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Wright was a federal
electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...
from 1896 to 1948. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the
County of Ottawa Ottawa (County of) () was a federal electoral district in Quebec in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892. It was based in the Outaouais region of Quebec, across the Ottawa River from the city of Ottawa, Ontario. The electoral distr ...
riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into
Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...
riding.


Geography

In 1892, it consisted of the city of Hull, the town of Aylmer, the township of Templeton, including the village of Pointe-à-Gatineau, the townships of Hull, Eardley, Masham, Wakefield, Lowe, Denholm, Aylwin, Hincks, Bowman, Bigelow, Blake, Northfield, Wright, Bouchette, Cameron, Wabasse, Bouthillier, Kensington, Maniwaki, Egan, Lytton, Sicotte, Aumond, Robertson, and all the unorganized territories west of the River du Lièvre to the southern boundary of the county of Montcalm. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of: * the townships of Aylwin, Aumond, Baskatong, Bouchette, Cameron, Denholm, Eardley, Egan, Hincks, Hull, Kensington, Low, Lytton, Maniwaki, Masham, Northfield, Sicotte, Templeton, Wakefield and Wright, * the villages and other municipal subdivisions of those townships, *the city of Hull, * the town of Aylmer, and * all of the unorganized territory bounded on the north-east by the county of Montcalm and on the east by a line formed by the production northwards of the eastern boundary line of the township of Baskatong. In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull. In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake. In 1933, it was redefined to consist of: * the county of Gatineau; and * that part of the county of Labelle included in the township of Blake.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:


Election results

By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed trade commissioner to Ireland, 15 March 1897 By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905 By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936


See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts


External links


Riding history from the
Library of Parliament {{coord missing, Quebec Former federal electoral districts of Quebec