Maisonneuve was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 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 1893 to 1935.

A "Maisonneuve" riding also existed from 1966 to 1970 when it renamed "Maisonneuve—Rosemont

Maisonneuve—Rosemont

Maisonneuve—Rosemount was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Maisonneuve riding....

", and from 1976 to 1978 when it was renamed "Hochelaga—Maisonneuve

Hochelaga—Maisonneuve

Hochelaga—Maisonneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004....

". See those article for information on those periods.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Hochelaga

Hochelaga (electoral district)

Hochelaga is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and since 2004...

 ridings.

The electoral district of Maisonneuve consisted initially of:

• the towns of Maisonneuve and Côte St. Louis,
• the villages of Côte de la Visitation and Mile End, and
• Hochelaga and St. Jean Baptiste wards in the city of Montreal.

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of:

• the town of Maisonneuve,
• Rosemount ward and Longue Point ward of the city of Montreal,
• Pointe-aux-Trembles town and parish,
• Rivière-des-Prairies,
• Sault au Recollet town and parish,
• St. Léonard-de-Port-Maurice,
• the town of Montréal Est,
• the town of St. Michel-de-Laval, and
• the area on which is situated the St. Jean-de-Dieu hospital.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of:

• the portion of the Island of Montreal lying north of a line drawn from Rivière des Prairies along Ste. Claire Avenue, the southern boundary of the Seminary of St. Sulpice's domain, Crémazie Boulevard, St. Hubert Street, Côte St. Michel Road, the northwestern limit of the city of Montreal, Iberville Street, the Canadian Pacific Railway track, Nolan Street, and Bourbonnière Avenue, to the St. Lawrence River.

It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Maisonneuve—Rosemont

Maisonneuve—Rosemont

Maisonneuve—Rosemount was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Maisonneuve riding....

 and Mercier

Mercier (electoral district)

Mercier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 2004. In 2003, the district was abolished and split into the La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings...

 ridings.

Election results

|-

|PRÉFONTAINE, R. ||align=right|3,912
|-

|BARIL, Dr. Geo. E. ||align=right|2,342
|-

|PRÉFONTAINE, R. ||align=right|4,844
|-

|OUIMET, L. ||align=right|3,070
By-election: On Mr. Préfontaine being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 11 November 1902
|-

|PRÉFONTAINE, Hon. J.R.F. ||align=right|4,370
|-

|LABELLE, J. Alfred ||align=right|2,510
|-

|PRÉFONTAINE, Hon. J.R.F. ||align=right|5,967
|-

|VALLIÈRES, S.D. ||align=right|3,795
By-election: On Mr. Préfontaine's death, 25 December 1905
|-

|VERVILLE, A. ||align=right| 4,887
|-

|GROTHE, L.O. ||align=right|3,830
|-

|VERVILLE, Alphonse ||align=right| 7,358
|-

|VILLENEUVE, Frédéric ||align=right|2,937
|-

|VERVILLE, Alphonse ||align=right| 11,538
|-

|VILLENEUVE, Eugène Walter ||align=right|9,349
|-

|LEMIEUX, Hon. Rodolphe ||align=right|7,173
|-

|CAHAN, Charles Hazlitt ||align=right|3,140
|-

|ROBITAILLE, Clément ||align=right|14,222
|-

|TARDIF, Zoël ||align=right| 2,133
|-

|BERNIER, Joseph Émile ||align=right| 1,944
|-

|LECLAIR, Joseph-Onézime-Edmon ||align=right| 151
|-

|ROBITAILLE, Clément ||align=right|12,624
|-

|DESJARDINS, Hubert ||align=right| 7,406
|-

|TREMBLAY, William ||align=right| 994
|-

|MCAVOY, Daniel ||align=right|183
|-

|ROBITAILLE, Clément ||align=right|16,045
|-

|DUMOUCHEL, Raoul ||align=right| 5,166
|-

|ROBITAILLE, Clément ||align=right|18,894
|-

|DESJARDINS, Hubert ||align=right| 13,492
|-

|COURCHESNE, Déus ||align=right| 1,053
|-

|SIMARD, Edmond ||align=right| 313
By-election: On Mr. Robitaille's death, 16 January 1932
|-

|JEAN, Joseph ||align=right|15,748
|-

|FAUTEUX, Jean ||align=right|14,443
|-

|GAULD, Alexander ||align=right| 617
|-

|BINETTE, Héliodord ||align=right| 567
|-

|COURCHESNE, Déus ||align=right| 264

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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