Prescott (electoral district)

Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prescott.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry—Prescott riding.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Hagar	1,205
	Unknown	(Unknown) Higginson	130

Canadian federal election, 1872: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Hagar	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Hagar	665
	Unknown	T. White, Jr.	659
	Unknown	J. Boyd	292

Canadian federal election, 1878: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Félix Routhier	875
	Liberal	Albert Hagar	870
	Unknown	Angus Urquhart	661

Canadian federal election, 1882: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Simon Labrosse	1,322
	Conservative	Félix Routhier	1,021

Canadian federal election, 1887: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Simon Labrosse	1,414
	Conservative	Félix Routhier	1,223

Canadian federal election, 1891: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isidore Proulx	1,269
	Conservative	Félix Routhier	608
	Unknown	E.A. Johnson	532
	Unknown	David Bertrand	335

By-election: On Mr. Proulx being unseated, 15 December 1891: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isidore Proulx	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isidore Proulx	1,334
	Patrons of Industry	Henry Joseph Cloran	996
	Conservative	Dosithé Sabourin	902

Canadian federal election, 1900: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isidore Proulx	1,596
	Liberal	Henry Joseph Cloran	1,177
	Conservative	Dosithé Sabourin	1,049

Canadian federal election, 1904: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Proulx	2,388
	Conservative	L. Charbonneau	1,323

Canadian federal election, 1908: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Proulx	2,527
	Independent	Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel	1,070

Canadian federal election, 1911: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Proulx	2,532
	Nationalist Conservative	Eugène-Grégoire Quesnel	1,220

Canadian federal election, 1917: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Edmond Proulx	3,743
	Government	Andrew Richard Metcalfe	1,439

Canadian federal election, 1921: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Joseph Binette	3,661
	Independent Liberal	Edmond Proulx	2,764
	Liberal	Amédée Sabourin	2,359

Canadian federal election, 1925: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gustave Évanturel	4,198
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Napoléon Coupal	2,519
	Conservative	Hiram Horton Kirby	2,387

Canadian federal election, 1926: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Louis-Mathias Auger	3,846
	Liberal	Gustave Évanturel	3,134
	Conservative	Hiram Horton Kirby	2,504
	Independent	Raoul Labrosse	635

By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	5,152
	Independent Liberal	Gustave Gustave Évanturel	3,562

Canadian federal election, 1930: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	6,572
	Conservative	Edmund Alexander Mooney	2,326

Canadian federal election, 1935: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	6,034
	Independent Liberal	Louis-Mathias Auger	3,620
	Conservative	Joseph Saint-Denis	1,614

Canadian federal election, 1940: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	6,431
	Independent Liberal	Léandre Maisonneuve	2,028
	National Government	Parnell Tierney	1,819

Canadian federal election, 1945: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	6,623
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Pierre Cécile	1,753
	Bloc populaire	Léandre Maisonneuve	1,500
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bernard Dupuis	408

Canadian federal election, 1949: Prescott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Raymond Bruneau	5,380
	Liberal	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	4,148
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Saint-Denis	1,928