# Bellechasse (federal electoral district)

Bellechasse (French pronunciation:) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867, until the 1997 election, when it became Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. After redistribution prior to the 2004 election, that riding became Lévis—Bellechasse. Currently, the only riding which includes the name "Bellechasse" is Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.

## Description

In 1867, Bellechasse was defined to consist of the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, the south-west part of the Township of Armagh, the north-east part of the Township of Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux, Roux, Bellechasse and Daaquam.
In 1882, the north-eastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the north-east part of the township of Mailloux were detached from Bellechasse and annexed to Montmagny.
In 1924, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the County of Bellechasse, except for the seigneuries of Lauzon and Joliette in the municipality of Honfleur, and the townships of Langevin and Ware in the municipality of Sainte-Sabine.
In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse (except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.
In 1947, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse, the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri in the county of Lévis, the municipality of St. Luc-de-Dijon the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St. François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.
In 1966, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the Town of Montmagny, the County of Bellechasse, parts of the County of Dorchester, and the County of Montmagny (except the municipality of Cap-Saint-Ignace).
In 1976, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the City of Montmagny, the Towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet and Saint-Pamphile, the County of Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (except the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise and the municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets), parts of the Counties of Bellechasse and Dorchester.
In 1987, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (excluding the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Louise), the Municipality of Saint-Rochdes-Aulnaies, and parts of the County of Dorchester.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and was incorporated into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Bellechasse |||||
| 1st | 1867–1870 | Louis-Napoléon Casault | Conservative |
| 1st | 1870–1872 | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1872–1873 | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1873–1874 | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1874–1875 | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1878 | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet | Conservative |
| 4th | 1878–1881 | Achille Larue | Liberal |
| 4th | 1881–1882 | Guillaume Amyot | Conservative |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | Guillaume Amyot | Conservative |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | Guillaume Amyot | Nationalist |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Guillaume Amyot | Nationalist Conservative |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Joseph-Octave Lavallée | Conservative |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Louis-Philippe Picard | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Louis-Philippe Picard | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Louis-Philippe Picard | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1955 | Louis-Philippe Picard | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1955–1957 | Ovide Laflamme | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Ovide Laflamme | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Noël Dorion | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Bernard Dumont | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Herman Laverdière | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Herman Laverdière | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1971 | Adrien Lambert | Ralliement créditiste |
| 28th | 1971–1972 | Adrien Lambert | Social Credit |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Adrien Lambert | Social Credit |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Adrien Lambert | Social Credit |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Adrien Lambert | Social Credit |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Alain Garant | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Pierre Blais | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Pierre Blais | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | François Langlois | Bloc Québécois |
| Riding dissolved into Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Louis-Napoléon Casault | 983 |
| | Unknown | Édouard Rémillard | 671 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
By-election on 27 May 1870
Casault appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Télesphore Fournier | acclaimed |
vte1872 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Télesphore Fournier | 1,219 |
| | Conservative | A. Caron | 638 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
By-election on 27 November 1873
Fournier nominated Minister of Inland Revenue :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Télesphore Fournier | acclaimed |
vte1874 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Télesphore Fournier | acclaimed |
| Source: Parliament of Canada |||||||
By-election on 23 November 1875
Fournier appointed to the Supreme Court Bench :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Joseph Goderic Blanchet | 698 |
| Liberal | Achille Larue | 443 |
| Unknown | Pierre Boutin | 359 |
vte1878 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Achille Larue | 1,042 |
| | Conservative | Guillaume Amyot | 990 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
By-election on 19 March 1881
Election declared void :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Guillaume Amyot | 1,066 |
| | Unknown | Mr. Bilodeau | 1,035 |
vte1882 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Guillaume Amyot | 1,186 |
| | Liberal | Ph. Ol. (alias Ernest) Pacaud | 1,044 |
vte1887 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nationalist | Guillaume Amyot | 1,515 |
| | Conservative | Isidore-Noël Belleau | 878 |
vte1891 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nationalist Conservative | Guillaume Amyot | 1,271 |
| | Conservative | Faucher de St. Maurice | 1,165 |
vte1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | 1,537 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Edmond Roy | 1,227 |
vte1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | 1,701 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Emile Gelley | 1,231 |
vte1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | 1,819 |
| | Conservative | J.B. Fradette | 957 |
vte1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | 1,988 |
| | Conservative | Charles Vezina | 627 |
vte1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph Octave Lavallée | 1,742 |
| | Liberal | Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot | 1,696 |
vte1917 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | 3,752 |
| Conservative | Honoré Grenier | 60 |
| Unknown | Thomas Wilfrid Marceau | 30 |
vte1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | 5,195 |
| | Progressive | Joseph Cléophas Cote | 1,109 |
vte1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles-Alphonse Fournier | 4,596 |
| | Conservative | Murdock McKenzie | 1,917 |
vte1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Oscar Boulanger | 4,897 |
| | Conservative | Eugène F. Dussault | 1,902 |
vte1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Oscar Boulanger | 4,786 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Wilfrid Gaudette | 2,793 |
| Source: lop.parl.ca |||||||
vte1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Oscar Boulanger | 7,470 |
| | Conservative | H. Fanning Gosselin | 1,720 |
vte1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis-Philippe Picard | 6,585 |
| | Conservative | Edouard Morrissette | 2,366 |
vte1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis-Philippe Picard | 6,928 |
| | Bloc populaire | Joseph-Albert Bonenfant | 3,540 |
vte1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Louis-Philippe Picard | 7,395 |
| Independent | Paul Bouchard | 4,798 |
| Union des électeurs | Donat Frenette | 332 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Maurice St-Hilaire | 41 |
vte1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis-Philippe Picard | 7,124 |
| | Progressive Conservative | J.-Emile Roy | 4,866 |
By-election on 26 September 1955
Picard's resignation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Ovide Laflamme | 5,945 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jules Pare | 5,383 |
vte1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Ovide Laflamme | 7,960 |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-Rodolphe Miquelon | 1,792 |
| Independent Progressive Conservative | Jules Pare | 1,026 |
| Independent Progressive Conservative | Allyre Aubin | 139 |
vte1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive Conservative | Noël Dorion | 6,861 |
| | Liberal | Ovide Laflamme | 6,255 |
vte1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Bernard Dumont | 5,091 |
| Liberal | Ovide Laflamme | 4,954 |
| Progressive Conservative | Noël Dorion | 2,953 |
vte1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Herman Laverdiere | 5,434 |
| Social Credit | Bernard Dumont | 5,367 |
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Laliberte | 1,291 |
vte1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Herman Laverdiere | 4,783 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Bernard Dumont | 4,432 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques La Rochelle | 2,264 |
| New Democratic | Mariette Lalonde | 170 |
vte1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Ralliement créditiste | Adrien Lambert | 11,137 |
| Liberal | Auguste Choquette | 9,793 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Poulin | 2,262 |
| New Democratic | Marcel Lalonde | 528 |
vte1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 12,999 |
| Liberal | Pierre Mercier | 11,714 |
| Progressive Conservative | Germain Roy | 3,533 |
| New Democratic | Aurèle Marceau | 776 |
vte1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 12,550 |
| Liberal | Louis Paquin | 10,759 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bertrand Gaudreau | 3,210 |
| New Democratic | Marthe Lachance | 604 |
vte1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 18,702 | 46.43 | |
| | Liberal | Jean Richard | 17,584 | 43.65 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Deschênes | 2,924 | 7.26 | |
| | Rhinoceros | Marie Claude Chênevert | 523 | 1.30 | – |
| | New Democratic | Guy Dupuis | 354 | 0.88 | |
| | Union populaire | Jean Beaudoin | 195 | 0.48 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,282 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 360 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,642 | 72.17 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 56,317 | | |
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979. |||||||
vte1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alain Garant | 20,636 | 51.13 | +7.48 |
| | Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 15,124 | 37.47 | −8.96 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Deschênes | 2,912 | 7.22 | −0.04 |
| | Rhinoceros | Andrée Chabot | 815 | 2.02 | +0.72 |
| | New Democratic | Napoléon Goupil | 730 | 1.81 | +0.93 |
| | Union populaire | France Théberge | 141 | 0.35 | −0.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,358 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 274 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,632 | 70.86 | −1.31 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 57,339 | | |
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980. |||||||
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vte1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Blais | 24,357 |
| Liberal | Alain Garant | 14,500 |
| New Democratic | Roger Lemoine | 1,666 |
| Rhinoceros | Serge Au-Boutte Chabot | 1,070 |
| Parti nationaliste | André Lizotte | 518 |
vte1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Blais | 27,621 |
| Liberal | Claudette Beaulieu | 11,120 |
| New Democratic | Gilles Papillon | 2,762 |
| Green | Alain Raby | 1,010 |
vte1993 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Bloc Québécois | François Langlois | 17,098 |
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Blais | 15,952 |
| Liberal | Eric Lemieux | 8,352 |
| New Democratic | Robert Leclerc | 695 |