Three Rivers and St. Maurice

Three Rivers and St. Maurice (French: Trois-Rivières-et-Saint-Maurice; also known as Three Rivers—St. Maurice) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1935.

Three Rivers and St. Maurice

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1933
First contested	1896
Last contested	1931 by-election

This riding was created as "Three Rivers and St. Maurice" riding in 1892 from Three Rivers and Saint Maurice ridings. It was renamed "Three Rivers—St. Maurice" in 1924 and defined to consist of the Cities of Three Rivers and Shawinigan Falls and the County of St. Maurice.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Three Rivers and St. Maurice Riding created from Three Rivers and Saint Maurice
8th	1896–1900		Adolphe-Philippe Caron	Conservative
9th	1900–1904		Jacques Bureau	Liberal
10th	1904–1907
	1907–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1922			Liberal
	1922–1925
Three Rivers—St. Maurice
15th	1925–1926		Arthur Bettez	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1931
	1931–1935		Charles Bourgeois	Conservative
Riding dissolved into St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers

Election results

Three Rivers and St. Maurice, 1896–1925

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adolphe-Philippe Caron	1,691
	Liberal	L. P. Fiset	1,422

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Bureau	1,832
	Conservative	P. E. Panneton	1,527
	Conservative	F. L. Desaulniers	103

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Bureau	2,667
	Conservative	Nérée-L. Duplessis	2,270

By-election: On Mr. Bureau being appointed Solicitor-General of Canada, 14 February 1907

By-election on 28 February 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Bureau	acclaimed

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Bureau	3,139
	Conservative	Philippe-Elisée Panneton	1,773

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Jacques Bureau	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Bureau's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown 3 January 1922

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Bureau	acclaimed

Three Rivers—St. Maurice, 1925–1935

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Bettez	10,285
	Conservative	Louis Normand	6,007
	Unknown	Robert Ryan	1,999

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes}}
	Liberal	Arthur Bettez	11,384
	Conservative	Louis Normand	5,737

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes}}
	Liberal	Arthur Bettez	14,732
	Conservative	Louis-D. Durand	11,083

By-election: On Mr. Bettez's death, 4 January 1931

By-election on 10 August 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bourgeois	13,539
	Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	13,501

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Mauricie
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Three Rivers and St. Maurice (1892 - 1924)
• Three Rivers—St. Maurice (1924 - 1933)