La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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that elects members to the
National Assembly of Quebec
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. It notably consists of the city of
La Prairie and three other smaller cities. Prior to 1988, it was spelled as one word: Laprairie.
It was originally created for the
1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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). Its final election was in
1919
Events
January
* January 1
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. It disappeared in the
1923 election and its successor electoral district was
Napierville-Laprairie. It was recreated in for the
1973 election from parts of
Chambly and
Napierville-Laprairie.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost
Saint-Constant and
Saint-Mathieu to the newly created
Sanguinet
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Geography
The commune is situated in the north of the departm ...
electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Election results
References
External links
;Information:
Elections Quebec
;Election results:
(National Assembly)
Election results(Elections Quebec)
;Maps
2011 map(PDF)
2001 map(Flash)
2001–2011 changes(Flash)
(Flash)
Electoral map of Montérégie regionQuebec electoral map, 2011
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La Prairie, Quebec
Quebec provincial electoral districts