Châteauguay-Laprairie was a former provincial electoral district in the province of

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website) write it as Châteauguay-La Prairie, but contemporary sources show the "Laprairie" part of the name written as one word. This alternate way of spelling it is probably by analogy with the modern-day La Prairie electoral district, which was spelled "Laprairie" before 1988. It was created for the 1939 election, from parts of the

Châteauguay Châteauguay ( , , ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, located both on the Chateauguay River and Lac St-Louis, which is a section of the St. Lawrence River. The population of the city of Châteauguay at the 2021 Cen ...

and

Napierville-Laprairie Napierville-Laprairie was a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (known as the Legislative Assembly before 1968). It was created for the 1923 election from parts of the ...

electoral districts. It existed for only that one election. It disappeared in the 1944 election and its successor electoral district was the recreated Châteauguay.

Members of Legislative Assembly

* Roméo Fortin,

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(1939–1944)

External links

Election results
(National Assembly)
Election results
(Quebecpolitique.com)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chateauguay-Laprairie Former provincial electoral districts of Quebec