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]

Maskinongé
Province of Canada electoral district
Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
District created1853
District abolished1867
First contested1854
Last contested1863

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)

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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

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  1. ^ Gauvreau died in office, October 30, 1858: Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860, p. 63, note (218).
  2. ^ 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

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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

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References

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