Cartier (electoral district)

Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. The riding covered much of Montreal's old Jewish district (from 1933 including parts of the Mile End neighbourhood). It was one of the smallest ridings in the country in area.

Cartier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested1925
Last contested1965

It was created in 1924 from parts of George-Étienne Cartier riding.

Cartier is the only riding in Canada to have elected a Communist to the House of Commons: Fred Rose, who was elected in a 1943 by-election, and re-elected in 1945. Rose ran under the banner of the Labor-Progressive Party, which was a front organization for the banned Communist Party of Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. Sam Jacobs was the riding's MP for many years and was in his final years also the president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Laurier, Outremont and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Every single MP to represent this riding was Jewish.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Cartier
Riding created from George-Étienne Cartier
15th  1925–1926     Samuel William Jacobs Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1938[1]
 1938–1940 Peter Bercovitch
19th  1940–1942[2]
 1943–1945     Fred Rose Labor–Progressive
20th  1945–1947[3]
 1947–1949     Maurice Hartt Liberal
21st  1949–1950[4]
 1950–1953 Leon David Crestohl
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965 Milton L. Klein
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Laurier, Outremont and Saint-Jacques

Election results

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMilton L. Klein5,38950.64+1.48
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Henry Pytel2,20920.76+0.12
New DemocraticJohn Kambites1,90317.88+3.68
Ralliement créditisteGérard Ledoux1,14110.72–5.28
Total valid votes 10,642100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.68
Change for the Ralliement créiditiste is based on the results of the Social Credit.
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMilton L. Klein6,64249.16–0.12
Progressive ConservativeCharles S. Barden2,78820.64–6.67
Social CreditGeorges Binette2,16216.00+6.84
New DemocraticWilliam I. Miller1,91814.20–0.06
Total valid votes 13,510100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.28
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl6,46449.28+5.44
Progressive ConservativeCharles S. Barden3,58227.31–15.01
New DemocraticWilliam I. Miller1,87114.26+9.86
Social CreditSylvio-Fernando Melancon1,2019.16
Total valid votes 13,118100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +10.22
Change for the New Democrats is based on the results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl7,09743.84–29.08
Progressive ConservativeHyman Bernard Brock6,85042.32+30.68
Independent LiberalSamuel Kolomeir1,5289.44–0.43
Co-operative CommonwealthMichael Wozniak7134.40+0.27
Total valid votes 16,188100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –29.88
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl11,95572.92–3.98
Progressive ConservativeAldo Lattik1,90911.64+5.07
Independent LiberalSamuel Kolomeir1,6189.87
Co-operative CommonwealthMichael Wozniak6774.13–1.90
Independent LiberalMoses Zalman Miller2361.44+0.25
Total valid votes 16,395100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –4.52
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl12,49376.90+22.76
Progressive ConservativeTadeusz Brzezinski1,0686.57–9.24
Co-operative CommonwealthHector Rochon9806.03–2.19
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder8965.52–16.32
Independent Progressive ConservativeMarcel Hotte6163.79
Independent LiberalMoses Miller1931.19
Total valid votes 16,246100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +16.00
Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950
On the death of Maurice Hartt, 15 March 1950
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl9,70154.14+1.39
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder3,91321.84+0.43
Progressive ConservativeMaurice-S. Hebert2,83315.81+4.22
Co-operative CommonwealthKalmen Kaplansky1,4738.22–6.02
Total valid votes 17,920100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.48
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Hartt11,99352.75+13.69
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder4,86821.41–5.37
Co-operative CommonwealthAbraham M. Klein3,23814.24
Progressive ConservativeMaurice-S. Hebert2,63611.59
Total valid votes 22,735100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +9.53
Canadian federal by-election, 31 March 1947
On Fred Rose's seat being declared vacant by House of Commons resolution,
30 January 1947
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Hartt9,64939.06+4.02
AutonomistPaul Masse6,92928.05
Labor–ProgressiveMichael Buhay6,61626.78–14.06
IndependentDavid Rochon1,3235.36
IndependentOnil Léonide Gingras1420.57
IndependentLouis Valiquette450.18
Total valid votes 24,704100.0  
Liberal gain from Labor–Progressive Swing –12.02
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Labor–ProgressiveFred Rose10,41340.84+10.42
LiberalSamuel Edgar Schwisberg8,93535.04+13.07
Bloc populairePaul Masse6,14824.11–5.52
Total valid votes 25,496100.00  
Labor–Progressive hold Swing –1.32
Canadian federal by-election, August 9, 1943
Death of Peter Bercovitch
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Labor–ProgressiveFred Rose5,78930.42
Bloc populairePaul Masse5,63929.63
LiberalLazarus Phillips4,18021.97–66.57
Co-operative CommonwealthDavid Lewis3,31317.41
IndependentMoses Miller1090.57
Total valid votes 19,030100.00  
Labor–Progressive gain from Liberal Swing +0.40
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPeter Bercovitch18,19188.54+23.27
National LabourArthur Ainey2,35411.46
Total valid votes 20,545100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +5.90
Canadian federal by-election, 7 November 1938
On the death of Samuel William Jacobs, 21 August 1938
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPeter Bercovitchacclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs13,57465.27–3.36
CommunistFred Rose3,38516.28
Independent LiberalPaul-Emile Goyette1,5317.36
ReconstructionSalluste Lavery1,3626.55
ConservativeHerman Julien9454.54–11.54
Total valid votes 20,797100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –9.82
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs8,23168.63+18.53
ConservativeLouis Wolfe1,92816.08–6.87
Independent ProgressiveMédéric Masson1,29410.79
Independent LiberalPaul-E. Parent5404.50–15.78
Total valid votes 11,993100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +12.70
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs5,04850.10–11.77
ConservativeLouis Wolfe2,31222.95
Independent LiberalPaul-Ernest Parent2,04320.28
SocialistMichael Buhay6726.67
Total valid votes 10,075100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –17.36
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs7,93461.87
Independent LiberalJoseph Alfred Bernier4,88938.13
Total valid votes 12,823100.0  
This riding was created from parts of George-Étienne Cartier, where Liberal Samuel William Jacobs was the incumbent.

See also

References

  1. Died in office, 21 August 1938
  2. Died in office, 26 December 1942
  3. Seat declared vacant on 30 January 1947, on Fred Rose's conviction for spying for the Soviet Union.
  4. Died in office, 15 March 1950

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