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Trois-Rivières (Lower Canada electoral district)

Coordinates: 46°18′N 72°36′W / 46.3°N 72.6°W / 46.3; -72.6
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Trois-Rivières
Lower Canada electoral district
Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Lower Canada
District created1792
District abolished1838
First contested1792
Last contested1834

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)

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  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

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  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 1807.
  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

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46°18′N 72°36′W / 46.3°N 72.6°W / 46.3; -72.6