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Témiscouata (federal Electoral District)
Témiscouata (also known as Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1979. It was created as "Témiscouata" riding by the ''British North America Act'', 1867. In 1959, it was renamed "Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" and defined to consist of: * the county of Témiscouata; * the county of Rivière-du-Loup (except the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Sainte-Françoise and the municipalities of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu and Trois Pistoles) and the city of Rivière-du-Loup. In 1966, it was redivided into the ridings of Kamouraska and Témiscouata. The new Témiscouata riding consisted of: * the City of Rivière-du-Loup; * the Towns of Cabano and Trois-Pistoles; * the County of Rivière-du-Loup (except the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Saint-Antonin); * parts of the County of Témiscouata; and * parts of the County of Rimouski. The riding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British North America Act, 1867
The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (french: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 1867'' (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federation, federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its Canadian federalism, federal structure, the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, the Senate of Canada, Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system. In 1982, with the patriation of the Constitution, the British North America Acts which were originally enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament, including this Act, were renamed. Although, the acts are still known by their original names in records of the United Kingdom. Amendments were also made at this time: section 92A was added, giving provinces greater control ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Eugène Pouliot
Charles-Eugène Pouliot (December 19, 1856 – June 24, 1897) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and Témiscouata in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1897 as a Liberal. He was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Pouliot and Sophronie Blais. Pouliot was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and went on to study law at the Université Laval. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1879 and set up practice in Rivière-du-Loup. Pouliot ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1887. In the same year, he was married to Stella-Anita Bertrand. He was defeated by Napoléon Rioux when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1892. He died in office in Fraserville at the age of 40. His son Jean-François Pouliot served in the House of Commons and Canadian senate. His nephew Camille-Eugène Pouliot also served as a member of the Quebec assembly ... [...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] |
Rosaire Gendron
Rosaire Gendron (19 October 1920 – 5 July 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Saint-François-Xavier, Quebec, he was a Chartered Accountant by career. Gendron attended schools in Saint-François-Xavier, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, Saint-Victor, Lévis then Université Laval. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata electoral district in the 1962 federal election, he won that riding in the 1963 election. Gendron was re-elected in the 1965, 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980 elections. He left federal politics after serving six terms from the 27th to the 32nd Canadian Parliaments. Between 1956 and 1968 he was mayor of Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, also serving as president of the Union of Quebec Municipalities Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gagnon
Louis-Philippe Gagnon (9 May 1909 – 19 September 2001) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in St-Jean-de-Dieu, Quebec, he was an agent, farmer and salesman by career. He was first elected at the Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata riding in the 1962 general election. After serving only one short term, the 25th Parliament, Gagnon was defeated in the 1963 federal election by Rosaire Gendron of the Liberal party. Gagnon attempted to unseat Gendron in the 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ... and 1972 elections but was unsuccessful on those occasions. He died in 2001.Quebec Death Cards agenealogiequebec.com/ref> References External links * 1909 births 2001 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Fréchette
Antoine Fréchette (22 August 1905 – 17 April 1978) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Fréchette was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, he was an insurance agent, life insurance broker and life underwriter by career. He was first elected at the Témiscouata riding in the 1958 general election after two previous unsuccessful attempts to win the riding in 1953 and 1957. In 1959, Fréchette sponsored private member's bill C-21 which modified the ''Representation Act'' so that his Témiscouata electoral district was renamed Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata. After serving his only term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1962 election in this renamed riding by Philippe Gagnon Louis-Philippe Gagnon (9 May 1909 – 19 September 2001) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in St-Jean-de-Dieu, Quebec, he was an agent, farmer and salesman by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul St
Jean Paul or ''variation'' may refer to: Places * Rue ''Jean-Paul-II'', several streets, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II * Place ''Jean Paul II'', several squares, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II People Given name * Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm (1789–1884), count and war minister of France * Jean-Paul Behr (born 1947), French chemist * Jean-Paul Belmondo, (1933–2021), French actor * Jean-Paul Marat, French journalist and physician * Jean-Paul Duminy * Jean-Paul de Marigny, Australian football coach * Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, French tenor * Jean-Paul Gaster, American musician * Jean-Paul Valley, first Azrael from DC Comics * Jean-Paul Gaultier * Jean-Paul Lakafia * Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, British guitarist and producer * Jean-Paul Samputu, Rwandan singer * Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French existentialist philosopher, writer, and political activist * Jean-Paul Savoie, social worker and former politician in New Brunswick, Canada * Jean-Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot
Louis-Eugène-Aduire Parrot (November 11, 1871 – November 18, 1948) was a Canadian physician and politician. Born in Sainte-Emmélie, near Lotbinière, Quebec, Parrot studied at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He became a physician in 1897 and practised general medicine in Deschaillons from 1897 to 1905. He did a surgery internship in Paris in 1905 and 1906. Returning to Quebec, he was a physician and surgeon in Fraserville (Rivière-du-Loup) from 1907 to 1939. Parrot was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata (provincial electoral district), Témiscouata in 1916. A Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1919. He resigned in 1921. He was defeated as the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in a 1924 by-election in Témiscouata (federal electoral district), Témiscouata losing to Jean-François Pouliot (politician), Jean-François Pouliot. He died in Quebec City in 1948. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Pouliot (politician)
Jean-François Pouliot (March 27, 1890 – July 6, 1969) was a lawyer, author and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the House of Commons of Canada from 1924 to 1955 as a Liberal and, for a period, as an Independent Liberal. Pouliot sat for De la Durantaye division in the Senate of Canada from 1955 to 1968. He was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the son of Charles-Eugène Pouliot and Stella-Anita Bertrand. Pouliot was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1914 and set up practice in Rivière-du-Loup. In 1920, he married Marika Maubach.Fournier, Rodolph''Lieux et monuments historiques de l'Est du Québec'' (1980)p. 239 He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1921. Pouliot was elected in a 1924 by-election held following the death of Charles Arthur Gauvreau. He was re-elected in all subsequent federal elections, resigning his seat in 1955 after being called to the Senate. Pouliot and several other Quebec Liberal MPs broke with the Liberal P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Arthur Gauvreau
Charles Arthur Gauvreau (September 29, 1860 – October 9, 1924) was a Canadian author, notary, and politician. Born in L'Isle-Verte, Canada East, Gauvreau was educated at the College of Rimouski and Laval University. A notary, he was the author of ''Captive et Bourreau'', ''Les épreuves d'un orphelin'', and ''Histoire de Trois-Pistoles''. He was first elected to House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Témiscouata in an 1897 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1917, and 1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin .... He died in office in 1924. References * The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Étienne Grandbois
Paul-Étienne Grandbois (c. 1846 – September 18, 1907) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was born in Ste-Philomène, Châteauguay County, Canada East and was educated at the Collège Saint-Sulpice, the Petit Séminaire de St. Therèse de Blainville and the Université Laval. In 1873, he married a Miss Pelletier. He served as government whip A whip is a tool or weapon designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism. They are generally e ... from 1885 to 1891. Granbois ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the House of Commons in 1896, 1900 and 1904. References * ''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'', AJ Gemmill 1840s births 1907 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
