Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)

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Maskinongé
National Assembly Member Jean Damphousse
Action democratique du Quebec
Electors, 2007 49,150 [1]
Electoral district created 1853
Region Mauricie

Maskinongé is a provincial electoral district that is located in the province of Quebec. Situated in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1853. It includes western portions of the city of Trois-Rivières as well as the cities or municipalties of Maskinonge, Yamachiche, Saint-Etienne-des-Gres, Louiseville, Saint-Paulin and Saint-Alexis-des-Monts

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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (1867-1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

  Name Assignments [1] Party Election [2] Popular Vote [3]
     Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers [4] Government MLA Conservative 1867 54%
     Moïse Houde Official Opposition MLA Liberal 1871 56%
     Moïse Houde [5] Government MLA (until 1878)
Official Opposition MLA (after 1878)
Conservative 1875 59%
     Édouard Caron Official Opposition MLA (until 1879)
Government MLA (after 1879)
Conservative 1878 51%
     Édouard Caron Government MLA Conservative 1881 72%
     Édouard Caron [6] Government MLA (until 1887)
Official Opposition MLA (after 1887)
Conservative 1886 49%
     Joseph-Hormisdas Legris [7] Government MLA Parti National 1888 51%
     Joseph Lessard [8] Official Opposition MLA (until 1891)
Government MLA (after 1891)
Conservative 1890 51%
     Hector Caron Official Opposition MLA Liberal 1892 51%
     Hector Caron Government MLA Liberal 1897 60%
     Hector Caron [9] Government MLA Liberal 1900 unopposed
     Georges Lafontaine Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1904 52%
     Georges Lafontaine Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1904 55%
     Georges Lafontaine [10] Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1908 52%
     Rodolphe Tourville Government MLA Liberal 1912 52%
     Rodolphe Tourville Government MLA Liberal 1916 56%
     Rodolphe Tourville Government MLA Liberal 1919 67%
     Rodolphe Tourville Government MLA Liberal 1923 55%
     Joseph-William Gagnon [11] Government MLA Liberal 1927 60%
     Louis-Joseph Thisdel Government MLA Liberal 1930 56%
     Louis-Joseph Thisdel Government MLA Liberal 1931 61%
     Louis-Joseph Thisdel [12] Government MLA Liberal 1935 64%
     Joseph-Napoléon Caron Government MLA Union Nationale 1936 55%
     Louis-Joseph Thisdel [13] Cabinet Member Liberal 1939 58%
     Germain Caron Government MLA Union Nationale 1944 55%
     Germain Caron Government MLA Union Nationale 1948 56%
     Germain Caron Government MLA Union Nationale 1952 54%
     Germain Caron Government MLA
Deputy Speaker (after 1958)
Government House Whip (after 1959)
Union Nationale 1956 57%
     Germain Caron Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1960 54%
     Germain Caron [14] Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1962 54%
     Rémi Paul Speaker (until 1968)
Cabinet Member (after 1968)
Government House Leader (after 1969)
Union Nationale 1966 53%
     Rémi Paul [15] Official Opposition House Leader Union Nationale 1970 43%
     Yvon Picotte Government MNA Liberal 1973 49%
     Yvon Picotte Official Opposition MNA Liberal 1976 36%
     Yvon Picotte Official Opposition MNA Liberal 1981 47%
     Yvon Picotte Cabinet Member Liberal 1985 62%
     Yvon Picotte Cabinet Member Liberal 1989 64%
     Rémy Désilets Government MNA Parti Québécois 1994 48%
     Rémy Désilets [16] Government MNA
Parliamentary Secretary (after 2002)
Parti Québécois 1998 48%
     Francine Gaudet [17] Parliamentary Secretary Liberal 2003 38%
     Jean Damphousse Official Opposition MNA Action démocratique du Québec 2007 40%

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
  3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Maskinongé
  4. ^ Desaulniers lost the 1871 election.
  5. ^ Houde lost the 1878 election.
  6. ^ The election was cancelled in 1887. Édouard Caron lost the 1888 by-election.
  7. ^ The election was cancelled in 1890. Legris lost the 1890 election.
  8. ^ The election was cancelled in 1892. Lessard lost the 1892 election.
  9. ^ Hector Caron resigned to become superintendent in 1903.
  10. ^ Lafontaine lost the 1912 election.
  11. ^ Gagnon died in office in 1929.
  12. ^ Thisdel lost the 1936 election.
  13. ^ Thisdel died in office in 1943.
  14. ^ Germain Caron died in office in 1966.
  15. ^ Paul lost the 1973 election.
  16. ^ Désilets lost the 2003 election.
  17. ^ Gaudet lost the 2007 election.

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