Viger was a provincial electoral district in

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. It consisted of part of the then city of Saint-Léonard later turned borough,

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and Mercier-Est neighbourhoods in

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. It was created for the 1981 election. Its final general election was in

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; there was also a by-election in 2002. It disappeared in the 2003 election as its territory was carved up and distributed among the new electoral district of

Jeanne-Mance–Viger Jeanne-Mance–Viger is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It corresponds exactly to the territory of the Saint-Léonard borough of the city of Montreal ...

and the existing electoral districts of

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and Viau . It was named jointly for

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and Jacques Viger, who were prominent politicians in the 1830s and 1840s.

Members of the National Assembly

Election Results

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References

External links

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