Champlain (Province of Canada)

For homonymy, see Champlain.
Champlain
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 1867

Under the Union regime (1841-1867), the district of Champlain was re-established. It was located in the current Mauricie area and was located northeast of the district of Saint-Maurice on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1]

Champlain was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

Members for Champlain (1841-1867)

  Name Party Election [2]
     René-Joseph Kimber [3]Radical Reformer1841
     Henry JudahRadical Reformer1843
     Louis GuilletRadical Reformer1844
     Louis Guillet [4]Moderate Reformer1848
     Thomas MarchildonRadical Reformer1851
     Thomas Marchildon [5]Parti rouge1854
     Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [6]Parti bleu1858
     John Jones RossParti bleu1861
     John Jones RossParti bleu1863

Footnotes

  1. ↑ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  2. ↑ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. ↑ Kimber resigned in 1843 to become a Legislative Councillor.
  4. ↑ Guillet lost the 1851 election.
  5. ↑ Guillet lost the 1858 election.
  6. ↑ Turcotte was Speaker of the Assembly in 1862 and 1863. He successfully ran in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1863.

See also

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