Saint Maurice (Province of Canada electoral district)
 Province of Canada electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada |
| District created | 1841 |
| District abolished | 1867 |
| First contested | 1841 |
| Last contested | 1863 |
Under the Union regime (1841-1867), the district of Saint-Maurice was re-established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Maskinongé was created in 1853.[1]
Saint-Maurice was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
Members for Saint-Maurice (1841-1867)
Footnotes
- ^ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec[permanent dead link].
- ^ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
- ^ Turcotte resigned in 1842.
- ^ Turcotte lost the 1844 election.
- ^ Papineau lost the 1851 election.
- ^ Desaulniers lost the 1863 election.
See also
- History of Canada
- History of Quebec
- List of elections in the Province of Canada
- Mauricie
- Politics of Canada
- Politics of Quebec
- Saint-Maurice—Champlain Federal Electoral District
- Saint-Maurice (Quebec provincial electoral district)
- Saint-Maurice (electoral district in Lower Canada)
- Shawinigan