Trois-Rivières (Province of Canada)

Trois-Rivières
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 1865

Under the Union regime (1841-1867), the district of Trois-Rivières was re-established. Its boundaries roughly covered the pre-merger city of Trois-Rivières. [1]

Trois-Rivières was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

Members for Trois-Rivières (1841-1867)

  Name Party Election [2]
     Charles Richard Ogden [3] Tory Party 1841
     Edward Greive [4] Tory Party 1844
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [5] Moderate Reformer 1845
     None[6] N/A 1848
     Antoine Polette Moderate Reformer 1848
     Antoine Polette Moderate Reformer 1851
     Antoine Polette Parti bleu 1854
     William McDonell Dawson[7] Tory Party 1858
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte Parti bleu 1861
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [8] Parti bleu 1863
     Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville Parti bleu 1865

Footnotes

  1. ^ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. ^ Ogden was a Cabinet Member in 1841 and 1842.
  4. ^ Greive died in office in 1845.
  5. ^ Turcotte ran in the district of St. Maurice in 1848 and lost.
  6. ^ The election was not held.
  7. ^ In 1861, Dawson was defeated in the district of Trois-Rivières, but was election in the district of Ottawa.
  8. ^ Turcotte died in office in 1864.

See also