Prescott (federal electoral district)

Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prescott.

Prescott
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1952
First contested1867
Last contested1949

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry—Prescott riding.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
1st  1867–1872     Albert Hagar Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Félix Routhier Conservative
5th  1882–1887     Simon Labrosse Liberal
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1891 Isidore Proulx
 1891–1896
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908 Edmond Proulx
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1922     Joseph Binette Progressive
 1922–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926 Gustave Évanturel
16th  1926–1929     Louis-Mathias Auger Independent Liberal
 1929–1930     Élie-Oscar Bertrand Liberal
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953     Raymond Bruneau Independent Liberal
Riding dissolved into Glengarry—Prescott

Election results

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1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Albert Hagar 1,205
  Unknown Thomas Higginson 130
Result by municipality[1]
Municipality Hagar Higginson Total vote Eligible voters
Longueuil Township 130 19 149 180
Hawkesbury (village) 18 0 18 174
Alfred Township 169 0 169 235
Caledonia Township 109 11 120 150
North Plantagenet Township 201 0 201 232
South Plantagenet Township 166 1 167 193
West Hawkesbury Township 147 30 177 277
East Hawkesbury Township 265 69 334 555
Total 1,205 130 1,335 1,998


1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Albert Hagar acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Albert Hagar 665
  Unknown T. White Jr. 659
  Unknown J. Boyd 292
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative Félix Routhier 875
  Liberal Albert Hagar 870
  Unknown Angus Urquhart 661
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Simon Labrosse 1,322
  Conservative Félix Routhier 1,021
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Simon Labrosse 1,414
  Conservative Félix Routhier 1,223
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,269
  Conservative Félix Routhier 608
  Unknown E. A. Johnson 532
  Unknown David Bertrand 335
By-election: On Mr. Proulx being unseated, 15 December 1891: Prescott
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx acclaimed


1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,334
  Patrons of Industry Henry Joseph Cloran 996
  Conservative Dosithé Sabourin 902
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Isidore Proulx 1,596
  Liberal Henry Joseph Cloran 1,177
  Conservative Dosithé Sabourin 1,049
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,388
  Conservative L. Charbonneau 1,323
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,527
  Independent Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel 1,070
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,532
  Nationalist Conservative Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel 1,220
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Edmond Proulx 3,743
  Government (Unionist) Andrew Richard Metcalfe 1,439
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Joseph Binette 3,661
  Independent Liberal Edmond Proulx 2,764
  Liberal Amédée Sabourin 2,359
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Gustave Évanturel 4,198
  Independent Liberal Joseph-Napoléon Coupal 2,519
  Conservative Hiram Horton Kirby 2,387
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Independent Liberal Louis-Mathias Auger 3,846
  Liberal Gustave Évanturel 3,134
  Conservative Hiram Horton Kirby 2,504
  Independent Raoul Labrosse 635
By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 5,152
  Independent Liberal Gustave Gustave Évanturel 3,562


1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,572
  Conservative Edmund Alexander Mooney 2,326
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,034
  Independent Liberal Louis-Mathias Auger 3,620
  Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis 1,614
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,431
  Independent Liberal Léandre Maisonneuve 2,028
  National Government Parnell Tierney 1,819
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,623
  Progressive Conservative Louis-Pierre Cécile 1,753
Bloc populaire Léandre Maisonneuve 1,500
  Co-operative Commonwealth Bernard Dupuis 408
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  Independent Liberal Raymond Bruneau 5,380
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 4,148
  Progressive Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis 1,928

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
  2. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
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