Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Quebec

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1935 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Joliette

Joliette (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.-Geography:...

 and L'Assomption—Montcalm

L'Assomption—Montcalm

L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of L'Assomption and Montcalm ridings...

 ridings.

It was initially defined to consist of:

• the county of Joliette including the city of Joliette;
• the county of L'Assomption; and
• the county of Montcalm, except the township of Archambault.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

• the county of Joliette (except the township of Gouin), and the city of Joliette;
• the county of L'Assomption and the towns of L'Assomption and Laurentides;
• the county of Montcalm, except the townships of Brunet, Nantel and Pérodeau and the township of Archambault.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier

Berthier (electoral district)

Berthier was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925....

, Joliette

Joliette (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.-Geography:...

, Labelle

Labelle (electoral district)

Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1988.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Ottawa riding....

 and Terrebonne ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
18th Canadian federal election, 1935 The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...	1935-1940		Charles-Édouard Ferland Charles-Édouard Ferland Charles-Édouard Ferland was a Canadian jurist and Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
19th Canadian federal election, 1940 The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. It was held March 26, 1940 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 19th Parliament of Canada...	1940-1945
20th Canadian federal election, 1945 The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...	1945-1949		Georges-Émile Lapalme Georges-Émile Lapalme Georges-Émile Lapalme was a politician in Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
21st Canadian federal election, 1949 The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...	1949-1950
	1950-1953		Maurice Breton Maurice Breton Maurice Breton was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was acclaimed after the resignation of Georges-Émile Lapalme to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1950 by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
22nd Canadian federal election, 1953 The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...	1953-1957
23rd Canadian federal election, 1957 The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...	1957-1958
24th Canadian federal election, 1958 The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...	1958-1962		Louis-Joseph Pigeon Louis-Joseph Pigeon Louis-Joseph Pigeon was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
25th Canadian federal election, 1962 The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...	1962-1963
26th Canadian federal election, 1963 The Canadian federal election of 1963 was held on April 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 26th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.-Overview:During the Tories' last year in...	1963-1965
27th Canadian federal election, 1965 The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House...	1965-1968		Joseph-Roland Comtois Joseph-Roland Comtois Joseph-Roland Comtois was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a professional engineer, soldier and reservist by career.-History:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

Election results

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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