Rimouski
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished2003
First contested1867
Last contested2000

Rimouski (also known as Rimouski—Témiscouata, Rimouski—Mitis and Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2003.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 as "Rimouski" riding.

After the 1980 federal election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Témiscouata". In 1996, it was renamed "Rimouski", and before the 1997 election, it was renamed "Rimouski—Mitis". Before the 2000 election, it was renamed "Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis".

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rimouski—Témiscouata and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Rimouski
1st  1867–1872     George Sylvain Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887     Louis Adolphe Billy Conservative
6th  1887–1891     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
7th  1891–1896     Adolph-Philippe Caron Conservative
8th  1896–1897     Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal
 1897–1900 Jean Auguste Ross
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Herménégilde Boulay Conservative
13th  1917–1921     Émmanuel d'Anjou Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1924     Liberal
 1924–1925 Eugène Fiset
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1944 Émmanuel d'Anjou
 1944–1945     Bloc populaire
 1945–1945     Independent
20th  1945–1949     Gleason Belzile Liberal
21st  1949–1950
 1950–1953     Joseph Hervé Rousseau Independent Liberal
22nd  1953–1957     Gérard Légaré Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Émilien Morissette Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Légaré Liberal
26th  1963–1964     Gérard Ouellet Social Credit
 1964–1965     Progressive Conservative
27th  1965–1968     Louis Guy LeBlanc Liberal
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974     Eudore Allard Social Credit
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984     Eva Côté Liberal
Rimouski—Témiscouata
33rd  1984–1988     Monique Vézina Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Mitis
36th  1997–2000     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis
37th  2000–2004     Suzanne Tremblay Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Election results

Rimouski

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Sylvain1,152
UnknownA. Michaud697
Eligible voters 2,753
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset1,381
ConservativeGeorges Sylvain1,150
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset1,728
UnknownA.P. Letendre354
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset2,003
ConservativeHector-Louis Langevin1,554
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeLouis Adolphe Billy1,648
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset1,540
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset2,228
ConservativeLouis Taché1,660
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAdolph-Philippe Caron2,061
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset1,799
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset2,443
ConservativeLouis Taché2,177
By-election on 6 November 1897

On Fiset being summoned to the Senate, 20 October 1897

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean Auguste Rossacclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean Auguste Ross2,794
ConservativeLouis Taché2,525
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean Auguste Ross3,272
ConservativeWilliam Price3,006
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJean Auguste Ross3,737
ConservativeHerménégilde Boulay3,148
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeHerménégilde Boulay4,179
LiberalJean Auguste Ross3,747
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjouacclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJoseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou6,363
ProgressiveAlfred Lavoie1,247
By-election on 2 September 1924

On D'Anjou's acceptance of the
Registrar of Deeds for the County of Rimouski, 19 July 1924

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Fiset5,701
ConservativeJean-Marie Joseph Elzéar Sasseville3,876
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Fiset5,142
ConservativeGérard Simard3,167
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Fiset5,623
ConservativeAlphonse Garon2,926
IndependentAlphonse Aubin417
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Fiset6,257
ConservativeHerménégilde Boulay4,722
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEugène Fiset9,238
ConservativeRené-Édouard Asselin4,495
ReconstructionGeorges-Arthur Morin732
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJoseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou9,766
ConservativeJean Blanchet5,928
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGleason Belzile10,730
IndependentJoseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou8,084
Social CreditJoseph-Arthur Couture834
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGleason Belzile11,708
Progressive ConservativeAdrien Gagné7,389
Independent LiberalJ.-E.-S.-Emmanuel D'Anjou3,614
Union des électeursAurélien Gagné1,491
By-election on 16 October 1950

On Belzile's death, 25 July 1950

Party Candidate Votes
Independent LiberalJoseph Hervé Rousseau9,976
LiberalMaurice Tessier9,431
IndependentLucien Robitaille1,124
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Légaré8,554
Progressive ConservativeDérome Asselin8,201
Independent LiberalJoseph-Hervé Rousseau5,478
Independent LiberalBlaise Lavoie1,668
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Légaré14,642
Progressive ConservativeDérome Asselin9,754
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeÉmilien Morissette16,426
LiberalGérard Légaré11,503
Social CreditJean-Nil Jean534
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Légaré9,955
Social CreditGérard Ouellet9,171
Progressive ConservativeÉmilien Morissette8,956
New DemocraticMaurice Loyer393
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditGérard Ouellet12,414
LiberalGérard Légaré12,274
Progressive ConservativeFernand Dionne3,192
New DemocraticRaymond D'Auteuil1,297
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Leblanc11,372
Ralliement créditisteJ.A. Young7,245
New DemocraticRaymond D'Auteuil6,783
Progressive ConservativeGérard Ouellet1,477
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGuy Leblanc12,073
Progressive ConservativeGilles Carle9,445
Ralliement créditisteFélix Gagnon2,937
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditEudore Allard13,241
LiberalGuy Leblanc11,097
Progressive ConservativeBlondin Laplante5,657
New DemocraticJ.-Adalbert Beaulieu732
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditEudore Allard15,085
LiberalSandy Burgess13,698
Progressive ConservativeHenri-Paul Lepage893
New DemocraticSerge Bernier528
IndependentRobert Corneau410
Marxist–LeninistJules Painchaud89
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social CreditEudore Allard16,821
LiberalEva Côté16,716
Progressive ConservativeJean Brisson2,556
New DemocraticGuy Poulin492
RhinocerosRenaud Guénette455
Union populaireNicolas Lavoie80
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEva Côté21,482
Social CreditEudore Allard10,839
Progressive ConservativeJacques Blanchard3,999
New DemocraticRené Mcdonald1,155
RhinocerosJacques Saintonge627
IndependentRégine Valois166
Marxist–LeninistNormand Fournier74

Rimouski—Témiscouata

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMonique Vézina25,516
LiberalEva Côté14,234
New DemocraticGuy Poulin1,250
Parti nationalistePierre Bouchard840
RhinocerosJacques St-Onge752
Commonwealth of CanadaMarc Carrier64
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMonique Vézina23,789
LiberalEva Côté10,561
New DemocraticPierre Boisjoli2,417
IndependentEudore Allard1,210
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisSuzanne Tremblay23,118
LiberalAndré Reid9,454
Progressive ConservativeJean Morin4,622
IndependentFrançois-Michel Denis598
Natural LawGilles Roussel400
New DemocraticAlex En Hwa Ng335

Rimouski—Mitis

1997 Canadian federal election: Rimouski—Mitis
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSuzanne Tremblay17,28247.00$53,089
LiberalRéal Marmen11,11230.22$47,800
Progressive ConservativeJean Roy7,90121.49$32,225
New DemocraticElizabeth Clark4791.30$0
Total valid votes 36,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,211
Turnout 37,985 68.24
Electors on the lists 55,665
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisSuzanne Tremblay19,759
LiberalRéal Marmen9,795
AllianceGerard Gosselin1,280
Progressive ConservativeRéal Blais1,150
Natural LawLyse Beauchemin673
New DemocraticRené Lemieux525

See also

References

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

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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