Richelieu-Verchères 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
1939 election from all of
Verchères
Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,692.
History
In the 17th century, the settlement at Verchères w ...
and part of
Richelieu
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People
* Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister
* Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal
* Louis François Armand ...
electoral districts. It existed for only that one general election and a 1942 by-election. It disappeared in the
1944 election and its successor electoral districts were the re-created Richelieu and Verchères.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
*
Félix Messier,
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
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Arts, entertainment and m ...
(1939–1942)
*
Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Liberal (1942–1944)
References
External links
Election results(National Assembly)
Election results(Quebecpolitique.com)
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Former provincial electoral districts of Quebec