Saint-Maurice (Lower Canada)

Saint-Maurice
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 1836

Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the district of Saint-Maurice was established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Champlain was created in 1829.[1]

Saint-Maurice was represented simultaneously by two Members at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.

Members for Saint-Maurice (1792-1838)

  Name Party Election [2]
     Thomas CoffinTory Party1792
     Thomas CoffinTory Party1796
     Thomas CoffinTory Party1800
     David MonroTory Party1804
     Thomas Coffin [3]Tory Party1808
     Louis GugyTory Party1809
     François CaronParti Canadien1810
     Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal [4]Parti Canadien1814
     Louis Gugy [5]Tory Party1816
     Pierre BureauParti Canadien1819
     Pierre BureauParti CanadienSpring 1820
     Pierre BureauParti CanadienSummer 1820
     Pierre BureauParti Canadien1824
     Pierre BureauParti Canadien1827
     Pierre BureauParti Canadien1830
     Pierre BureauParti Patriote1834
     Alexis Bareil, dit LajoieParti Patriote1836
  NamePartyElection
     Augustin Rivard-DufresneParti Canadien1792
     Nicholas MontourTory Party1796
     Mathew BellTory Party1800
     Michel CaronParti Canadien1804
     Michel CaronParti Canadien1808
     Michel CaronParti Canadien1809
     Michel CaronParti Canadien1810
     Étienne Le BlancParti Canadien1814
     Étienne MayrandTory Party1816
     Louis PicotteParti CanadienSpring 1820
     Louis PicotteParti CanadienSummer 1820
     Charles CaronParti Canadien1824
     Charles Caron [6]Parti Canadien1827
     Valère GuilletParti Canadien1830
     Valère GuilletParti Patriote1834
     François Lesieur DesaulniersParti Patriote1836

Footnotes

  1. ↑ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
  2. ↑ By-elections are indicated with Italic font.
  3. ↑ Coffin dropped from the 1809 election.
  4. ↑ Vallières lost the 1816 election.
  5. ↑ Gugy resigned in 1818 to become a Legislative Councillor.
  6. ↑ Caron lost the 1830 election.

See also


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