# Labelle (federal electoral district)

Labelle (French pronunciation:) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle.
The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Labelle Riding created from County of Ottawa |||||
| 8th | 1896–1899 | Henri Bourassa | Liberal |
| 8th | 1900–1900 | Henri Bourassa | Independent |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Henri Bourassa | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1907 | Henri Bourassa | Liberal |
| 10th | 1907–1908 | Charles Beautron Major | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Charles Beautron Major | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Honoré Achim | Conservative |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Henri Bourassa | Independent |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Henri Bourassa | Independent |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Henri Bourassa | Independent |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Maurice Lalonde | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Maurice Lalonde | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Maurice Lalonde | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Henri Courtemanche | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Gustave Roy | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Henri Courtemanche | Independent Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1960 | Henri Courtemanche | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1960–1962 | Gaston Clermont | Liberal |
| 26th | 1962–1963 | Gaston Clermont | Liberal |
| 27th | 1963–1964 | Gérard Girouard | Social Credit |
| 27th | 1964–1965 | Gérard Girouard | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1965–1968 | Gaston Clermont | Liberal |
| 29th | 1968–1970 | Léo Cadieux | Liberal |
| 29th | 1970–1972 | Maurice Dupras | Liberal |
| 30th | 1972–1974 | Maurice Dupras | Liberal |
| 31st | 1974–1979 | Maurice Dupras | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1979–1980 | Maurice Dupras | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1980–1984 | Maurice Dupras | Liberal |
| 34th | 1984–1988 | Fernand Ladouceur | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Laurentides and Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle |||||

## Election results

1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Henri Bourassa | 2,175 |
| | Conservative | S.R. Poulin | 1,706 |
By-election on 18 January 1900
Bourassa's resignation, 26 October 1899, as a protest against Canadian participation in the South African War :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Henri Bourassa | acclaimed |
1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Henri Bourassa | 1,973 |
| | Conservative | S.R. Poulin | 1,494 |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Henri Bourassa | 2,640 |
| Conservative | G. Alphonse Dugal | 1,147 |
| Independent | Angus D. Cameron | 399 |
By-election on 23 December 1907
Bourassa's resignation, 29 October 1907, to enter provincial politics :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles Beautron Major | acclaimed |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles Beautron Major | 2,951 |
| | Conservative | Hector Chauvin | 1,624 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Honoré Achim | 2,902 |
| | Liberal | Charles-Beautrom Major | 2,818 |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier | acclaimed |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier | 7,391 |
| Progressive | Jean Lachance | 2,893 |
| Independent | Marc-Azarie Ménard | 124 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Henri Bourassa | 5,843 |
| | Liberal | Henri Jodoin | 3,764 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Henri Bourassa | 7,569 |
| Conservative | Louis Cousineau | 1,118 |
| Protectionist | Joseph-Édouard Moranville | 129 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Henri Bourassa | acclaimed |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Maurice Lalonde | 7,280 |
| | Independent | Henri Bourassa | 5,411 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Maurice Lalonde | 8,797 |
| | Independent | Lévis Lorrain | 5,909 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Lalonde | 7,969 |
| Independent | Joseph-Raymond-Edmond Doyon | 5,769 |
| Social Credit | Philippe Lacoste | 1,228 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Courtemanche | 8,701 |
| Liberal | Ernest Whissell | 7,998 |
| Union des électeurs | Simon Yelle | 1,289 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gustave Roy | 9,569 |
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Courtemanche | 8,610 |
| Labor–Progressive | Roméo Lafond | 176 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Edward Senkler Morgan | 90 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent PC | Henri Courtemanche | 9,406 |
| | Liberal | Gustave Roy | 8,045 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henri Courtemanche | 10,606 |
| | Liberal | J.-Henri Forget | 7,660 |
By-election on 31 October 1960
Courtemanche summoned to the Senate, 20 January 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 9,540 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Lesage | 7,235 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 6,218 |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul-Émile Lesage | 6,107 |
| Social Credit | Guy Jean | 4,813 |
| New Democratic | Albert Maisonneuve | 985 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Gérard Girouard | 6,951 |
| Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 6,632 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Vermette | 2,844 |
| New Democratic | Roland Massé | 905 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 6,554 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Gilles Caouette | 3,697 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Vermette | 3,354 |
| New Democratic | Noël Décosse | 1,989 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Léo Cadieux | 15,801 |
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Sarrazin | 10,152 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Clément Grondin | 2,215 |
| New Democratic | André Peclet | 1,699 |
By-election on 16 November 1970
Cadieux's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 17 September 1970 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Dupras | 12,604 |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Gélinas | 4,870 |
| Ralliement créditiste | André Ouellette | 3,417 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Dupras | 15,807 |
| Social Credit | Gérard Perron | 12,247 |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Gélinas | 6,439 |
| New Democratic | Irène Trudel | 1,645 |
| Independent | Rolland Millette | 371 |
| Independent | Claude Demers | 368 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Dupras | 16,224 |
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Masse | 14,928 |
| Social Credit | Wilfrid Marin | 3,116 |
| Social Credit | J. Noël Langlois | 1,572 |
| New Democratic | Irène Trudel | 1,326 |
| Communist | Claude Demers | 227 |
| Independent | Patricia Métivier | 165 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Dupras | 29,614 |
| Social Credit | Jean Léveillé | 6,580 |
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Racicot | 6,073 |
| New Democratic | Willie Kofman | 2,134 |
| Union populaire | Claude Lavoie | 452 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Paul Ménard | 213 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Dupras | 29,488 |
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Masse | 9,829 |
| New Democratic | Willie Kofman | 2,858 |
| Rhinoceros | Gaston Collin | 664 |
| Rhinoceros | Jean-Marie Morin | 580 |
| Rhinoceros | Amouthd, Richard Gagnon | 331 |
| Union populaire | Solanges Charbonneau | 227 |
| Independent | Louise Poisson | 227 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Marc Blouin | 108 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Ladouceur | 28,286 |
| Liberal | Claude Hotte | 14,465 |
| New Democratic | Marc Péclet | 4,670 |
| Rhinoceros | Jacques Coco Miron | 1,567 |
| Parti nationaliste | Adrien Grégoire | 1,546 |
| Social Credit | Albert Pouliot | 274 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Denis Tremblay | 84 |