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{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada}}
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| fed-election-last   = 1993
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'''Richmond—Wolfe''' (also known as '''Richmond''') was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|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|''British North America Act'', 1867]].

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and [[Drummond (federal electoral district)|Drummond]] [[Riding (division)|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 [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:

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

==Election results==
===Richmond—Wolfe, 1867–1968===
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1872 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}

{{CanElec1-by|4 December 1874|On Mr. Aylmer being unseated on petition, 24 October 1874}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Henry Aylmer (Canadian politician)|Henry Aylmer]]|978}}
{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|Henry-R. Hanning|592}}
{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|L.C. Bélanger|414}}
{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|Mr. Scarry|19}}
{{end}}
{{1878 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1882 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1887 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1891 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1896 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1900 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1904 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1908 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1911 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1917 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1921 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1925 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1926 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1930 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1935 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1940 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1945 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1949 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1953 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1957 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1958 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1962 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1963 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1965 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}

===Richmond, 1968–1980===
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Richmond}}
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Richmond}}
{{1974 Canadian federal election/Richmond}}
{{1979 Canadian federal election/Richmond}}

===Richmond—Wolfe, 1980–1997===
{{1980 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1984 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
Riding history from the [[Library of Parliament]]:
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=613&Include= Richmond-Wolfe 1867-1966]
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=610 Richmond 1966-1980]
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=950&Include= Richmond-Wolfe 1980-1996]

{{Ridings in Quebec}}
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[[Category:Former federal electoral districts of Quebec]]