Montreal East (electoral district)

For the city in Quebec of the same name, see Montreal-Est, Quebec.
Montreal East
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished 1892
First contested 1867
Last contested 1891

Montreal East (French: Montréal-Est) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the St. Lewis Ward, St. James Ward and the St. Mary's Ward. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. James, St. Lawrence and St. Mary ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Montreal East
1st  1867–1872     George-Étienne Cartier Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     Louis-Amable Jetté Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1888
 1888–1891     Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine Independent Conservative
7th  1891–1896
Riding dissolved into St. James, St. Lawrence and St. Mary

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeGeorge-Étienne Cartier 2,431
LiberalM. Lanctot 2,085
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Amable Jetté 3,264
Liberal–ConservativeGeorge-Étienne Cartier 2,007
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Amable Jetté acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles-Joseph Coursol 4,626
UnknownF.X. Archambeault 3,234
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles-Joseph Coursol acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles-Joseph Coursol acclaimed
By-election on 26 September 1888

On Mr. Coursol's death, 4 August 1888

Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeAlphonse-Télesphore Lépine 3,818
UnknownPoirier 3,155
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
Independent ConservativeAlphonse-Télesphore Lépine 5,840
LiberalL.O. David 5,015

See also

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