Trois-Rivières (Lower Canada)
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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 simultaneoulsy by two Members at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
[edit] Members for Trois-Rivières (1792-1838)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
- ^ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
- ^ Lees was Member of the Executive Council from 1794 until his death in 1804.
- ^ Hart was prevented from fulfilling his duties because of his Jewish faith.
- ^ Hart was again prevented from taking his seat because of his Jewish backgound.
- ^ In 1816, Ogden was convicted of defamation and sent to prison by political opponent and Judge Pierre-Stanislas Bédard.
- ^ Ogden lost the 1824 election.
- ^ Ranvoyzé died in office in 1826.
- ^ Ogden resigned in 1833 to become a Cabinet Member.
- ^ de Bonne was Member of the Executive Council from 1794 until his death in 1816.
- ^ Foucher lost the 1808 election.
- ^ Badeaux lost the 1810 election.
- ^ In 1827, Berthelot was defeated in the district of Uptown Quebec.
- ^ Dumoulin resigned in 1832.
