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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