Wright (electoral district)

Wright
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1947
First contested	1896
Last contested	1945

Wright was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1948.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau riding.

Geography[edit]

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.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Wright Riding created from County of Ottawa
8th	1896–1897	Charles Ramsay Devlin	Liberal
8th	1897–1900	Louis Napoléon Champagne
9th	1900–1904	Louis Napoléon Champagne
10th	1904–1905	Wilfrid Laurier
10th	1905–1908	Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925	Romuald Montézuma Gendron	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	Fizalam-William Perras
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1936
18th	1936–1940	Rodolphe Leduc
19th	1940–1945	Rodolphe Leduc
20th	1945–1949	Léon Raymond
Riding dissolved into Gatineau

Election results[edit]

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Ramsay Devlin	2,975
	Conservative	J. M. McDougall	2,593

By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed trade commissioner to Ireland, 15 March 1897

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 23 March 1897
	Liberal	Louis Napoléon Champagne	2,842
	Conservative	J. M. McDougall	2,067

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Napoléon Champagne	2,953
	Conservative	J. M. McDougall	2,074

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	3,250	61.39	Y
	Conservative	F. A. A. Labelle	2,044	38.61
Total valid votes			5,294	100.00
Source(s) "Wright, Quebec (1896-04-24 - 1949-04-29)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905

Canadian federal by-election, 13 February 1905
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin	1,857
	Conservative	J. M. McDougall	1,685
	Independent Conservative	Louis Cousineau	655

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin	3,562
	Conservative	François Amable Albert Labelle	2,851

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin	4,003
	Conservative	Louis Cousineau	2,819

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin	2,860
	Government (Unionist)	Andrew Pritchard	1,318

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Romuald Montézuma Gendron	4,510
	Progressive	Herbert Miller Ellard	1,590
	Conservative	François-Albert Labelle	1,551

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fizalam-William Perras	4,685
	Conservative	François-Albert Labelle	3,973

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fizalam-William Perras	5,950
	Conservative	François-Albert Labelle	5,105

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fizalam-William Perras	6,015
	Conservative	Louis Cousineau	4,932

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fizalam-William Perras	5,945
	Conservative	Jean-Noël Beauchamp	2,540
	Reconstruction	Wilfrid-Jean Lavigne	1,296
	Independent	Freeman Thomas Cross	825

By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 3 August 1936
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	acclaimed

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	7,260
	National Government	Halliday Bell	2,310
	Independent Liberal	Augustin Hubert	1,172

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léon Raymond	6,460
	Progressive Conservative	John Charles Logue	2,634
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean-Paul Desjardins	1,067
	Bloc populaire	Ludger Lécuyer	1,019
	Independent PC	Alphée Lavigne	352
	Independent Liberal	Gérald Favier	174

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
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

Geography[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]