# Lapointe (electoral district)

Lapointe (French pronunciation:) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Chicoutimi riding. It consisted of the city of Arvida and the towns of Kénogami and Jonquière and the western part of the county of Chicoutimi.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Lapointe Riding created from Chicoutimi |||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Jules Gauthier | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Fernand Girard | Independent |
| 22nd | 1957–1958 | Augustin Brassard | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1958–1962 | Augustin Brassard | Liberal |
| 24th | 1962–1963 | Gilles Grégoire | Social Credit |
| 25th | 1963–1965 | Gilles Grégoire | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1965–1968 | Gilles Grégoire | Ralliement créditiste |
| 27th | 1968–1972 | Gilles Marceau | Liberal |
| 28th | 1972–1974 | Gilles Marceau | Liberal |
| 29th | 1974–1979 | Gilles Marceau | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean |||||

## Election results

1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jules Gauthier | 10,275 |
| Independent | Lorenzo Deschenes | 5,797 |
| Union des électeurs | Pierre Bouchard | 4,730 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Fernand Girard | 11,854 |
| Liberal | Joseph-Onésiphore Fraser | 8,708 |
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Gagnon | 1,640 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Augustin Brassard | 13,671 |
| | Independent | Fernand Girard | 12,363 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Augustin Brassard | 12,113 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bernard Wilshire | 9,864 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michel Chartrand | 7,042 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Gilles Gregoire | 16,186 |
| Liberal | Augustin Brassard | 11,245 |
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Vaillancourt | 2,524 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Gilles Gregoire | 13,312 |
| Liberal | René Coté | 8,506 |
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Vaillancourt | 3,474 |
| New Democratic | Henri Vachon | 2,857 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Ralliement créditiste | Gilles Gregoire | 13,210 |
| Liberal | Paul Labrie | 9,733 |
| Progressive Conservative | Louis Reid | 2,658 |
| New Democratic | Louis-Philippe Trinque | 1,028 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gilles Marceau | 11,821 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alphonse Laliberté | 8,077 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Lacombe | 4,324 |
| New Democratic | Louis-Philippe Trinque | 919 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gilles Marceau | 16,423 |
| Social Credit | Raymond Langlois | 6,934 |
| Progressive Conservative | Léopold Bergeron | 4,042 |
| Independent | Pierre-Hugues Richard | 1,084 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Gilles Marceau | 16,673 |
| Social Credit | François Rondeau | 6,466 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gaston Dion | 1,982 |
| New Democratic | Réal Caron | 1,587 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Verdi | 227 |