Champlain () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004.
It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into the districts of Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Trois-Rivières.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
List of MPs for districts that included Champlain (since 1867)
The following list contains members of districts that have included Champlain, since 1867:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Name
!Assignments
!Party
!Election
!Popular Vote
|John Jones Ross
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1867
| 83%
|John Jones Ross
| Government MP (before 1873)<br />Official Opposition MP (after 1873)
| Conservative
| 1872
| 53%
|Hippolyte Montplaisir
| Official Opposition MP
| Conservative
| 1874
| 50%
|Hippolyte Montplaisir
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1878
| 76%
|Hippolyte Montplaisir
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1882
| 74%
|Hippolyte Montplaisir
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1887
| 52%
|Onésime Carignan
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1891
| 51%
|François-Arthur Marcotte
| Official Opposition MP
| Conservative
| 1896
| 54%
|François-Arthur Marcotte
| Official Opposition MP
| Conservative
| 1897
| 51%
|Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1900
| 53%
|Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1904
| 53%
|Pierre Édouard Blondin
| Official Opposition MP
| Conservative
| 1908
| 51%
|Pierre Édouard Blondin
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1911
| 53%
|Pierre Édouard Blondin
| Cabinet Member
| Conservative
| 1914
| unopposed
|Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers
| Official Opposition MP
| Liberal
| 1917
| 94%
|Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1921
| 69%
|Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers
| Government MP (until 1926)<br />Official Opposition MP (after 1926)
| Liberal
| 1925
| 65%
|Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1926
| 65%
|Jean-Louis Baribeau
| Government MP
| Conservative
| 1930
| 47%
|Hervé-Edgar Brunelle
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1935
| 53%
|Hervé-Edgar Brunelle
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1940
| 65%
|Hervé-Edgar Brunelle
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1945
| 53%
|Irenée Rochefort
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1949
| 55%
|Irenée Rochefort
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1953
| 63%
|Irenée Rochefort
| Official Opposition MP
| Liberal
| 1957
| 58%
|Paul Lahaye
| Government MP
| Progressive Conservative
| 1958
| 50%
|Jean-Paul Matte
| Official Opposition MP
| Liberal
| 1962
| 37%
|Jean-Paul Matte
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1963
| 45%
|Jean-Paul Matte
| Government MP
| Liberal
| 1965
| 48%
|René Matte
| Third Party MP
| Ralliement Créditiste
| 1968
| 37%
|René Matte
| Third Party MP
| Social Credit
| 1972
| 50%
|René Matte
| Third Party MP
| Social Credit
| 1974
| 49%
|Michel Veillette
| Official Opposition MP
| Liberal
| 1979
| 53%
|Michel Veillette
| Government MP<br />Parliamentary Secretary (after 1984)
| Liberal
| 1980
| 65%
|Michel Champagne
| Government MP<br />Parliamentary Secretary (after 1986)
| Progressive Conservative
| 1984
| 60%
|Michel Champagne
| Parliamentary Secretary
| Progressive Conservative
| 1988
| 65%
|Réjean Lefebvre
| Official Opposition MP
| Bloc Québécois
| 1993
| 49%
|Réjean Lefebvre
| Third Party MP
| Bloc Québécois
| 1997
| 44%
|Marcel Gagnon
| Third Party MP
| Bloc Québécois
| 2000
| 45%
|Marcel Gagnon
| Third Party MP
| Bloc Québécois
| 2004
| 55%
|Jean-Yves Laforest
| Third Party MP
| Bloc Québécois
| 2006
| 44%
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Mauricie
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament