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Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière

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Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1952
District abolished1966
First contested1953
Last contested1965

Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1952 from Berthier—Maskinongé. It consisted of the county of Berthier and the town of Berthierville, the county of Maskinongé and the town of Louiseville and Gouin township in the county of Joliette.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier and Joliette.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière
Riding created from Berthier—Maskinongé
22nd  1953–1957     Joseph Langlois Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Rémi Paul Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968     Antonio Yanakis Liberal
Riding dissolved into Berthier and Joliette

Election results

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1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph Langlois 10,709
Independent Nationalist Adrien Arcand 7,496
Progressive Conservative Joseph-Elie Langlois 441
Independent Joseph Langlais 214
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph Langlois 10,418
Progressive Conservative Rémi Paul 9,049
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Rémi Paul 12,702
Liberal Roland Doucet 8,738
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Rémi Paul 9,211
Liberal Maurice Savard 7,607
Social Credit Raoul Vermette 3,452
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Rémi Paul 8,471
Liberal Maurice Savard 8,178
Social Credit René-Paul Gaboury 3,339
New Democratic Mendoza Bellemare 392
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Antonio Yanakis 7,868
Progressive Conservative Normand Champagne 5,512
New Democratic Yvon Saucier 2,672
Ralliement créditiste Edmond Baril 1,525
Independent Liberal Lucien Lebrun 315

See also

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