Laurier—Outremont

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Laurier—Outremont
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1933
First contested1917
Last contested1930

Laurier—Outremont was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Jacques Cartier, St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridings.

It initially consisted of Laurier and Outremont wards, Côte-des-Neiges ward, the town of Mount Royal, Mount Royal ward and Mount Royal Park of the city of Montreal.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the city of Outremont, and the part of the city of Montreal bounded by a line starting from the north-eastern boundary of the city of Outremont, following Mount Royal Avenue, Henri Julien Avenue, Mozart Street, Drolet Street, the extension of Isabeau Street. St. Lawrence Boulevard, Baby Street, the Canadian Pacific Railway track, Atlantic Avenue, to the northern limit of the city of Outremont, and along that boundary to Mount Royal Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Laurier and Outremont ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Laurier—Outremont
Riding created from Jacques Cartier, St. Antoine and St. Lawrence
13th  1917–1921     Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1921     Lomer Gouin Liberal
 1922–1925
15th  1925–1926 Joseph-Alexandre Mercier
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Laurier and Outremont

Election results[edit]

1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay 7,443
Government (Unionist) Pierre-Édouard Blondin 6,196
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lomer Gouin 15,341
Conservative Joseph-Alfred Nadeau 5,023
Labour Alfred Mathieu 1,289

By-election: Acceptance by the Honourable Sir Lomer Gouin of an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lomer Gouin acclaimed
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alexandre Mercier 12,889
Conservative Rodolphe Monty 10,105
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alexandre Mercier 12,724
Conservative Jean-Édouard-Charles Bumbray 8,342
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alexandre Mercier 15,259
Conservative Hector-Frédéric Fortier 7,590
Liberal Protectionist Lyon Williams Jacobs 2,723
Independent Conservative John Alexander Shinnick 1,236

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