Dorchester was a provincial electoral district in the

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region of the province of

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. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the

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and the

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). Its final election was in

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. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral districts were Bellechasse,

Beauce-Nord Beauce-Nord is a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes notably the municipalities of Sainte-Marie, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Beaucev ...

, and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

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(1867–1871) * Louis-Napoléon Larochelle, Conservative Party (1871–1878) *

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, Conservative Party (1878–1886) * Louis-Napoléon Larochelle, Conservative Party – Nationalist (1886–1888) *

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, Nationalist Conservative – Conservative Party (1888–1904) * Alfred Morisset,

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, Liberal (1913–1917) *

Joseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet Joseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet (December 23, 1882 – January 4, 1952) was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1917 to 1930 as a Liberal. He was born in Sainte-Germ ...

, Liberal (1917–1935) *

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– Union Nationale (1935–1962) * Joseph-Armand Nadeau, Union Nationale (1962–1963) *

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, Liberal (1964–1966) * Paul-Henri Picard, Union Nationale (1966–1970) *

Florian Guay Florian Guay was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA). Background He was born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on November 23, 1941. Prior to running for office, he was a Social Credit activist ...

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(1970–1973)

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