abitibi—Témiscamingue
* Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
* Gatineau
* Hull—Aylmer
* Laurentides—Labelle
* Mirabel
* Pontiac
* Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
* Rivière-du-Nord
* Thérèse-De Blainville
* Terrebonne

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)|

| Laval|

* Alfred-Pellan
* Laval—Les Îles
* Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
* Vimy

|

* Ahuntsic-Cartierville
* Bourassa
* Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
* Hochelaga
* Honoré-Mercier
* Lac-Saint-Louis
* LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
* Laurier—Sainte-Marie
* Mount Royal
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
* Outremont
* Papineau
* Pierrefonds—Dollard
* La Pointe-de-l'Île
* Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
* Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
* Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs

Montérégie|

* Beloeil—Chambly
* Brossard—Saint-Lambert
* Châteauguay—Lacolle
* Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
* Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
* Montarville
* Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
* La Prairie
* Saint-Jean
* Salaberry—Suroît
* Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Quebec City|

* Beauport—Limoilou
* Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
* Louis-Hébert
* Louis-Saint-Laurent
* Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

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* t
* e

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015|

* Ahuntsic
* Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
* Beauharnois—Salaberry
* Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
* Brossard—La Prairie
* Chambly—Borduas
* Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
* Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
* Jeanne-Le Ber
* Jonquière—Alma
* LaSalle—Émard
* Laval
* Lévis—Bellechasse
* Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
* Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher
* Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
* Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
* Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Lambert
* Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
* Terrebonne—Blainville
* Vaudreuil-Soulanges
* Verchères—Les Patriotes
* Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006|

* Argenteuil—Mirabel
* Beauport
* Charlesbourg
* Charlevoix—Montmorency
* Laurier
* Nunavik—Eeyou
* Portneuf
* Richelieu
* Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny
* Roberval

Until 2004|

* Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik
* Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies
* Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
* Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
* Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans
* Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
* Berthier—Montcalm
* Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
* Chambly
* Champlain
* Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier
* Charlevoix
* Châteauguay
* Frontenac—Mégantic
* Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
* Jonquière
* Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
* Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
* Laurentides
* Laurier—Sainte-Marie
* Laval Centre
* Laval East
* Laval West
* Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
* Longueuil
* Lotbinière—L'Érable
* Matapédia—Matane
* Mercier
* Papineau—Saint-Denis
* Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle
* Québec East
* Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis
* Rosemont—Petite-Patrie
* Saint-Maurice
* Témiscamingue
* Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000|

* Abitibi
* Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans
* Charlesbourg
* Chicoutimi
* Lac-Saint-Jean
* Lévis
* Lotbinière
* Richelieu
* Rimouski—Mitis
* Rosemont
* Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse
* Verchères
* Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997|

* Argenteuil—Papineau
* Bellechasse
* Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
* Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Frontenac
* Gaspé
* Gatineau—La Lièvre
* Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
* Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis
* La Prairie
* Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
* Papineau—Saint-Michel
* Richmond—Wolfe
* Rimouski—Témiscouata
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Henri—Westmount
* Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Léonard
* Terrebonne
* Vaudreuil
* Verchères
* Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993|

* Duvernay
* Langelier
* Laval
* Laval-des-Rapides
* Montmorency—Orléans
* Québec-Est
* Saint-Laurent

Until 1988|

* Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière
* Dollard
* Gamelin
* Gatineau
* Labelle
* Lachine
* Lasalle
* Laurier
* Montreal—Mercier
* Montreal—Sainte-Marie
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East
* Papineau
* Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Léonard—Anjou
* Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984|

* Argenteuil
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Hull
* Mercier
* Missisquoi
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
* Rimouski
* Sainte-Marie
* Saint-Michel

Until 1980|

* Laprairie
* Montmorency
* Richmond
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Verdun

Until 1979|

* Ahuntsic
* Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes
* Berthier
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Compton
* Hochelaga
* Kamouraska
* Lachine—Lakeshore
* Lafontaine
* Lapointe
* Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul
* Laval
* Maisonneuve—Rosemont
* Matane
* Montreal—Bourassa
* Pontiac
* Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
* Sainte-Marie
* Saint-Henri
* Trois-Rivières Métropolitain
* Villeneuve
* Westmount

Until 1974|

* Lachine
* Lasalle

Until 1972|

* Argenteuil
* Beauharnois
* Bonaventure
* Bourassa
* Maisonneuve
* Missisquoi
* Témiscouata
* Trois-Rivières

Until 1968|

* Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes
* Beauharnois—Salaberry
* Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Cartier
* Chambly—Rouville
* Chapleau
* Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie
* Compton—Frontenac
* Dorchester
* Drummond—Arthabaska
* Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle
* Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm
* Matapédia—Matane
* Maisonneuve—Rosemont
* Mégantic
* Montmagny—L'Islet
* Nicolet—Yamaska
* Outremont—Saint-Jean
* Pontiac—Témiscamingue
* Quebec East
* Québec—Montmorency
* Quebec South
* Quebec West
* Richelieu—Verchères
* Richmond—Wolfe
* Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
* Saguenay
* St. Ann
* Saint-Antoine—Westmount
* Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
* Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville
* St. Lawrence—St. George
* Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
* Stanstead
* Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962|

* Témiscouata

Until 1953|

* Beauharnois
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Jacques Cartier
* St. Antoine—Westmount
* St-Denis
* St-Henri
* St. James
* St. Mary
* Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949|

* Argenteuil
* Beauharnois—Laprairie
* Charlevoix—Saguenay
* Châteauguay—Huntingdon
* Compton
* Lake St-John—Roberval
* Laval—Two Mountains
* Mégantic—Frontenac
* Outremont
* Pontiac
* Quebec West and South
* St. Denis
* St. Henry
* St. Hyacinthe—Bagot
* St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville
* St-Maurice—Laflèche
* Three Rivers
* Verdun
* Wright

Until 1935|

* Bagot
* Beauharnois
* Chambly—Verchères
* Joliette
* Lake St. John
* Laprairie—Napierville
* L'Assomption—Montcalm
* Laurier—Outremont
* L'Islet
* Maisonneuve
* Matane
* Mégantic
* Montmagny
* Nicolet
* Quebec West
* Richelieu
* St. Antoine
* St. Henri
* St. Hyacinthe—Rouville
* St. Johns—Iberville
* Three Rivers—St. Maurice
* Yamaska

Until 1925|

* Berthier
* Brome
* Charlevoix—Montmorency
* Chicoutimi—Saguenay
* George-Étienne Cartier
* Maskinongé
* Missisquoi
* Quebec County
* Town of Sherbrooke
* Three Rivers and St. Maurice
* Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917|

* Charlevoix
* Châteauguay
* Huntingdon
* L'Assomption
* Laval
* Montcalm
* Montmorency
* Quebec-Centre
* Rouville
* St. Anne
* St. Hyacinthe
* St. Lawrence
* Soulanges
* Two Mountains
* Vaudreuil

Before 1900|

* Chambly
* Iberville
* Laprairie
* Montreal Centre
* Montreal East
* Montreal West
* Napierville
* County of Ottawa
* St. John's
* Saint Maurice
* Three Rivers
* Verchères

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