Prescott (federal electoral district)
Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prescott.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1952 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1949 |
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry—Prescott riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Albert Hagar | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Félix Routhier | Conservative | |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | Simon Labrosse | Liberal | |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | |||
| 7th | 1891–1891 | Isidore Proulx | ||
| 1891–1896 | ||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Edmond Proulx | ||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | ||
| 14th | 1921–1922 | Joseph Binette | Progressive | |
| 1922–1925 | Liberal | |||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Gustave Évanturel | ||
| 16th | 1926–1929 | Louis-Mathias Auger | Independent Liberal | |
| 1929–1930 | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | Liberal | ||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | |||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Raymond Bruneau | Independent Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Glengarry—Prescott | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Hagar | 1,205 | ||||
| Unknown | Thomas Higginson | 130 | ||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Hagar | acclaimed | ||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Hagar | 665 | ||||
| Unknown | T. White Jr. | 659 | ||||
| Unknown | J. Boyd | 292 | ||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Félix Routhier | 875 | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Hagar | 870 | ||||
| Unknown | Angus Urquhart | 661 | ||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Simon Labrosse | 1,322 | ||||
| Conservative | Félix Routhier | 1,021 | ||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Simon Labrosse | 1,414 | ||||
| Conservative | Félix Routhier | 1,223 | ||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Isidore Proulx | 1,269 | ||||
| Conservative | Félix Routhier | 608 | ||||
| Unknown | E. A. Johnson | 532 | ||||
| Unknown | David Bertrand | 335 | ||||
| By-election: On Mr. Proulx being unseated, 15 December 1891: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Isidore Proulx | acclaimed | ||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Isidore Proulx | 1,334 | ||||
| Patrons of Industry | Henry Joseph Cloran | 996 | ||||
| Conservative | Dosithé Sabourin | 902 | ||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Isidore Proulx | 1,596 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Joseph Cloran | 1,177 | ||||
| Conservative | Dosithé Sabourin | 1,049 | ||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Edmond Proulx | 2,388 | ||||
| Conservative | L. Charbonneau | 1,323 | ||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Edmond Proulx | 2,527 | ||||
| Independent | Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel | 1,070 | ||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Edmond Proulx | 2,532 | ||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel | 1,220 | ||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Edmond Proulx | 3,743 | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Andrew Richard Metcalfe | 1,439 | ||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Progressive | Joseph Binette | 3,661 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Edmond Proulx | 2,764 | ||||
| Liberal | Amédée Sabourin | 2,359 | ||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Gustave Évanturel | 4,198 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Napoléon Coupal | 2,519 | ||||
| Conservative | Hiram Horton Kirby | 2,387 | ||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Louis-Mathias Auger | 3,846 | ||||
| Liberal | Gustave Évanturel | 3,134 | ||||
| Conservative | Hiram Horton Kirby | 2,504 | ||||
| Independent | Raoul Labrosse | 635 | ||||
| By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 5,152 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Gustave Gustave Évanturel | 3,562 | ||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,572 | ||||
| Conservative | Edmund Alexander Mooney | 2,326 | ||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,034 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Louis-Mathias Auger | 3,620 | ||||
| Conservative | Joseph Saint-Denis | 1,614 | ||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,431 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Léandre Maisonneuve | 2,028 | ||||
| National Government | Parnell Tierney | 1,819 | ||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,623 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis-Pierre Cécile | 1,753 | ||||
| Bloc populaire | Léandre Maisonneuve | 1,500 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bernard Dupuis | 408 | ||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Raymond Bruneau | 5,380 | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 4,148 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Saint-Denis | 1,928 | ||||
See also
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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