Beauharnois—Laprairie was a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1935 to 1949.
This
riding was created in 1933 from
Beauharnois and
Laprairie—Napierville ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into
Beauharnois,
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie and
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville ridings.
It consisted of the county of Beauharnois (excluding the municipality of St-Etienne), the county of Laprairie, the municipalities of Ste-Philomène, St-Joachim and the towns of De Léry and of Châteauguay, and the municipality of Ste-Barbe.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Electoral history
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Liberal
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Maxime Raymond
Maxime Raymond (25 December 1883 – 13 July 1961) was a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer in Quebec.
Raymond was born in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec. In the 1925 Canadian federal election he ran as a Liberal candidate in the di ...
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Conservative
, Noël Beausoleil
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Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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,
Maxime Raymond
Maxime Raymond (25 December 1883 – 13 July 1961) was a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer in Quebec.
Raymond was born in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec. In the 1925 Canadian federal election he ran as a Liberal candidate in the di ...
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, Hormisdas Roy
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Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
, Robert Cauchon
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Progressive Conservative
, Arthur W. Sullivan
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See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*
Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Quebec