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Champlain (Province of Canada electoral district)

Coordinates: 46°46′44″N 73°01′34″W / 46.779°N 73.026°W / 46.779; -73.026
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Champlain
Province of Canada electoral district
Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
District created1841
District abolished1867
First contested1841
Last contested1867

Under the Union regime (1841-1867), the district of Champlain was re-established. It was located in the current Mauricie area and was located northeast of the district of Saint-Maurice on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1]

Champlain was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

Members for Champlain (1841-1867)

  Name Party Election [2]
  René-Joseph Kimber [3]Radical Reformer1841
  Henry JudahRadical Reformer1843
  Louis GuilletRadical Reformer1844
  Louis Guillet [4]Moderate Reformer1848
  Thomas MarchildonRadical Reformer1851
  Thomas Marchildon [5]Parti rouge1854
  Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [6]Parti bleu1858
  John Jones RossParti bleu1861
  John Jones RossParti bleu1863

Footnotes

  1. ^ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec[permanent dead link].
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. ^ Kimber resigned in 1843 to become a Legislative Councillor.
  4. ^ Guillet lost the 1851 election.
  5. ^ Guillet lost the 1858 election.
  6. ^ Turcotte was Speaker of the Assembly in 1862 and 1863. He successfully ran in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1863.

See also

46°46′44″N 73°01′34″W / 46.779°N 73.026°W / 46.779; -73.026