St. James (federal electoral district)

St. James

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1952
First contested	1896
Last contested	1949

St. James was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1952.

The riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of Montreal. In 1914, it was expanded to include Lafontaine Ward of the city of Montreal. After 1924, it was defined with reference to streets in Montreal.

In 1947, the riding was abolished when it was redistributed into a new St. James riding, and the ridings of Lafontaine, Laurier, Papineau and St. Mary.

The new St. James electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Jacques ridings.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

By-election: On Mr. Desmarais being appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, 25 June 1901

By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1902

By-election: On Mr. Lapointe's death, 7 February 1920

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926

By-election: On Mr. Rinfret's death, 12 July 1939

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

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1892-1947
• 1947-1952