Liberal Protectionist was the name under which three candidates sought election to the

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for ridings in

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in two elections in the early twentieth century. The

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, at the time, was associated with the concept of

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opposed the concept. In the 1925 federal election, Léopold Doyon won 2,839 votes, 19.4% of the total, as the only opponent of the

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candidate in St. Henri. (Twenty years later he would be a Social Credit candidate in Hochelaga). Former Liberal MP Ruben Charles Laurier running as a Liberal Protectionist won 4,076 votes in St. James riding, 26.9% of the total, as the only opponent of the Liberal candidate. In the 1930 federal election, Lyon William Jacobs won 2,723 votes, 10.2% of the total, placing third of four candidates in

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riding.

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