Drummond-Arthabaska (or Drummond et Arthabaska) was a former provincial electoral district in the province of
Quebec
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Canada
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. It was created for the
1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in
1886
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
. It disappeared in the
1890 election and its successor electoral districts were
Drummond and
Arthabaska.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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Edward John Hemming
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Born in London, Hemming was the seventh and youngest child of Henry Keene Hemming (1793–1847) and Sophia Wirgman (1785–1870), and a brother ...
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Conservative Party
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(1867–1871)
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Wilfrid Laurier
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Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Social liberalism
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(1871–1874)
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William John Watts
William John Watts (May 1, 1846 – September 4, 1907) was a businessman, lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Drummond-Arthabaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1885 and Drummond from 1890 to 1892 and f ...
, Conservative Party – Conservative Independent – Liberal (1874–1885)
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Joseph-Éna Girouard, Liberal (1886–1890)
References
Election results(National Assembly)
Election results(Quebecpolitique.com)
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