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