Maskinongé (Province of Canada electoral district)
Maskinongé was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in Canada East. It was located in the current Mauricie area, on the north shore of the River Saint Lawrence, southwest of the electoral district of Saint-Maurice. Maskinongé was created in a redistribution in 1853, and was first used in the general elections of 1854.[1]
 Province of Canada electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada |
| District created | 1853 |
| District abolished | 1867 |
| First contested | 1854 |
| Last contested | 1863 |
Maskinongé was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly.
The electoral district was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (1854–1867) edit
Maskinongé was a single-member constituency.
The following were the members of the Legislative Assembly for Maskinongé. The party affiliations are based on the biographies of individual members given by the National Assembly of Quebec, as well as votes in the Legislative Assembly. "Party" was a fluid concept, especially during the early years of the Province of Canada.[2][3][4]
| Parliament | Members | Years in Office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Parliament 1854–1857 |
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte | 
|
1854–1857 | Ministerialist | ||
| 6th Parliament 1858–1861 |
Louis-Honoré Gauvreau[a] | 1858 | Bleu | |||
| George Caron[b] | 
|
1858–1861 (by-election) |
Bleu | |||
| 7th Parliament 1861–1863 |
1861–1863 | |||||
| 8th Parliament 1863–1867 |
Moïse Houde | 
|
1863–1867 | Anti-Confederation; Rouge | ||
Notes edit
- ^ Gauvreau died in office, October 30, 1858: Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860, p. 63, note (218).
- ^ Caron was elected in a by-election, December 14, 1858: Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860, p. 63, note (219).
Abolition edit
The district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act, 1867 came into force, creating Canada and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and Ontario.[5] It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the House of Commons of Canada[6] and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ History of the electoral map of Québec, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.
- ^ J.O. Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860 (Quebec: St. Michel and Darveau, 1860), pp. 43–58.
- ^ Québec Dictionary of Parliamentary Biography, from 1764 to the present.
- ^ Paul G. Cornell, Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841–67 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; reprinted in paperback 2015), pp. 93–111.
- ^ British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867), s. 6.
- ^ Constitution Act, 1867, s. 40, para. 2
- ^ Constitution Act, 1867, s. 80.