L'Islet was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of L'Islet. It was amalgamated into the Kamouraska

Kamouraska (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Kamouraska Kamouraska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1869 to 1979. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. There was no election in 1867 due to riots. There...

 and Montmagny—L'Islet

Montmagny—L'Islet

Montmagny—L'Islet was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.This riding was created in 1933 from L'Islet and Montmagny ridings.It initially consisted of:...

 electoral districts in 1933.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Barthélemy Pouliot
   Barthélemy Pouliot
   Barthélemy Pouliot was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented L'Islet in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member....
   
   , Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
   The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
   
    (1867-1872)
2. Philippe Baby Casgrain
   Philippe Baby Casgrain
   Philippe Baby Casgrain was a Quebec lawyer, author and political figure. He represented L'Islet in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1873 to 1891....
   
   , 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...
   
    (1872-1891)
3. Louis-Georges Desjardins
   Louis-Georges Desjardins
   Louis-Georges Desjardins was a Canadian journalist and politician.Born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East, the son of François Roy dit Desjardins and Clarisse Miville dit Deschênes, Desjardins was educated at the Collège de Lévis and at the Military College...
   
   , Conservative (1891-1893)
4. Joseph-Israël Tarte, Independent (1893-1896)
5. Arthur Miville Déchêne, Liberal (1896-1901)
6. Onésiphore Carbonneau
   Onésiphore Carbonneau
   Onésiphore Carbonneau was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1908 as a Liberal....
   
   , Liberal (1902-1908)
7. Eugène Paquet
   Eugène Paquet
   Eugène Paquet, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Paquet was born in St-Agapit, Quebec, and prior to entering politics studied medicine and practised as a physician...
   
   , Conservative (1908-1917)
8. Joseph-Fernand Fafard, Liberal (1917-1935)

Election results

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|POULIOT, Barthélemy ||align=right|464
|-

|CARON, ||align=right|40
By-election: On Mr. Pouliot being unseated on petition
|-

|POULIOT, Barthélemy ||align=right|697
|-

|CARON, L.B. ||align=right|460
|-

|CASGRAIN, Philippe Baby ||align=right|646
|-

|POULIOT, P. ||align=right|599
|-

|CASGRAIN, Philippe Baby ||align=right|acclaimed
|-

|CASGRAIN, P.B. ||align=right|687
|-

|FOURNIER, ||align=right|628
|-

|CASGRAIN, P.B. ||align=right|545
|-

|CHOUINARD, N.J.J.B. ||align=right|480
|-

|DUFOUR, Jos. ||align=right|244
|-

|CASGRAIN, P.B. ||align=right|883
|-

|BÉLANGER, P.R.A. ||align=right|843
|-

|DESJARDINS, L.G. ||align=right|981
|-

|CASGRAIN, P.B. ||align=right|975
By-election: On Mr. Desjardin's resignation, 30 September 1892
|-

|TARTE, Joseph-Israël ||align=right| acclaimed
|-

|DÉCHENE, A.M. ||align=right|1,038
|-

|DIONNE, A. ||align=right|1,032
|-

|DÉCHENE, Arthur Miville ||align=right|1,111
|-

|CARON, Jos. Ed. ||align=right|1,011
By-election: On Mr. Déchêne being called to the Senate, 13 May 1901
|-

|CARBONNEAU, O. ||align=right|953
|-

|CARON, Jos. Ed. ||align=right|932
|-

|PAQUET, Eugène ||align=right|1,195
|-

|CARBONNEAU, Onésiphore ||align=right|1,038
|-

|PAQUET, Eugène ||align=right|1,349
|-

|CARON, Jean-Baptiste-Thomas ||align=right|1,184
|-

|PAQUET, Eugène ||align=right|1,578
|-

|BOURGAULT, Armand ||align=right|1,144
|-

|FAFARD, Joseph-Fernand ||align=right| acclaimed
|-

|FAFARD, Joseph-Fernand ||align=right| 3,720
|-

|PAQUET, Eugène ||align=right|2,132
|-

|FAFARD, Joseph-Ferdinand ||align=right| 3,516
|-

|GAGNON, Joseph-Adhémar ||align=right|2,436
|-

|FAFARD, J. Fernand ||align=right| 3,619
|-

|GAGNON, Joseph-Adhémar ||align=right|2,795
|-

|FAFARD, J.-Fernand ||align=right| 3,558
|-

|GAUTHIER, Louis-Joseph ||align=right|3,165

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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