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Yamaska (federal Electoral District)
Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867, which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the County of Yamaska, and the township of Upton in the County of Drummond. The electoral district was abolished in 1933, when it was re-distributed into Nicolet—Yamaska, Drummond—Arthabaska and Richelieu—Verchères ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parleme ... [...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 originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 1867'' (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada.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 In 1982, with the patriation of the Constitution, the British North America Acts which were originally enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament, including this Act, were renamed.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] |
Joseph Provencher
Joseph Alfred Norbert Provencher (1843–1887) was a Canadian pioneer, politician and newspaper editor. He served as a member of the Council of Keewatin from 1876 to 1877 and as Indian Agent for the Government of the Northwest Territories. Political career Provencher ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the first 1867 Canadian federal election. In a close race for the electoral district of Yamaska he was defeated by Moïse Fortier Moïse (Moyse) Fortier (November 6, 1815 – October 17, 1877) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Yamaska from 1867 to 1872. He was born in Saint-Léon in 1815 .... Provencher was appointed to the Council of Keewatin on November 25, 1876, serving as one of six appointed members. He served on the council until he was asked to resign along with the rest of the council April 16, 1877 References External links * 1843 births 1887 deaths Distr ... [...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] |
Aimé Boucher
Aimé Boucher (July 23, 1877 – September 9, 1946) was a Canadians, Canadian politician and civil law notary, notary. He represented Electoral district (Canada), riding of Yamaska (electoral district), Yamaska in the House of Commons of Canada. Boucher was the son of Wilfrid G. Boucher and Sophia Gill. He was educated at the Seminaire de Nicolet. In 1917, he married Marguerite, the daughter of Jules Allard.Normandin, AL ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1934'' He was elected to the House of Commons in 1921 in a by-election as a Member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party to represent Yamaska. Boucher was re-elected in 1921 Canadian federal election, 1921, 1925 Canadian federal election, 1925, 1926 Canadian federal election, 1926, 1930 Canadian federal election, 1930 and 1933 after the last election was declared void in 1932. References External links * 1877 births 1946 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, (baptised Aldric; May 20, 1848 – May 12, 1916) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Biography Ouimet was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an 1873 by-election as Member of Parliament for Laval, Quebec. He was a Liberal-Conservative and supporter of the government of Sir John A. Macdonald. After being educated in a seminary, and a brief career as a journalist, Ouimet became a lawyer. He was first elected to the House of Commons at the age of 25. His advocacy of the rights of French Canadians was challenged by the Conservative government's attitude to Louis Riel. Following the First Riel Rebellion, Ouimet argued for Riel to be pardoned, and, in 1875, voted against a Conservative motion to expel Riel from the seat in the House of Commons to which he had been elected. With the beginning of the Second Riel Rebellion in 1885, Minister of Militia Adolphe Caron asked Ouimet to raise a regiment from Montreal to join in the suppression of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Gladu
Joseph Ernest Oscar Gladu (October 25, 1870 – December 25, 1920) was a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1911, and from 1917 to 1920."Oscar Gladu Passes Away". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 27, 1920. Born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska County, Quebec, the son of Victor Gladu and Mary Gill, Gladu was educated at St. Mary's Jesuit College in Montreal, Quebec. A notary by profession, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Yamaska in the general elections of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and was defeated in 1911. He was re-elected in 1917. He died in office in 1920."Death of Oscar Gladu Means Another By-election". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albéric-Archie Mondou
Albéric-Archie Mondou (February 2, 1872 – February 13, 1951) was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1897 and Yamaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative. He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, the son of Eusèbe Mondou and Marie-Georgina Desmarais, and was educated at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Université Laval. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1894 and set up practice in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian .... In 1895, he married Augustine Cardin. Mondou was a director of the Strathcona Fire Insurance Company and vice-president and manager of the Quebec and Western Canada Land Syndicate Ltd. He was manager of the Banque Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabien Vanasse Dit Vertefeuille
Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille (November 6, 1850 – December 3, 1936) was a journalist, lawyer and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Yamaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1879 to 1891 as a Conservative Party of Canada member. He was born in St-David d'Yamaska, Canada East, the son of François-Xavier Vanasse dit Vertefeuille and Angelique Dupuis. He was educated at the Séminaire de Nicolet, was called to the Montreal bar in 1875 and set up practice in Montreal. In 1877, he married Mary Claire Elmire Desève. Vanasse dit Vertfeuille was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1879 by-election held after Charles-Ignace Gill was named to the Quebec Superior Court. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1891 and 1896. Vanasse dit Vertfeuille was president of "L'Institut Legal" of Montreal and secretary and then vice-president for the Club Cartier. He was president of "La compagnie d'imprimerie et de publication du Canada", which published the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Ignace Gill
Charles-Ignace Gill (March 12, 1844 – September 16, 1901) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Yamaska (electoral district), Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1874 and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative member from 1874 to 1879. He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada in 1844, the son of Ignace Gill and studied at the Collège de Nicolet and the Université Laval. He articled in law with Ulric-Joseph Tessier, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and set up practice at Sorel, Quebec, Sorel. In 1870, he married Marie-Rosalie-Delphine, the daughter of Louis-Adélard Senécal. In 1871, he was elected to the provincial assembly. He resigned in 1874 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He resigned in 1879 when he was named as a judge to the Quebec Superior Court in Richelieu district; in 1886, he was named to Montreal district. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault
Roch-Moïse-Samuel Mignault (February 5, 1837 – March 26, 1913) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Yamaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1891 to 1904 as a Liberal member. He was born in Montreal, Lower Canada and educated at the Collège de L'Assomption. Mignault was mayor of Yamaska and also served as justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa .... Mignault was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1872 and 1887. References * ''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'', AJ Gemmill 1837 births 1913 deaths Canadian justices of the peace Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of places in Quebec Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Physicians from Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Duguay
Joseph Duguay (April 27, 1816 – August 2, 1891) was a Quebec merchant and political figure. He represented Yamaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1873 to 1874 as a Conservative member. He was born in Baie-du-Febvre, Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ..., the son of Antoine Duguay and Marie Chassé. In 1844, he married Anne-Scholastique-Olive Beauchemin. Duguay served as a captain in the local militia. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1871. His son Joseph Nestor later became a member of the Quebec assembly. at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
