Chapleau was a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region.
This
riding was created in 1933 from parts of
Berthier—Maskinongé,
Champlain,
Joliette
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greate ...
,
L'Assomption—Montcalm
L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of L'Assomption and Montcalm ridings. It consisted ...
,
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, and
Three Rivers and St. Maurice
Three Rivers and St. Maurice (french: Trois-Rivières-et-Saint-Maurice; also known as Three Rivers—St. Maurice) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1935.
This ...
ridings.
It was abolished in 1967 when it was redistributed into
Abitibi,
Berthier,
Champlain,
Portneuf and
Villeneuve ridings.
A different Chapleau riding existed from 1987-1988 in a different part of Quebec. It was renamed in 1988 to
Gatineau—La Lièvre
Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre".
It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Queb ...
.
History
It consisted of:
* the towns of Buckingham, Gatineau, Masson and Thurso;
* in the County of Labelle: the Municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Laus;
* in the County of Papineau: the township municipalities of Lochaber and Lochaber-Partie-Ouest; the united townships municipality of Mulgrave-et-Derry; the municipalities of Ange-Gardien, Bowman, Mayo, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Saint-Sixte, Val-des-Bois et Val-des-Monts.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
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, Jean-Jacques Rouleau
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See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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External links
Riding history from the
Library of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Quebec