Saint-Antoine—Westmount
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1967
First contested1935
Last contested1965

St. Antoine—Westmount and Saint-Antoine—Westmount were federal electoral districts in Quebec, Canada, that were represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

"St. Antoine—Westmount" riding was created in 1933 from parts of St. Antoine riding. It was abolished in 1952 when it was replaced by "Saint-Antoine—Westmount" riding.

Saint-Antoine—Westmount was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Saint-Henri and Westmount ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
St. Antoine—Westmount
Riding created from St. Antoine
18th  1935–1940     Robert Smeaton White Conservative
19th  1940–1945     Douglas Abbott Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
Saint-Antoine—Westmount
22nd  1953–1954     Douglas Abbott Liberal
 1954–1957 George Carlyle Marler
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     A. Ross Webster Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Charles Drury Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Saint-Henri and Westmount

Election results

St. Antoine—Westmount, 1935–1953

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Smeaton White12,905
LiberalShirley G. Dixon7,222
ReconstructionAlbert A. Chesterfield1,799
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDouglas Abbott14,879
National GovernmentRobert Smeaton White8,972
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDouglas Abbott13,648
Progressive ConservativeCharles Basil Price13,588
Co-operative CommonwealthJames Cyril Flanagan1,982
IndependentCharles Stuart Cotton Wisdom200
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDouglas Abbott21,399
Progressive ConservativeJames Arthur De Lalanne11,299

Saint-Antoine—Westmount, 1953–1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDouglas Abbott14,441
Progressive ConservativeEgan Chambers9,863
Co-operative CommonwealthGisèle Bergeron504
Independent LiberalJoseph Loder253
Labor–ProgressiveLouise Joslyn Harvey216

By-election: on Mr. Abbott's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 1 July 1954

By-election on 8 November 1954
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorge Carlyle Marler13,960
Progressive ConservativeEgan Chambers9,161
Labor–ProgressiveLouise Harvey224
IndependentJoseph Loader133
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGeorge Carlyle Marler14,485
Progressive ConservativeA. Ross Webster11,802
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeA. Ross Webster15,882
LiberalGeorge Carlyle Marler12,941
Co-operative CommonwealthAmédée Jasmin684
Social CreditJ.-G.-Henri Naud192
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Drury13,973
Progressive ConservativePeter Kerrigan10,869
New DemocraticJ. Edgar Assels1,346
Social CreditDel Hushley702
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Drury16,635
Progressive ConservativePeter Kerrigan7,223
New DemocraticJulien Major2,227
Social CreditJacques Foster1,338
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Drury13,378
Progressive ConservativeG. B. Alex. Hutchison6,343
New DemocraticJeff Adams3,241
Ralliement créditisteLucien Vallée542

See also

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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