St. Lawrence—St. George

St. Lawrence—St. George was a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.

St. Lawrence—St. George

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1967
First contested	1917
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of St. Antoine and St. Lawrence ridings. It was initially defined to consist of St. Lawrence and St. George Wards of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to various streets of Montreal.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Saint-Henri, Saint-Jacques and Westmount ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. Lawrence—St. George Riding created from St. Antoine and St. Lawrence
13th	1917–1921		Charles Ballantyne	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Herbert Meredith Marler	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Charles Cahan	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1930
	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945		Brooke Claxton	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1954
	1954–1957		Claude Richardson
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Egan Chambers	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		John Turner	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Saint-Henri, Saint-Jacques and Westmount

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Charles Ballantyne	5,806
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Clement Munn	2,403

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Herbert Marler	7,836
	Conservative	Charles Ballantyne	5,275
	Labour	Rose Mary Louise Henderson	510

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,509
	Liberal	Hon. Herbert Marler	5,580

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	5,725
	Liberal	William Clement Munn	3,826

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,666
	Liberal	Ernest Pitt	3,653

Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party	Candidate	Votes
On Cahan's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Cahan	6,862
	Liberal	Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen	5,695
	Reconstruction	Godefroy Dumont Laviolette	1,461

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	10,301
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick Ross Phelan	6,171
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Wilks	1,454
	Bloc populaire	Marcel Garneau	1,193
	Labor–Progressive	Gordon McCutcheon	871
	Independent	Alfred Routhier	263

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	15,104
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Trenholme Ballantyne	5,911
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jeannine Théorêt	1,146

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Brooke Claxton	9,082
	Progressive Conservative	David L. De Volpi	4,648
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dodge	444
	Labor–Progressive	Frank Brenton	428

By-election on 8 November 1954 On Claxton's resignation, 31 July 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	6,548
	Progressive Conservative	David De Volpi	4,489
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Albert Renaud	425
	Labor–Progressive	Frank Brenton	277

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	7,758
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	6,219
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Mergler	440
	Labor–Progressive	Frank Brenton	360

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	9,702
	Liberal	Claude Richardson	7,132
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Mergler	534
	Labor–Progressive	Frank Brenton	279

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	7,227
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	4,969
	New Democratic	R. Barry Rutland	1,282
	Social Credit	Eugène Caraghiaur	437

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	8,552
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	3,796
	New Democratic	R. Barry Rutland	1,606
	Social Credit	Charles Sucsany	708

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Turner	6,920
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Warkentin	2,648
	New Democratic	Frank Auf der Maur	1,676
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Plante	274

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1914–1947
• 1947–1952
• 1952–1966