# Saint-Jacques (federal electoral district)

Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988.
There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Henri ridings.
A second "Saint-Jacques" riding was created in 1977 when Saint-Henri was renamed Saint-Jacques. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Saint-Jacques Riding created from Cartier and St. James |||||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Roland Beaudry | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Roland Beaudry | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Charles-Édouard Campeau | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Maurice Rinfret | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Maurice Rinfret | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Maurice Rinfret | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Jacques Guilbault | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul |||||

## Election results
### Saint-Jacques, 1953–1979

1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Roland Beaudry | 15,443 |
| Progressive Conservative | Léonard Lauzon | 5,274 |
| Independent Liberal | Cléophas Saint-Aubin | 1,109 |
| Labor–Progressive | Gui-Louis Caron | 1,061 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Albert Leduc | 545 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Roland Beaudry | 7,900 |
| Progressive Conservative | Roland Perron | 5,347 |
| Independent Liberal | Jean-Baptiste Crépeau | 3,512 |
| Independent Liberal | R. Beaudry | 1,789 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gaétan Robert | 730 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles-Édouard Campeau | 12,798 |
| Liberal | Maurice Rinfret | 10,517 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gaétan Robert | 670 |
| Independent Liberal | Eugène-J.-E. Fournier | 1,825 |
| Socialist | Henri Gagnon | 666 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Rinfret | 7,664 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Hébert | 7,271 |
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Poulin | 2,023 |
| New Democratic | Willie Fortin | 1,925 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Rinfret | 7,841 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Hébert | 5,831 |
| Social Credit | Sylvio Mélançon | 4,386 |
| New Democratic | Willie Fortin | 2,106 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Rinfret | 7,023 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Grégoire | 5,248 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Lucien Mallette | 1,576 |
| New Democratic | Willie Fortin | 1,406 |
| Independent | Réginald Reggie Chartrand | 669 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 9,701 |
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Alie | 4,238 |
| New Democratic | Julien Major | 971 |
| Social Credit | Lucien Mallette | 705 |
| Independent | Joseph-Louis Abraham | 314 |
| Independent | H.-Georges Grenier | 311 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 8,682 |
| Progressive Conservative | Armand Lefebvre | 3,213 |
| Social Credit | Patricia Métivier | 1,696 |
| New Democratic | Pierre Ryan | 1,598 |
| Independent | Jean-Baptiste Bulldog Clermont | 208 |
| Independent | Claire Demers | 151 |
| Independent | André Davignon | 97 |
| Independent | G.-Paul Nolet | 41 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 7,709 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Chevrier | 3,518 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe | 1,313 |
| Social Credit | Roger Pelletier | 797 |
| Independent | Jean B. Clermont | 154 |
| Communist | Claire Demers | 146 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Rhéal Mathieu | 127 |

### Saint-Jacques, 1979–1988

1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 20,520 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Chevrier | 3,704 |
| New Democratic | David-André Rowley | 1,978 |
| Social Credit | J. Alfred Lévesque | 1,715 |
| Rhinoceros | Balthazar Michel Deschamps | 933 |
| Libertarian | Robert Champlin | 295 |
| Communist | Claire Durand | 189 |
| Independent | Patricia Métivier | 143 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Auguste Arnold | 104 |
| Union populaire | Serge Rainville | 84 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 17,757 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Chevrier | 3,038 |
| New Democratic | Roger Monette | 2,339 |
| Rhinoceros | Rodrigue Chocolat Tremblay | 1,080 |
| Independent | Raymonde Lebreux | 224 |
| Libertarian | Marc Krushelnyski | 137 |
| Union populaire | Hughette Godard | 120 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Arnold August | 96 |
| Communist | Daniel Pauquet | 88 |
| Independent | Patricia Métivier | 55 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 10,875 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lorraine Duguay | 10,291 |
| New Democratic | Mike Molter | 4,057 |
| Rhinoceros | Pierre dit Lagaffe Corbeil | 1,204 |
| Parti nationaliste | Denise Laroche | 738 |
| Communist | Marianne Roy | 152 |
| Commonwealth of Canada | Robert Langevin | 116 |