Saint-Maurice (provincial electoral district)

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Saint-Maurice
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Claude Pinard
PQ
District created 1792
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007) 36,292 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Saint-Maurice is a provincial electoral district located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Mauricie region, the riding was created in 1792. It includes portions of the city of Shawinigan as well as the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and Saint-Boniface.

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[edit] Members of the Parliament of Lower Canada (1792-1838)

[edit] Members of the Parliament of the Province of Canada (1841-1866)

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (1867-1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

  Name Assignments [1] Party Election [2] Popular Vote [3]
     Abraham Lesieur Desaulniers Government MLA Conservative 1867 67%
     Elzéar Gérin Government MLA Conservative 1871 56%
     Élie Lacerte Government MLA (until 1878)
Official Opposition MLA (after 1878)
Conservative 1875 52%
     François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers Official Opposition MLA (until 1879)
Government MLA (after 1879)
Conservative 1878 59%
     François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers Government MLA Conservative 1881 54%
     Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis Government MLA (until 1887)
Official Opposition MLA (after 1887)
Conservative 1886 57%
     Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis Official Opposition MLA (until 1891)
Government MLA (after 1891)
Conservative 1890 unopposed
     Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis Government MLA Conservative 1892 unopposed
     Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis [4] Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1897 unopposed
     Louis-Philippe Fiset Government MLA Liberal 1900 53%
     Louis-Philippe Fiset Government MLA Liberal 1904 unopposed
     Georges-Isidore Delisle Government MLA Liberal 1908 52%
     Georges-Isidore Delisle Government MLA Liberal 1912 53%
     Georges-Isidore Delisle Government MLA Liberal 1916 unopposed
     Georges-Isidore Delisle [5] Government MLA Liberal 1919 60%
     Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard Government MLA Liberal 1920 51%
     Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard [6] Government MLA Liberal 1923 59%
     Alphonse-Edgar Guillemette [7] Government MLA Liberal 1924 59%
     Joseph-Auguste Frigon Government MLA Liberal 1927 55%
     Joseph-Auguste Frigon [8] Government MLA Liberal 1931 57%
     Marc Trudel Opposition MLA Action libérale nationale 1935 60%
     Marc Trudel [9] Government MLA
Deputy Speaker
Union Nationale 1936 65%
     Polydore Beaulac Government MLA Liberal 1939 47%
     Marc Trudel Cabinet Member Union Nationale 1944 52%
     Marc Trudel [10] Cabinet Member Union Nationale 1948 53%
     René Hamel Official Opposition MLA Liberal 1952 58%
     René Hamel Official Opposition MLA Liberal 1956 51%
     René Hamel Cabinet Member Liberal 1960 53%
     René Hamel [11] Cabinet Member Liberal 1962 56%
     Jean-Guy Trépanier [12] Government MLA Liberal 1965 85%
     Philippe Demers Government MLA Union Nationale 1966 47%
     Philippe Demers [13] Official Opposition MNA Union Nationale 1970 37%
     Marcel Bérard [14] Government MNA Liberal 1973 34%
     Yves Duhaime Cabinet Member Parti Québécois 1976 46%
     Yves Duhaime Cabinet Member Parti Québécois 1981 57%
     Yvon Lemire Government MNA Liberal 1985 55%
     Yvon Lemire [15] Government MNA Liberal 1989 51%
     Claude Pinard Government MNA
Deputy Speaker (after 1996)
Parti Québécois 1994 47%
     Claude Pinard Government MNA
Deputy Speaker (until 2002)
Parti Québécois 1998 50%
     Claude Pinard [16] Official Opposition MNA Parti Québécois 2003 35%
     Robert Deschamps Official Opposition MNA Action démocratique du Québec 2007 38%
     Claude Pinard Official Opposition MNA Parti Québécois 2008 41%

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
  3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Saint-Maurice
  4. ^ Duplessis lost the 1900 election.
  5. ^ Delisle died in office in 1920.
  6. ^ Ricard died in office in 1924.
  7. ^ Guillemette lost the 1927 election.
  8. ^ Frigon lost the 1935 election.
  9. ^ Trudel lost the 1939 election.
  10. ^ Trudel lost the 1952 election.
  11. ^ Hamel resigned to become judge in 1964.
  12. ^ Trépanier lost the 1966 election.
  13. ^ Demers lost the 1973 election.
  14. ^ Bérard lost the 1976 election.
  15. ^ Lemire lost the 1994 election.
  16. ^ Pinard lost the 2007 election.

[edit] Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Claude Pinard 8,769 41.41
     Liberal Celine Trepanier 8,138 38.43
     Action démocratique (x)Robert Deschamps 3,119 14.73
     Green Party Stephane Normandin 447 2.11
     Québec solidaire Allison Molesworth 429 2.03
     Independent Yves Demers 276 1.30


2007 Quebec provincial election : Saint-Maurice edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Action démocratique Robert Deschamps 9,788 37.72
     Parti Québécois (x)Claude Pinard 8,494 32.73
     Liberal France Beaulieu 6,487 25.00
     Québec Solidaire Marianne Mathis 796 3.07
     Independent Francis Mondou 387 1.49
Total valid votes 25,952 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 385
Turnout 26,337 72.57
Electors on the lists 36,292

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

Coordinates: 46°30′22″N 72°44′38″W / 46.506°N 72.744°W / 46.506; -72.744

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