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'''Bellechasse''' was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Quebec]], Canada. It was represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1867, until the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]], when it became [[Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet]]. After redistribution prior to the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]], that riding became [[Lévis—Bellechasse]]. Currently, the only riding which includes the name "Bellechasse" is [[Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis]].

==Description==
In 1867, Bellechasse was defined to consist of the Parishes of St. Valier, Saint Raphael, Saint Michel, Beaumont, Saint Charles, Saint Gervais, Saint Lazare, the south-west part of the Township of Armagh, the north-east part of the Township of Buckland, and the Townships of Mailloux, Roux, Bellechasse and Daaquam.

In 1882, the north-eastern part of the Township of Armagh in the County of Bellechasse, and the north-east part of the township of Mailloux were detached from Bellechasse and annexed to [[Montmagny (federal electoral district)|Montmagny]].

In 1924, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the County of Bellechasse, except for the seigneuries of Lauzon and Joliette in the municipality of Honfleur, and the townships of Langevin and Ware in the municipality of Sainte-Sabine.

In 1933, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse (except the seigniories of Lauzon and Joliette, and the township of Langevin et Ware), the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St-Henri-de-Lauzon, St-Jean-Chrysostôme, and St-Henri Village in the county of Lévis, the parish municipality of St-Luc-de-Dijon in the county of Dorchester, and  the municipalities of Berthier and St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1947, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the county of Bellechasse, the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri in the county of Lévis, the municipality of St. Luc-de-Dijon the county of Dorchester, and the municipalities of Berthier and St. François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in the county of Montmagny.

In 1966, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the Town of Montmagny, the County of Bellechasse, parts of the County of Dorchester, and the County of Montmagny (except the municipality of [[Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec|Cap-Saint-Ignace]]).

In 1976, Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the City of Montmagny, the Towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet and Saint-Pamphile, the County of Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (except the parish municipality of Sainte-Louise and the municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets), parts of the Counties of Bellechasse and Dorchester.

In 1987,  Bellechasse was re-defined to consist of the towns of Lac-Etchemin, L'Islet, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the counties of Bellechasse and Montmagny, the County of L'Islet (excluding the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Louise), the Municipality of Saint-Rochdes-Aulnaies, and parts of the County of Dorchester.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996, and was incorporated into
[[Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet]].

==Members of Parliament==
This riding elected the following [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:

{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|Bellechasse}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1867
| ToYr = 1870
| Assembly# = 1
| CanParty = Conservative (historical)
| RepName = Louis-Napoléon Casault
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1870
| ToYr = 1872
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Télesphore Fournier
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1872
| ToYr = 1873
| Assembly# = 2
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1873
| ToYr = 1874
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1874
| ToYr = 1875
| Assembly# = 3
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1875
| ToYr = 1878
| CanParty = Conservative (historical)
| RepName = Joseph-Goderic Blanchet
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1878
| ToYr = 1881
| Assembly# = 4
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Achille Larue
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1881
| ToYr = 1882
| CanParty = Conservative (historical)
| RepName = Guillaume Amyot
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1882
| ToYr = 1887
| Assembly# = 5
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1887
| ToYr = 1891
| Assembly# = 6
| CanParty = Nationalist
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1891
| ToYr = 1896
| Assembly# = 7
| CanParty = [[Nationalist Conservative]]
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1896
| ToYr = 1900
| Assembly# = 8
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Onésiphore-Ernest Talbot
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1900
| ToYr = 1904
| Assembly# = 9
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1904
| ToYr = 1908
| Assembly# = 10
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1908
| ToYr = 1911
| Assembly# = 11
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1911
| ToYr = 1917
| Assembly# = 12
| CanParty = Conservative (historical)
| RepName = Joseph-Octave Lavallée
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1917
| ToYr = 1921
| Assembly# = 13
| CanParty = Laurier Liberals
| RepName = Charles-Alphonse Fournier
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1921
| ToYr = 1925
| Assembly# = 14
| CanParty = Liberal
| PartyTerms# = 11
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1925
| ToYr = 1926
| Assembly# = 15
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1926
| ToYr = 1930
| Assembly# = 16
| RepName = Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger
| RepTerms# = 3
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1930
| ToYr = 1935
| Assembly# = 17
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1935
| ToYr = 1940
| Assembly# = 18
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1940
| ToYr = 1945
| Assembly# = 19
| RepName = Louis-Philippe Picard
| RepTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1945
| ToYr = 1949
| Assembly# = 20
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1949
| ToYr = 1953
| Assembly# = 21
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1953
| ToYr = 1955
| Assembly# = 22
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1955
| ToYr = 1957
| RepName = Ovide Laflamme
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1957
| ToYr = 1958
| Assembly# = 23
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1958
| ToYr = 1962
| Assembly# = 24
| CanParty = PC
| RepName = Noël Dorion
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1962
| ToYr = 1963
| Assembly# = 25
| CanParty = Social Credit
| RepName = Bernard Dumont
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1963
| ToYr = 1965
| Assembly# = 26
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Herman Laverdière
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1965
| ToYr = 1968
| Assembly# = 27
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1968
| ToYr = 1971
| Assembly# = 28
| CanParty = Ralliement créditiste
| RepName = Adrien Lambert
| RepTerms# = 5
| PartyTerms# = 1
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1971
| ToYr = 1972
| CanParty = Social Credit
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1972
| ToYr = 1974
| Assembly# = 29
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1974
| ToYr = 1979
| Assembly# = 30
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1979
| ToYr = 1980
| Assembly# = 31
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1980
| ToYr = 1984
| Assembly# = 32
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Alain Garant
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1984
| ToYr = 1988
| Assembly# = 33
| CanParty = PC
| RepName = Pierre Blais
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1988
| ToYr = 1993
| Assembly# = 34
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1993
| ToYr = 1997
| Assembly# = 35
| CanParty = BQ
| RepName = François Langlois
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet]]}}
{{CanMP end}}

==Election results==
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{CanElec1-by|27 May 1870|Casault appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Télesphore Fournier]]|acclaimed}}
{{end}}
{{1872 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{CanElec1-by|27 November 1873|Fournier nominated [[Minister of Inland Revenue (Canada)|Minister of Inland Revenue]]}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Télesphore Fournier]]|acclaimed}}
{{end}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{CanElec1-by|23 November 1875|Fournier appointed to the Supreme Court Bench}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|[[Joseph Goderic Blanchet]]|698}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Achille Larue]]|443}}
{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|Pierre Boutin|359}}
{{end}}
{{1878 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{CanElec1-by|19 March 1881|Election declared void}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|[[Guillaume Amyot]]|1,066}}
{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|Mr. Bilodeau|1,035}}
{{end}}
{{1882 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1887 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1891 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1896 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1900 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1904 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1908 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1911 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1917 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1921 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1925 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1926 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1930 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1935 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1940 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1945 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1949 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1953 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{CanElec1-by|26 September 1955|Picard's resignation}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Ovide Laflamme]]|5,945}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Jules Pare|5,383}}
{{end}}
{{1957 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1958 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1962 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1963 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1965 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1974 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1979 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1980 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1984 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Bellechasse}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=44 Bellechasse electoral results]

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