Wright (electoral district)
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Wright was a federal electoral district
in Quebec
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1896 to 1948.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Ottawa County
riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau
riding.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of:
In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull.
In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake.
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:
|DEVLIN, C.R.
||align=right|2,975
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,593
By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed immigration in Ireland, 15 March 1897
|-
|CHAMPAGNE, L.N.
||align=right|2,842
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,067
|-
|CHAMPAGNE, L.N. ||align=right|2,953
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,074
|-
|LAURIER, Sir Wilfrid ||align=right|3,250
|-
|LABELLE, F.-A.-A. ||align=right|2,044
By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905
|-
|DEVLIN, E.B.
||align=right|1,857
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|1,685
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|655
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel B. ||align=right|3,562
|-
|LABELLE, François Amable Albert ||align=right|2,851
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel Berchmans ||align=right|4,003
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|2,819
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel Berchmans ||align=right|2,860
|-
|PRITCHARD, Andrew ||align=right|1,318
|-
|GENDRON, Romuald-Montézuma
||align=right|4,510
|-
|ELLARD, Herbert Miller ||align=right|1,590
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 1,551
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalane William ||align=right|4,685
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 3,973
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam William ||align=right|5,950
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 5,105
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam-William ||align=right|6,015
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|4,932
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam-William ||align=right|5,945
|-
|BEAUCHAMP, Jean-Noël ||align=right|2,540
|-
|LAVIGNE, Wilfrid-Jean ||align=right| 1,296
|-
|CROSS, Freeman Thomas ||align=right| 825
By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936
|-
|LEDUC, Rodolphe ||align=right| acclaimed
|-
|LEDUC, Rodolphe ||align=right| 7,260
|-
|BELL, Halliday ||align=right| 2,310
|-
|HUBERT, Augustin ||align=right|1,172
|-
|RAYMOND, Joseph-Léon ||align=right| 6,460
|-
|LOGUE, John Charles ||align=right|2,634
|-
|DESJARDINS, Jean-Paul ||align=right|1,067
|-
|LÉCUYER, Ludger ||align=right|1,019
|-
|LAVIGNE, Alphée ||align=right| 352
|-
|FAVIER, Gérald ||align=right|174
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
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1896 to 1948.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Ottawa County
Ottawa (County of)
Ottawa was a federal and provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1830 to 1867, in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892, and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to at least 1919.The...
riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau
Gatineau (electoral district)
Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 108,742....
riding.
Geography
In 1892, it consisted of the city of Hull, the town of Aylmer, the township of Templeton, including the village of Pointe-à-Gatineau, the townships of Hull, Eardley, Masham, Wakefield, Lowe, Denholm, Aylwin, Hincks, Bowman, Bigelow, Blake, Northfield, Wright, Bouchette, Cameron, Wabasse, Bouthillier, Kensington, Maniwaki, Egan, Lytton, Sicotte, Aumond, Robertson, and all the unorganized territories west of the River du Lièvre to the southern boundary of the county of Montcalm.In 1903, it was redefined to consist of:
- the townships of Aylwin, Aumond, Baskatong, Bouchette, Cameron, Denholm, Eardley, Egan, Hincks, Hull, Kensington, Low, Lytton, Maniwaki, Masham, Northfield, Sicotte, Templeton, Wakefield and Wright,
- the villages and other municipal subdivisions of those townships,
- the city of Hull,
- the town of Aylmer, and
- all of the unorganized territory bounded on the north-east by the county of Montcalm and on the east by a line formed by the production northwards of the eastern boundary line of the township of Baskatong.
In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull.
In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake.
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:
- the county of Gatineau; and
- that part of the county of Labelle included in the township of Blake.
Election results
|-|DEVLIN, C.R.
Charles Ramsay Devlin
Charles Ramsay Devlin was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and an Irish MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-Career:Born in Aylmer, Lower Canada, the son of...
||align=right|2,975
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,593
By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed immigration in Ireland, 15 March 1897
|-
|CHAMPAGNE, L.N.
Louis Napoléon Champagne
Louis Napoléon Champagne was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Wright in the Canadian House of Commons from 1897 to 1904 as a Liberal....
||align=right|2,842
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,067
|-
|CHAMPAGNE, L.N. ||align=right|2,953
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|2,074
|-
|LAURIER, Sir Wilfrid ||align=right|3,250
|-
|LABELLE, F.-A.-A. ||align=right|2,044
By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905
|-
|DEVLIN, E.B.
Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin was a Canadian politician.Born in Aylmer, Quebec, the son of Charles Devlin and Ellen Roney, Devlin was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal and Mount St Mary's College in Derbyshire, England...
||align=right|1,857
|-
|MCDOUGALL, J.M. ||align=right|1,685
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|655
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel B. ||align=right|3,562
|-
|LABELLE, François Amable Albert ||align=right|2,851
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel Berchmans ||align=right|4,003
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|2,819
|-
|DEVLIN, Emmanuel Berchmans ||align=right|2,860
|-
|PRITCHARD, Andrew ||align=right|1,318
|-
|GENDRON, Romuald-Montézuma
Romuald Montézuma Gendron
Romuald Montézuma Gendron was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Sault-Montmorency, Canada East and became a contractor and farmer....
||align=right|4,510
|-
|ELLARD, Herbert Miller ||align=right|1,590
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 1,551
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalane William ||align=right|4,685
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 3,973
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam William ||align=right|5,950
|-
|LABELLE, François-Albert ||align=right| 5,105
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam-William ||align=right|6,015
|-
|COUSINEAU, Louis ||align=right|4,932
|-
|PERRAS, Fizalam-William ||align=right|5,945
|-
|BEAUCHAMP, Jean-Noël ||align=right|2,540
|-
|LAVIGNE, Wilfrid-Jean ||align=right| 1,296
|-
|CROSS, Freeman Thomas ||align=right| 825
By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936
|-
|LEDUC, Rodolphe ||align=right| acclaimed
|-
|LEDUC, Rodolphe ||align=right| 7,260
|-
|BELL, Halliday ||align=right| 2,310
|-
|HUBERT, Augustin ||align=right|1,172
|-
|RAYMOND, Joseph-Léon ||align=right| 6,460
|-
|LOGUE, John Charles ||align=right|2,634
|-
|DESJARDINS, Jean-Paul ||align=right|1,067
|-
|LÉCUYER, Ludger ||align=right|1,019
|-
|LAVIGNE, Alphée ||align=right| 352
|-
|FAVIER, Gérald ||align=right|174
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...