# Wright (electoral district)

Wright was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1948.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau riding.

## Geography

In 1892, it consisted of the city of Hull, the town of Aylmer, the township of Templeton, including the village of Pointe-à-Gatineau, the townships of Hull, Eardley, Masham, Wakefield, Lowe, Denholm, Aylwin, Hincks, Bowman, Bigelow, Blake, Northfield, Wright, Bouchette, Cameron, Wabasse, Bouthillier, Kensington, Maniwaki, Egan, Lytton, Sicotte, Aumond, Robertson, and all the unorganized territories west of the River du Lièvre to the southern boundary of the county of Montcalm.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of:
* the townships of Aylwin, Aumond, Baskatong, Bouchette, Cameron, Denholm, Eardley, Egan, Hincks, Hull, Kensington, Low, Lytton, Maniwaki, Masham, Northfield, Sicotte, Templeton, Wakefield and Wright,
* the villages and other municipal subdivisions of those townships,
* the city of Hull,
* the town of Aylmer, and
* all of the unorganized territory bounded on the north-east by the county of Montcalm and on the east by a line formed by the production northwards of the eastern boundary line of the township of Baskatong.
In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull.
In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake.
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:
* the county of Gatineau; and
* that part of the county of Labelle included in the township of Blake.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Wright Riding created from County of Ottawa |||||
| 8th | 1896–1897 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Liberal |
| 8th | 1897–1900 | Louis Napoléon Champagne | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Louis Napoléon Champagne | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1905 | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal |
| 10th | 1905–1908 | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | Liberal |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Romuald Montézuma Gendron | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Fizalam-William Perras | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Fizalam-William Perras | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Fizalam-William Perras | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1936 | Fizalam-William Perras | Liberal |
| 18th | 1936–1940 | Rodolphe Leduc | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Rodolphe Leduc | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Léon Raymond | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Gatineau |||||

## Election results

1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles Ramsay Devlin | 2,975 |
| | Conservative | J. M. McDougall | 2,593 |
By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed trade commissioner to Ireland, 15 March 1897
By-election on 23 March 1897 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Napoléon Champagne | 2,842 |
| | Conservative | J. M. McDougall | 2,067 |
1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Napoléon Champagne | 2,953 |
| | Conservative | J. M. McDougall | 2,074 |
vte1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 3,250 | 61.39 | Y |
| | Conservative | F. A. A. Labelle | 2,044 | 38.61 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,294 | 100.00 |
| Source(s) "Wright, Quebec (1896-04-24 - 1949-04-29)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020. |||||||
By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905
Canadian federal by-election, 13 February 1905 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | 1,857 |
| Conservative | J. M. McDougall | 1,685 |
| Independent Conservative | Louis Cousineau | 655 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | 3,562 |
| | Conservative | François Amable Albert Labelle | 2,851 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | 4,003 |
| | Conservative | Louis Cousineau | 2,819 |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin | 2,860 |
| | Government (Unionist) | Andrew Pritchard | 1,318 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Romuald Montézuma Gendron | 4,510 |
| Progressive | Herbert Miller Ellard | 1,590 |
| Conservative | François-Albert Labelle | 1,551 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fizalam-William Perras | 4,685 |
| | Conservative | François-Albert Labelle | 3,973 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fizalam-William Perras | 5,950 |
| | Conservative | François-Albert Labelle | 5,105 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Fizalam-William Perras | 6,015 |
| | Conservative | Louis Cousineau | 4,932 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Fizalam-William Perras | 5,945 |
| Conservative | Jean-Noël Beauchamp | 2,540 |
| Reconstruction | Wilfrid-Jean Lavigne | 1,296 |
| Independent | Freeman Thomas Cross | 825 |
By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936
By-election on 3 August 1936 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | acclaimed |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 7,260 |
| National Government | Halliday Bell | 2,310 |
| Independent Liberal | Augustin Hubert | 1,172 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Léon Raymond | 6,460 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Charles Logue | 2,634 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jean-Paul Desjardins | 1,067 |
| Bloc populaire | Ludger Lécuyer | 1,019 |
| Independent PC | Alphée Lavigne | 352 |
| Independent Liberal | Gérald Favier | 174 |