Saint-Maurice (Province of Canada)

Saint-Maurice
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)

  Name Party Election [2]
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [3]Moderate Reformer1841
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [4]Moderate Reformer1842
     François Lesieur DesaulniersModerate Reformer1844
     Louis-Joseph Papineau [5]Radical Reformer1848
     Joseph-Édouard TurcotteModerate Reformer1851
     Louis-Léon Lesieur DesaulniersParti bleu1854
     Louis-Léon Lesieur DesaulniersParti bleu1858
     Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers [6]Parti bleu1861
     Charles Gérin-LajoieParti rouge1863

Footnotes

  1. History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  2. By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. Turcotte resigned in 1842.
  4. Turcotte lost the 1844 election.
  5. Papineau lost the 1851 election.
  6. Desaulniers lost the 1863 election.

See also

Coordinates: 47°33′6.6″N 73°25′7.9″W / 47.551833°N 73.418861°W / 47.551833; -73.418861

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