Saint-Antoine—Westmount

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Saint-Antoine—Westmount
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1967
First contested1935
Last contested1965

St. Antoine—Westmount and Saint-Antoine—Westmount were federal electoral districts in Quebec, Canada, that were represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

"St. Antoine—Westmount" riding was created in 1933 from parts of St. Antoine riding. It was abolished in 1952 when it was replaced by "Saint-Antoine—Westmount" riding.

Saint-Antoine—Westmount was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Saint-Henri and Westmount ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
St. Antoine—Westmount
Riding created from St. Antoine
18th  1935–1940     Robert Smeaton White Conservative
19th  1940–1945     Douglas Abbott Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
Saint-Antoine—Westmount
22nd  1953–1954     Douglas Abbott Liberal
 1954–1957 George Carlyle Marler
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     A. Ross Webster Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Charles Drury Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Saint-Henri and Westmount

Election results[edit]

St. Antoine—Westmount, 1935–1953[edit]

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Robert Smeaton White 12,905
Liberal Shirley G. Dixon 7,222
Reconstruction Albert A. Chesterfield 1,799
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Douglas Abbott 14,879
National Government Robert Smeaton White 8,972
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Douglas Abbott 13,648
Progressive Conservative Charles Basil Price 13,588
Co-operative Commonwealth James Cyril Flanagan 1,982
Independent Charles Stuart Cotton Wisdom 200
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Douglas Abbott 21,399
Progressive Conservative James Arthur De Lalanne 11,299

Saint-Antoine—Westmount, 1953–1968[edit]

1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Douglas Abbott 14,441
Progressive Conservative Egan Chambers 9,863
Co-operative Commonwealth Gisèle Bergeron 504
Independent Liberal Joseph Loder 253
Labor–Progressive Louise Joslyn Harvey 216

By-election: on Mr. Abbott's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 1 July 1954

By-election on 8 November 1954
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal George Carlyle Marler 13,960
Progressive Conservative Egan Chambers 9,161
Labor–Progressive Louise Harvey 224
Independent Joseph Loader 133
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal George Carlyle Marler 14,485
Progressive Conservative A. Ross Webster 11,802
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative A. Ross Webster 15,882
Liberal George Carlyle Marler 12,941
Co-operative Commonwealth Amédée Jasmin 684
Social Credit J.-G.-Henri Naud 192
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Drury 13,973
Progressive Conservative Peter Kerrigan 10,869
New Democratic J. Edgar Assels 1,346
Social Credit Del Hushley 702
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Drury 16,635
Progressive Conservative Peter Kerrigan 7,223
New Democratic Julien Major 2,227
Social Credit Jacques Foster 1,338
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Charles Drury 13,378
Progressive Conservative G. B. Alex. Hutchison 6,343
New Democratic Jeff Adams 3,241
Ralliement créditiste Lucien Vallée 542

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament: