Trois-Rivières (Lower Canada)
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 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)
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 background.
- ↑ 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.
See also
- History of Canada
- History of Quebec
- Mauricie
- Politics of Canada
- Politics of Quebec
- Trois-Rivières
- Trois-Rivières Electoral District (Province of Canada - 1841-1867)
- Trois-Rivières Federal Electoral District (since 1867)
- Trois-Rivières Provincial Electoral District (since 1867)
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