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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