Missisquoi (federal electoral district)

Missisquoi
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921

Missisquoi was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.

History[edit]

It was created as a riding by the British North America Act, 1867. Missisquoi consisted initially of the County of Missiquoi.

In 1892, it was defined as consisting of the parishes of St. Thomas de Foucault, St. George de Clarenceville (including the village of Clarenceville), St. Armand East (including the village of Frelighsburg), St. Armand West (including the village of Philipsburg), and St. Ignace de Stanbridge; the township of Stanbridge; the town of Bedford; the municipality of Stanbridge Station; the township of Dunham (including the villages of Dunham, Cowansville and Sweetsburg); the west part of the township of Farnham; the town of Farnham; the parish of Lacolle, together with the islands situated in the river Richelieu opposite the parish of Lacolle.

In 1903, the parish of Lacolle, together with the islands situated in the river Richelieu opposite thereto, were transferred to the electoral district of St. Johns—Iberville. The parishes of Notre Dame de Stanbridge and Notre Dame des Anges de Stanbridge were transferred from St. Johns and Iberville to Missisquoi.

It was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Brome—Missisquoi riding.

The histories of two later Missiquoi ridings are covered in the Brome—Missisquoi article:

Missisquoi riding was re-created in 1966 from parts of Brome—Missisquoi, Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville and Stanstead ridings, but was renamed "Brome—Missisquoi" in 1970.
A third Missisquoi riding was created in 1976 from Brome—Missisquoi, but was renamed "Brome—Missiquoi" in 1983.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Missisquoi
1st	1867–1870	Brown Chamberlin	Conservative
1st	1870–1872	George Barnard Baker	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	George Barnard Baker	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	William Donahue	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	George Barnard Baker	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	George Barnard Baker	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1888	George Clayes	Liberal
6th	1888–1891	Daniel Bishop Meigs	Liberal
7th	1891–1896	George Barnard Baker	Liberal–Conservative
8th	1896–1900	Daniel Bishop Meigs	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917	William Frederic Kay
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925		Liberal
Riding dissolved into Brome—Missisquoi

Election results[edit]

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brown Chamberlin	1,190
	Unknown	Philip Henry Moore	497
Eligible voters			2,915
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

By-election: On Mr. Chamberlin's resignation to become Queen's Printer, 7 June 1870

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 5 July 1870
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	975
	Unknown	Haskell A. Hogell	923

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	1,357
	Unknown	W.F. Kay	944

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Donahue	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	1,355
	Liberal	George Clayes	1,209

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	1,426
	Liberal	George Clayes	1,273

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Clayes	1,590
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	1,410
	Conservative	A. H. Gilmour	285

By-election: On Mr. Clayes' death, 3 March 1888

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 March 1888
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	unknown
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	unknown

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	George Barnard Baker	1,776
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	1,617

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	1,687
	Conservative	G. F. Slack	1,471

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	1,864
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste Comeau	1,838

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	1,848
	Conservative	J. B. Comeau	1,714

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs	1,891
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	1,873
	Independent	George Edward Ford	50

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	2,002
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	1,800

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Frederic Kay	2,582
	Government (Unionist)	George Provost England	1,444

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	5,268
	Conservative	François-Xavier-Arthur Giroux	2,740

References[edit]

^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Riding history for Missisquoi 1867-1925 from the Library of Parliament

[1] "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

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Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

History[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

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References[edit]

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