Trois-Rivières (Lower Canada)

Trois-Rivières
Lower Canada electoral district
Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
District created 1792
District abolished 1838
First contested 1792
Last contested 1834

Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the district of Trois-Rivières was established. Its boundaries roughly covered the pre-merger city of Trois-Rivières.[1]

Trois-Rivières was represented simultaneously by two Members at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.

Members for Trois-Rivières (1792-1838)

  Name Party Election [2]
  John Lees [3]Tory Party1792
  John LeesTory Party1796
  John LeesTory Party1800
  John LeesTory Party1804
  Ezekiel Hart [4]Tory Party1807
  Ezekiel Hart [5]Tory Party1808
  Mathew BellTory Party1809
  Mathew BellTory Party1810
  Charles Richard OgdenTory Party1814
  Charles Richard Ogden [6]Tory Party1816
  Charles Richard OgdenTory PartySpring 1820
  Charles Richard Ogden [7]Tory PartySummer 1820
  Étienne Ranvoyzé [8]Parti Canadien1824
  Charles Richard OgdenTory Party1826
  Charles Richard OgdenTory Party1827
  Charles Richard Ogden [9]Tory Party1830
  Jean DesfossésParti Patriote1833
  Edward BarnardParti Patriote1834
  NamePartyElection
  Nicolas Saint-MartinParti Canadien1792
  Pierre-Amable de Bonne [10]Tory Party1796
  Pierre-Amable de BonneTory Party1800
  Louis-Charles Foucher [11]Tory Party1804
  Joseph BadeauxTory Party1808
  Joseph Badeaux [12]Tory Party1809
  Thomas CoffinTory Party1810
  Amable BerthelotParti Canadien1814
  Pierre VézinaTory Party1816
  Marie-Joseph Godefroy de TonnancourParti CanadienSpring 1820
  Joseph BadeauxTory PartySummer 1820
  Amable Berthelot [13]Parti Canadien1824
  Pierre-Benjamin DumoulinParti Canadien1827
  Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin [14]Parti Canadien1830
  René-Joseph KimberParti Patriote1832
  René-Joseph KimberParti Patriote1834

Footnotes

  1. ↑ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  2. ↑ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. ↑ Lees was Member of the Executive Council from 1794 until his death in 1804.
  4. ↑ Hart was prevented from fulfilling his duties because of his Jewish faith.
  5. ↑ Hart was again prevented from taking his seat because of his Jewish background.
  6. ↑ In 1816, Ogden was convicted of defamation and sent to prison by political opponent and Judge Pierre-Stanislas Bédard.
  7. ↑ Ogden lost the 1824 election.
  8. ↑ Ranvoyzé died in office in 1826.
  9. ↑ Ogden resigned in 1833 to become a Cabinet Member.
  10. ↑ de Bonne was Member of the Executive Council from 1794 until his death in 1816.
  11. ↑ Foucher lost the 1808 election.
  12. ↑ Badeaux lost the 1810 election.
  13. ↑ In 1827, Berthelot was defeated in the district of Uptown Quebec.
  14. ↑ Dumoulin resigned in 1832.

See also

Coordinates: 46°18′N 72°36′W / 46.3°N 72.6°W / 46.3; -72.6

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.