Hochelaga was a former provincial electoral district in 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 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in

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. It disappeared in the 1912 election and was redistributed into Laval, Maisonneuve,

Montréal-Dorion Montréal-Dorion was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Hochelaga electoral district. I ...

Montréal-Laurier Montréal-Laurier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Hochelaga electoral district. I ...

Montréal-Hochelaga Montréal-Hochelaga was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Hochelaga electoral district. ...

, Westmount, and

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, with small parts going to

Montréal–Saint-Georges Montréal–Saint-Georges was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from parts of Montréal division no. ...

and

Montréal–Sainte-Marie Montréal–Sainte-Marie was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1912 election from part of Montréal division no. 1 ...

. It was named after the former aboriginal village of Hochelaga on the site where Montreal now stands. The village existed when the explorer Jacques Cartier discovered territories that became

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

* Louis Beaubien,

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(1867–1886) * Joseph-Octave Villeneuve, Conservative Party (1886–1887) * Charles Champagne,

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(1888–1890) * Joseph-Octave Villeneuve, Conservative Party (1890–1897) * Daniel-Jérémie Décarie, Liberal (1897–1904) * Jérémie-Louis Décarie, Liberal (1904–1912)

References

Election results
(National Assembly)
Election results
(QuebecPolitique.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hochelaga (Provincial Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of Quebec