Richmond—Wolfe

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title: "Richmond—Wolfe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-federal-electoral-districts-of-quebec"] description: "Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada" topic_path: "general/former-federal-electoral-districts-of-quebec" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond—Wolfe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada ::

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Field	Value
name	Richmond—Wolfe
province	Quebec
fed-status	defunct
fed-created	1867
fed-abolished	1996
fed-election-first	1867
fed-election-last	1993
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Richmond—Wolfe (also known as Richmond) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997.

It was created as by the British North America Act, 1867.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and Drummond ridings.

Richmond riding was renamed "Richmond—Wolfe" in 1980.

In 1996, it was again abolished when it was redistributed into the new districts of Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

| FromYr = 1867 | ToYr = 1872 | Assembly# = 1 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = William Hoste Webb | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1872 | ToYr = 1874 | Assembly# = 2 | FromYr = 1874 | ToYr = 1874 | Assembly# = 3 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Henry Aylmer | RepLink = Henry Aylmer (Canadian politician) | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1874 | ToYr = 1878 | FromYr = 1878 | ToYr = 1882 | Assembly# = 4 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = William Bullock Ives | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 1882 | ToYr = 1887 | Assembly# = 5 | FromYr = 1887 | ToYr = 1891 | Assembly# = 6 | FromYr = 1891 | ToYr = 1896 | Assembly# = 7 | RepName = Clarence Chester Cleveland | RepTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1896 | ToYr = 1900 | Assembly# = 8 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Michael Thomas Stenson | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 5 | FromYr = 1900 | ToYr = 1904 | Assembly# = 9 | RepName = Edmund William Tobin | RepTerms# = 8 | FromYr = 1904 | ToYr = 1908 | Assembly# = 10 | FromYr = 1908 | ToYr = 1911 | Assembly# = 11 | FromYr = 1911 | ToYr = 1917 | Assembly# = 12 | FromYr = 1917 | ToYr = 1921 | Assembly# = 13 | CanParty = Laurier Liberals | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1921 | ToYr = 1925 | Assembly# = 14 | CanParty = Liberal | PartyTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1925 | ToYr = 1926 | Assembly# = 15 | FromYr = 1926 | ToYr = 1930 | Assembly# = 16 | FromYr = 1930 | ToYr = 1935 | Assembly# = 17 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = François-Joseph Laflèche | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1935 | ToYr = 1940 | Assembly# = 18 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = James Patrick Mullins | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 6 | FromYr = 1940 | ToYr = 1945 | Assembly# = 19 | FromYr = 1945 | ToYr = 1949 | Assembly# = 20 | FromYr = 1949 | ToYr = 1953 | Assembly# = 21 | RepName = Ernest-Omer Gingras | RepTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1953 | ToYr = 1957 | Assembly# = 22 | FromYr = 1957 | ToYr = 1958 | Assembly# = 23 | FromYr = 1958 | ToYr = 1962 | Assembly# = 24 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Florent Dubois | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1962 | ToYr = 1963 | Assembly# = 25 | CanParty = Social Credit | RepName = André Bernier | RepLink = André Bernier (politician) | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1963 | ToYr = 1965 | Assembly# = 26 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Patrick Tobin Asselin | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1965 | ToYr = 1968 | Assembly# = 27 | FromYr = 1968 | ToYr = 1971 | Assembly# = 28 | CanParty = Ralliement créditiste | RepName = Léonel Beaudoin | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 1 | #ByElections = 1 | FromYr = 1971 | ToYr = 1972 | CanParty = Social Credit | PartyTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1972 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 29 | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1979 | Assembly# = 30 | FromYr = 1979 | ToYr = 1980 | Assembly# = 31 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Alain Tardif | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1980 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 32 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Alain Tardif | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 33 | FromYr = 1988 | ToYr = 1993 | Assembly# = 34 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Yvon Côté | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1997 | Assembly# = 35 | CanParty = BQ | RepName = Gaston Leroux | RepLink = Gaston Leroux (politician) | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1

Election results

Richmond—Wolfe, 1867–1968

Richmond, 1968–1980

Richmond—Wolfe, 1980–1997

References

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