# St. James (federal electoral district)

St. James was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1952.
The riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of Montreal. In 1914, it was expanded to include Lafontaine Ward of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to streets in Montreal.
In 1947, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into a new St. James riding, and the ridings of Lafontaine, Laurier, Papineau and St. Mary.
The new St. James electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Jacques ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| St. James Riding created from Montreal Centre and Montreal East |||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Odilon Desmarais | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1901 | Odilon Desmarais | Liberal |
| 9th | 1902–1902 | Joseph Brunet | Liberal |
| 9th | 1904–1904 | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Louis-Audet Lapointe | Liberal |
| 13th | 1917–1920 | Louis-Audet Lapointe | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |
| 13th | 1920–1921 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1926 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1939 | Fernand Rinfret | Liberal |
| 18th | 1939–1940 | Eugène Durocher | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Eugène Durocher | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Roland Beaudry | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Roland Beaudry | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Laurier and Saint-Jacques |||||

## Election results

1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Odilon Desmarais | 3,423 |
| | Conservative | Louis-Arsène Lavallée | 2,054 |
1900 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Odilon Desmarais | 3,256 |
| Conservative | Tancrède Pagnuelo | 1,615 |
| Independent | Joseph-Homère Migneron | 74 |
By-election: On Mr. Desmarais being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 25 June 1901
By-election on 15 January 1902 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph Brunet | 2,899 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 2,252 |
By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1902
By-election on 16 February 1904 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | 3,269 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron | 2,591 |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | 3,648 |
| | Conservative | J. T. Cardinal | 2,291 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais | 3,995 |
| | Conservative | Napoléon Giroux | 2,468 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis-Audet Lapointe | 4,653 |
| | Nationalist Conservative | Olivar Asselin | 3,179 |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Louis-Audet Lapointe | acclaimed |
By-election: On Mr. Lapointe's death, 7 February 1920
By-election on 7 April 1920 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 3,413 |
| | Labour | Alphetus Mathieu | 1,856 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 11,216 |
| Conservative | André Rémi Odilon Léon Gauthier | 968 |
| Independent | Ubald Paquin | 625 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 12,080 |
| | Liberal Protectionist | Ruben Charles Laurier | 4,076 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 12,740 |
| | Conservative | Georges-Avila Marsan | 2,192 |
By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926
By-election on 2 November 1926 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | acclaimed |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 13,299 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Paul Lamarche | 6,208 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Fernand Rinfret | 22,298 |
| Reconstruction | Louis Francœur | 10,242 |
| Conservative | Joseph-Paul Lamarche | 2,953 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jean-Désiré De Peron | 1,147 |
| Independent | Emma Gendron | 241 |
By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's death, 12 July 1939
By-election on 18 December 1939 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Eugène Durocher | 16,986 |
| | Unknown | Paul Bouchard | 6,368 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Eugène Durocher | 27,219 |
| National Government | Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte | 5,777 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hector Rochon | 1,091 |
| Independent Liberal | Achille Mathieu | 864 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Roland Beaudry | 23,970 |
| Bloc populaire | Roger Duhamel | 12,932 |
| Independent | J.-Édouard Jeannotte | 2,040 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hector Rochon | 619 |
| Independent Liberal | Émile Mathieu | 585 |
| Social Credit | Rosaire Coté | 549 |
| Independent Liberal | Georges-Étienne Loiselle | 342 |
| Independent | Jean-Hubert Dugas | 186 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Roland Beaudry | 18,705 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Auger | 9,349 |
| Union des électeurs | Jean Grenier | 720 |