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Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche (previously known as St-Maurice—Laflèche) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was created as "St-Maurice—Laflèche" riding in 1933 from parts of Champlain (federal electoral district), Champlain and Three Rivers and St. Maurice Riding (division), ridings. In 1947, the riding's English name was changed to "Saint-Maurice—Laflèche". The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier (federal electoral district), Berthier, Champlain and Saint-Maurice (federal electoral district), Saint-Maurice ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament, members of Parliament: Election results St-Maurice—Laflèche, 1935–1949 Saint-Maurice—Laflèche, 1949–1968 See also * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Maurice (federal Electoral District)
Saint Maurice () was a federal electoral district (riding) in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1867 to 1896.Parliament of Canada,HISTORY OF FEDERAL RIDINGS SINCE 1867, SAINT MAURICE, Quebec (1867 - 1896) Saint-Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 2004. The electoral district of Saint Maurice was formed in 1867, the continuation of the pre-confederation electoral division with the same delimitation. In 1892, it was merged with the district of Trois-Rivières to form Three Rivers and St. Maurice. A Saint-Maurice district was re-established in 1966 out of the former districts of Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche. The district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain ridings.Representation Order, 2003. Effective from the 2004 election. A high-profile MP was the former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a retired Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He served as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003 and as Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1993. Born and raised in Shawinigan, Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Université Laval. A Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons in 1963 Canadian federal election, 1963. He served in various cabinet posts under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, most prominently as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, minister of Indian affairs and northern development, president of the Treasury Board, Minister of Finance (Canada), minister of finance, and Minister of Justice (Canada), minister of justice. He unsuccessf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Lamy
Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963. Early life He was born on May 2, 1919, in Grand-Mère, Quebec, and was a contractor before running for office. Member of Parliament Lamy successfully ran as a Social Credit Party of Canada candidate for the district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche in the 1962 federal election, against Liberal incumbent J.A. Richard. He was among twenty-six Social Credit members from Quebec who were elected for the first time that year. He lost his re-election bid in the 1963 federal election, against Liberal and future prime minister, Jean Chrétien. Attempts to make a political comeback He also ran as a Ralliement créditiste du Québec The ''Ralliement créditiste du Québec'' () was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, that operated from 1970 to 1978 (the party was also known as the ''Parti créditiste' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Adolphe Richard
Joseph-Adolphe Richard (February 14, 1887 – July 12, 1964) was a Liberal Member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born on February 14, 1887, in Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, and was a contractor. Provincial Politics Richard ran as a Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1944 election. He received 23% of the vote and finished third, behind Marc Trudel of the Union Nationale and René Hamel of the Bloc populaire. Member of Parliament In the 1949 election, Richard successfully ran as a Liberal candidate for the federal district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche, against Hamel, who was the incumbent. He was re-elected in 1953, 1957 and 1958, but remained a backbencher. He lost his re-election bid in 1962, against Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed in the 1920s and 1930s by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Hamel
Joseph-Irénée-René Hamel (February 9, 1910 – December 16, 1982) was a local politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Canadian Parliament and as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Early life He was born in 1910 in Grand-Mère, Quebec, Mauricie. World War II politics During World War II Hamel joined the Bloc Populaire Canadien, a political party that opposed conscription. He was the party’s provincial candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice in 1944, but lost the election against Marc Trudel. The following year though, he successfully ran in the federal district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche. After the war, the party quickly dissolved and by 1949 Hamel was sitting as an Independent MP. He lost re-election in that same year. Fighting Duplessis Hamel, who opposed Premier Maurice Duplessis, made a political comeback in 1952. Benefiting from a strong support among Shawinigan’s labor class population, he was elected Liberal Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Alphida Crête
Joseph-Alphida Crête (; July 9, 1890 – April 20, 1964) was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons of Canada. Early life He was born on July 9, 1890, in Saint-Stanislas, Quebec and worked as an optician before entering politics. Provincial politics Crête successfully ran as a Quebec Liberal Party candidate for the district of Laviolette in the 1931 provincial election. Federal politics Shortly before the 1935 federal election, Crête resigned his provincial seat and became Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche. He won. He was re-elected in the 1940 election, but was defeated in the 1945 election by Bloc Populaire The (, ), often shortened to the Bloc populaire or the Bloc, was a political party in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1942 to 1947. It was founded on September 8, 1942, by opponents of conscription during the Second World War. The party ran ... candidate René Hamel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Auguste Frigon
Joseph-Auguste Frigon (7 February 1870 – 14 February 1944) was a local entrepreneur and politician in the Mauricie area. He served as the fourth Mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec and as Member of the Legislative Assembly. Early life He was born in 1870 in Saint-Prosper, Mauricie, Quebec. Municipal Politics Frigon was Mayor of Saint-Narcisse, Quebec from 1896 to 1899. He moved to Shawinigan in the early 1900s for business reasons and ran for Mayor of that city against Beaudry Leman in 1902 but lost the election by a single ballot. Frigon ran again in 1913 and won. He was defeated by Edmond Thibaudeau in 1915, but was re-elected in 1917.Fabien LaRochelle, Shawinigan depuis 75 ans, 1976 Provincial Politics In 1927, Frigon became the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint-Maurice. He was re-elected in 1931, but was defeated by Marc Trudel in 1935. Federal Politics Frigon also unsuccessfully ran as an Independent Liberal candidate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydore Beaulac
Polydore Beaulac (July 8, 1893 – March 10, 1981) was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was born on July 8, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. He was a councilmember in Shawinigan from 1930 to 1932. Beaulac ran as an Independent Liberal candidate in the district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche in 1935 and finished second. He then ran as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1936 and lost. In 1939 though, he ran again and defeated Union Nationale incumbent Marc Trudel. He did not run for re-election in 1944. He died on March 10, 1981, in the Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ... area. References 1893 births 1981 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 20th-century members of the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthier (federal Electoral District)
Berthier () was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867, and was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Berthier—Maskinongé riding. A second "Berthier" riding was created in 1966. This riding was renamed Berthier—Maskinongé in 1975. Please see the article on that riding for the history of Berthier during this period. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results By-election: On Mr. Paquet being called to the Senate By-election: Mr. C. Beausoleil appointed Postmaster of Montreal 1 December 1899. See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
