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Villeneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979.

Villeneuve

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1976
First contested	1949
Last contested	1974

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Pontiac riding. It consisted initially of:

• the southwestern part of the county of Abitibi; and
• parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the towns of Mercier, Noranda and Rouyn.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of:

• parts of the county of Abitibi including the towns of Bourlamarque, Cadillac, Duparquet, Malartic and Val-d'Or;
• the northern parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the cities of Noranda and Rouyn.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:

• the Towns of Barville, Bourlamaque, Cadillac, Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Malartic, Senneterre and Val-d'Or;
• parts of the County of Abitibi; and
• parts of the County of Témiscamingue.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Abitibi and Témiscamingue ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Villeneuve Riding created from Pontiac
21st	1949–1953		Armand Dumas	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Réal Caouette	Social Credit
26th	1963–1963
	1963–1965			Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1971		Oza Tétrault
	1971–1972			Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Armand Caouette
Riding dissolved into Abitibi and Témiscamingue

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Armand Dumas	13,597
	Union des électeurs	Réal Caouette	10,980
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Charles Trempe	958
	Independent PC	Henri-L. Devost	291
	Independent Liberal	François-Xavier Généreux	102

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Armand Dumas	14,851
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Thivierge	7,015
	Independent	Henri-L. Devost	1,097

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Armand Dumas	9,893
	Candidat des électeurs	Réal Caouette	8,129
	Progressive Conservative	André Lemieux	6,034
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thérèse-F. Casgrain	1,947

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Armand Dumas	10,102
	Progressive Conservative	André Lemieux	9,811
	Candidat des électeurs	Réal Caouette	8,276
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Yvon Parent	662

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	21,022
	Liberal	L.-D. Pilon	6,831
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Cloutier	2,441
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Bonneau	981

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	18,096
	Liberal	Stephen Cuddihy	7,270
	New Democratic	Roger Bédard	2,279
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Cloutier	2,235

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Réal Caouette	19,839
	Liberal	Joseph Morin	5,397
	Progressive Conservative	J.-O.-Raymond Rochon	1,924
	New Democratic	Clermont Nadeau	1,496

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Oza Tétrault	10,073
	Liberal	André Roy	7,994
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Eugène Bérard	2,182
	New Democratic	Wilfrid Legault	886

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Oza Tétrault	12,070
	Liberal	Gaston Charest	10,719
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Larocque	1,462
	New Democratic	Fernand Turgeon	1,042

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Armand Caouette	10,452
	Liberal	Gaston Charest	8,905
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Paul Dionne	3,006
	New Democratic	Louis-Marie Meilleur	1,205

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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