# Chapleau (federal electoral district)

Chapleau (French pronunciation:) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Berthier—Maskinongé, Champlain, Joliette, L'Assomption—Montcalm, Pontiac, and Three Rivers and St. Maurice ridings.
It was abolished in 1967 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Berthier, Champlain, Portneuf and Villeneuve ridings.
A different Chapleau riding existed from 1987-1988 in a different part of Quebec. It was renamed in 1988 to Gatineau—La Lièvre.

## History

It consisted of:
* the towns of Buckingham, Gatineau, Masson and Thurso;
* in the County of Labelle: the Municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Laus;
* in the County of Papineau: the township municipalities of Lochaber and Lochaber-Partie-Ouest; the united townships municipality of Mulgrave-et-Derry; the municipalities of Ange-Gardien, Bowman, Mayo, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Saint-Sixte, Val-des-Bois et Val-des-Monts.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Chapleau Riding created from Berthier—Maskinongé, Champlain, Joliette, L'Assomption—Montcalm, Pontiac and Three Rivers and St. Maurice |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | François Blais | Independent Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Hector Authier | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | David Gourd | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | David Gourd | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | David Gourd | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Charles-Noël Barbès | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Jean-Jacques Martel | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Gérard Laprise | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1963 | Gérard Laprise | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Gérard Laprise | Ralliement créditiste |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Gérard Laprise | Ralliement créditiste |
| Riding dissolved into Abitibi, Berthier, Champlain, Portneuf and Villeneuve |||||

## Election results

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Independent Liberal | François Blais | 3,093 |
| Liberal | Toussain-Ariste Lalonde | 3,082 |
| Conservative | J.-Alphonse Turgeon | 2,462 |
| Reconstruction | Joseph-Philippe Cote | 372 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Hector Authier | 9,402 |
| | National Government | J.-Alphonse Turgeon | 3,073 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Gourd | 6,230 |
| Social Credit | Joseph-Louis Brunet | 3,878 |
| Independent Conservative | Frank Blais | 2,653 |
| Bloc populaire | Lucien-Alfred Ladouceur | 1,680 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Gourd | 11,304 |
| Union des électeurs | Jean-Robert Ouellet | 6,318 |
| Progressive Conservative | J.-Edmond Lepage | 1,822 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | David Gourd | 10,495 |
| Progressive Conservative | Hilaire Leblanc | 6,280 |
| Independent | Raoul Duchesne | 4,305 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles-Noël Barbès | 11,428 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Jacques Martel | 11,065 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Jacques Martel | 14,705 |
| Liberal | Charles-Noël Barbès | 9,764 |
| Ouvrier canadien | Jean-Jacques Rouleau | 243 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Gérard Laprise | 15,430 |
| Liberal | Lilianne Mercier | 5,545 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Jacques Martel | 5,213 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Element | 551 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Gérard Laprise | 14,701 |
| Liberal | Théo. Beaudry | 5,955 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Falardeau | 4,205 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Laprise | 15,402 |
| Liberal | Gaston Labreche | 6,816 |
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Bigue | 2,320 |
| New Democratic | Arthur Bouchard | 872 |
| Independent | A.-Léo Larocque | 338 |