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 Party1841
  Edward Greive [4]Tory Party1844
  Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [5]Moderate Reformer1845
  None[6]N/A1848
  Antoine PoletteModerate Reformer1848
  Antoine PoletteModerate Reformer1851
  Antoine PoletteParti bleu1854
  William McDonell Dawson[7]Tory Party1858
  Joseph-Édouard TurcotteParti bleu1861
  Joseph-Édouard Turcotte [8]Parti bleu1863
  Louis-Charles Boucher de NivervilleParti bleu1865

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

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