Saint-Antoine—Westmount

Saint-Antoine—Westmount

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

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
	Conservative	Robert Smeaton White	12,905
	Liberal	Shirley G. Dixon	7,222
	Reconstruction	Albert A. Chesterfield	1,799

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Douglas Abbott	14,879
	National Government	Robert Smeaton White	8,972

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Douglas Abbott	13,648
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Basil Price	13,588
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Cyril Flanagan	1,982
	Independent	Charles Stuart Cotton Wisdom	200

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Douglas Abbott	21,399
	Progressive Conservative	James Arthur De Lalanne	11,299

Saint-Antoine—Westmount, 1953–1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Douglas Abbott	14,441
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	9,863
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gisèle Bergeron	504
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Loder	253
	Labor–Progressive	Louise Joslyn Harvey	216

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
	Liberal	George Carlyle Marler	13,960
	Progressive Conservative	Egan Chambers	9,161
	Labor–Progressive	Louise Harvey	224
	Independent	Joseph Loader	133

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Carlyle Marler	14,485
	Progressive Conservative	A. Ross Webster	11,802

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	A. Ross Webster	15,882
	Liberal	George Carlyle Marler	12,941
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Amédée Jasmin	684
	Social Credit	J.-G.-Henri Naud	192

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Drury	13,973
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Kerrigan	10,869
	New Democratic	J. Edgar Assels	1,346
	Social Credit	Del Hushley	702

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Drury	16,635
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Kerrigan	7,223
	New Democratic	Julien Major	2,227
	Social Credit	Jacques Foster	1,338

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Drury	13,378
	Progressive Conservative	G. B. Alex. Hutchison	6,343
	New Democratic	Jeff Adams	3,241
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Vallée	542

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• St. Antoine—Westmount (1933-1947)
• St. Antoine—Westmount (1947-1952)
• Saint-Antoine—Westmount (1952-1966)