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Mercier (federal Electoral District)
Mercier (also known as Montreal—Mercier) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 2004. In 2003, the district was abolished and split into the La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district), La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings. A provincial electoral district still exists Mercier (provincial electoral district), under the same name but is located in Plateau Mont-Royal borough. History Mercier riding was created in 1933 from Laval—Two Mountains and Maisonneuve (federal electoral district), Maisonneuve ridings. It initially consisted of: * parts of the city of Montreal; * the towns of Montreal North, St-Michel-de-Laval, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, Montreal East, Pointe-aux-Trembles; * the parishes of Rivière-des-Prairies, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, and St-Jean-de-Dieu Asylum; and * the municipality of Pont-Viau and the town of Laval-des-Rapides in Laval county. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province. 96 of Ontario's 107 provincial electoral districts, roughly those outside Northern Ontario, remain coterminous with their federal counterparts. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constitutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Lalonde
Francine Lalonde (August 24, 1940 – January 17, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist. She was minister responsible for the status of women in the Lévesque government from January 16, 1985 until June 5, 1985. She resigned following her defeat to Robert Bourassa in the by-election of June 3, 1985 in the electoral district of Bertrand, failing to win a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec. She was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the districts of La Pointe-de-l'Île from 2004 election to 2011, and Mercier from the 1993 election to 2004. She has in the past been the Bloc's critic of Human Resources Development and of Industry, and of Foreign Affairs. In June 2005, Lalonde introduced in Parliament a private Bill C-407 that would have legalized assisted suicide in Canada. Re-elected in January 2006, she promised to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Jacques
Carole Jacques (born 12 June 1960) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. She was a lawyer by career. She represented the Quebec riding of Montreal—Mercier where she was first elected in the 1984 federal election. At the time of her election, she was the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Commons. Parliament of Canada. She was re-elected in 1988 when she ran in the Mercier riding following electoral district boundary changes in 1987. She served in the 33rd and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Hervieux-Payette
Céline Hervieux-Payette, (born April 22, 1941, L'Assomption, Quebec) is a former Canadian Senator and the former Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada (2007–2008), the first woman ever to hold this position. She was previously a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and a cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau in the 1980s. She retired from the Senate on April 22, 2016 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. Career In the 1970s, Hervieux-Payette served as a political aide to the Quebec government of Premier Robert Bourassa. She also served as an administrator, as president and commissioner of the ''Le Gardeur'' School Board, and director of public relations for Steinberg Inc., a Quebec grocery and department store business. Hervieux-Payette was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Mercier. She was re-elected in the 1980 election, and became parliamentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper Boulanger
Prosper Boulanger (November 17, 1918 December 5, 2002) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1962 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Mercier. He was re-elected in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972 and 1974. During his political career, he was Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and also a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Forestry and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization and served as Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole. Boulanger was also a councillor on the Montreal City Council and also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical Chrétien
''Radical chrétien'' (Christian radical) was a label used by several candidates in Canadian federal elections in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1958 federal election, Georges Rousseau unsuccessfully sought election in Mercier riding in Quebec as a ''Radical chrétien'' candidate. He won 687 votes, 1.3% of the total. On 29 May 1967, ''Radical chrétien'' candidates ran in three federal by-elections in Quebec ridings. Together, they won 10,506 votes, or 10.3% of the popular votes in the ridings in which they ran: *René Villeneuve, the candidate in Hull riding, placed second in a field of five candidates, with 8,715 votes, 38.4% of the total. *Albert Paiement won 702 votes (6.6%) in Papineau. * Rolland Corbeil won 1,089 votes (6.8%) in Richelieu—Verchères riding. ''Source:'' See also * List of political parties in Canada This article lists political parties in Canada. Federal parties In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Gillet
André Gillet (3 November 1916 – 29 June 1993) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Gillet was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an administrator, builder and contractor by career. He was first elected at the Mercier riding in the 1958 general election. After serving his only federal term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated at Mercier by Prosper Boulanger of the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... in the 1962 election. Gillet's further attempts to unseat Boulanger in the 1963 and 1965 elections were likewise unsuccessful. External links * 1916 births 1993 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{Progre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Monette
Marcel Monette (28 January 1895 – 17 January 1966) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Édouard-de-Napierville, Quebec and became a baker by career. He was first elected at the Mercier riding in a 1949 by-election. Monette was re-elected to successive terms in 1953 and 1957 then defeated in 1958 by André Gillet André Gillet (3 November 1916 – 29 June 1993) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Gillet was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an administrator, builder and contractor by career. He wa ... of the Progressive Conservative party. References * 1895 births 1966 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Canadian bakers {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jean
Joseph-Arthur Jean, (February 7, 1890 – July 18, 1973) was a Canadian politician. Born in St-Philippe-de-Néri, Quebec, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Quebec riding of Maisonneuve in a 1932 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1935, 1940, 1945, and 1949 representing the riding of Mercier. From 1943 to 1945, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. From 1945 to 1949, he was the Solicitor General of Canada The Solicitor General of Canada was a position in the Canadian ministry from 1892 to 2005. The position was based on the Solicitor General in the British system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Minister of Justice. It was n .... References * 1890 births 1973 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Solicitors General of Canada Canadian King's Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
