Cartier (electoral district)

Cartier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1924
District abolished 1966
First contested 1925
Last contested 1965

Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. The riding covered much of Montreal's old Jewish district (from 1933 including parts of the Mile End neighbourhood). It was one of the smallest ridings in the country in area.

It was created in 1924 from parts of George-Étienne Cartier riding.

Cartier is the only riding in Canada to have elected a Communist to the House of Commons: Fred Rose, who was elected in a 1943 by-election, and re-elected in 1945. Rose ran under the banner of the Labor-Progressive Party, which was a front organization for the banned Communist Party of Canada during the 1940s and 1950s. Sam Jacobs was the riding's MP for many years and was in his final years also the president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Laurier, Outremont and Saint-Jacques ridings.

Every single MP to represent this riding was of the Jewish faith.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Cartier
Riding created from George-Étienne Cartier
15th  1925–1926     Samuel William Jacobs Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1938[1]
 1938–1940 Peter Bercovitch
19th  1940–1942[2]
 1943–1945     Fred Rose Labor–Progressive
20th  1945–1947[3]
 1947–1949     Maurice Hartt Liberal
21st  1949–1950[4]
 1950–1953 Leon David Crestohl
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965 Milton L. Klein
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Laurier, Outremont and Saint-Jacques

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMilton L. Klein 5,389 50.64 +1.48
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Henry Pytel 2,209 20.76 +0.12
New DemocraticJohn Kambites 1,903 17.88 +3.68
Ralliement créditisteGérard Ledoux 1,141 10.72 –5.28
Total valid votes 10,642100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.68
Change for the Ralliement créiditiste is based on the results of the Social Credit.
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMilton L. Klein 6,642 49.16 –0.12
Progressive ConservativeCharles S. Barden 2,788 20.64 –6.67
Social CreditGeorges Binette 2,162 16.00 +6.84
New DemocraticWilliam I. Miller 1,918 14.20 –0.06
Total valid votes 13,510100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.28
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl 6,464 49.28 +5.44
Progressive ConservativeCharles S. Barden 3,582 27.31 –15.01
New DemocraticWilliam I. Miller 1,871 14.26 +9.86
Social CreditSylvio-Fernando Melancon 1,201 9.16
Total valid votes 13,118100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +10.22
Change for the New Democrats is based on the results of the Co-operative Commonwealth.
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl 7,097 43.84 –29.08
Progressive ConservativeHyman Bernard Brock 6,850 42.32 +30.68
Independent LiberalSamuel Kolomeir 1,528 9.44 –0.43
Co-operative CommonwealthMichael Wozniak 713 4.40 +0.27
Total valid votes 16,188100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –29.88
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl 11,955 72.92 –3.98
Progressive ConservativeAldo Lattik 1,909 11.64 +5.07
Independent LiberalSamuel Kolomeir 1,618 9.87
Co-operative CommonwealthMichael Wozniak 677 4.13 –1.90
Independent LiberalMoses Zalman Miller 236 1.44 +0.25
Total valid votes 16,395100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –4.52
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl 12,493 76.90 +22.76
Progressive ConservativeTadeusz Brzezinski 1,068 6.57 –9.24
Co-operative CommonwealthHector Rochon 980 6.03 –2.19
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder 896 5.52 –16.32
Independent Progressive ConservativeMarcel Hotte 616 3.79
Independent LiberalMoses Miller 193 1.19
Total valid votes 16,246100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +16.00
Canadian federal by-election, 19 June 1950
On the death of Maurice Hartt, 15 March 1950
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeon David Crestohl 9,701 54.14 +1.39
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder 3,913 21.84 +0.43
Progressive ConservativeMaurice-S. Hebert 2,833 15.81 +4.22
Co-operative CommonwealthKalmen Kaplansky 1,473 8.22 –6.02
Total valid votes 17,920100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.48
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMaurice Hartt 11,993 52.75 +13.69
Labor–ProgressiveHarry Binder 4,868 21.41 –5.37
Co-operative CommonwealthAbraham M. Klein 3,238 14.24
Progressive ConservativeMaurice-S. Hebert 2,636 11.59
Total valid votes 22,735100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +9.53
Canadian federal by-election, 31 March 1947
On Fred Rose's seat being declared vacant by House of Commons resolution,
30 January 1947
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMaurice Hartt 9,649 39.06 +4.02
AutonomistPaul Masse 6,929 28.05
Labor–ProgressiveMichael Buhay 6,616 26.78 –14.06
IndependentDavid Rochon 1,323 5.36
IndependentOnil Léonide Gingras 142 0.57
IndependentLouis Valiquette 45 0.18
Total valid votes 24,704100.0  
Liberal gain from Labor–Progressive Swing –12.02
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Labor–ProgressiveFred Rose 10,413 40.84 +10.42
LiberalSamuel Edgar Schwisberg 8,935 35.04 +13.07
Bloc populairePaul Masse 6,148 24.11 –5.52
Total valid votes 25,496100.0  
Labor–Progressive hold Swing –1.32
Canadian federal by-election, August 9, 1943
Death of Peter Bercovitch
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Labor–ProgressiveFred Rose 5,789 30.42
Bloc populairePaul Masse 5,639 29.63
LiberalLazarus Phillips 4,180 21.97 –66.57
Co-operative CommonwealthDavid Lewis 3,313 17.41
IndependentMoses Miller 109 0.57
Total valid votes 19,030100.0  
Labor–Progressive gain from Liberal Swing +0.40
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalPeter Bercovitch 18,191 88.54 +23.27
National LabourArthur Ainey 2,354 11.46
Total valid votes 20,545100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +5.90
Canadian federal by-election, 7 November 1938
On the death of Samuel William Jacobs, 21 August 1938
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPeter Bercovitch acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs 13,574 65.27 –3.36
CommunistFred Rose 3,385 16.28
Independent LiberalPaul-Emile Goyette 1,531 7.36
ReconstructionSalluste Lavery 1,362 6.55
ConservativeHerman Julien 945 4.54 –11.54
Total valid votes 20,797100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –9.82
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs 8,231 68.63 +18.53
ConservativeLouis Wolfe 1,928 16.08 –6.87
Independent ProgressiveMédéric Masson 1,294 10.79
Independent LiberalPaul-E. Parent 540 4.50 –15.78
Total valid votes 11,993100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +12.70
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs 5,048 50.10 –11.77
ConservativeLouis Wolfe 2,312 22.95
Independent LiberalPaul-Ernest Parent 2,043 20.28
SocialistMichael Buhay 672 6.67
Total valid votes 10,075100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –17.36
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalSamuel William Jacobs 7,934 61.87
Independent LiberalJoseph Alfred Bernier 4,889 38.13
Total valid votes 12,823100.0  
This riding was created from parts of George-Étienne Cartier, where Liberal Samuel William Jacobs was the incumbent.

See also

References

  1. Died in office, 21 August 1938
  2. Died in office, 26 December 1942
  3. Seat declared vacant on 30 January 1947, on Fred Rose's conviction for spying for Russia.
  4. Died in office, 15 March 1950

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