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Chambly—Rouville (electoral District)
Chambly—Rouville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Chambly—Verchères and St. Hyacinthe—Rouville ridings. It was abolished into Chambly and Saint-Hyacinthe in 1966. History It initially consisted of: * the county of Chambly, including the cities of Longueuil and St-Lambert; * the county of Rouville excepting such part thereof as is included in the municipalities of St-Paul-d'Abbotsford, St-Ange-Gardien, St-Césaire, and the villages of Canrobert and St-Césaire; * that part of the county of Verchères included in the municipality of the town of Beloeil, the village of McMasterville, and the municipalities of Ste-Julie and St-Mathieu. In 1947, it was redefined to consist of: * the county of Chambly (except the municipality of Ste. Famille-de-Boucherville and the village of Boucherville), the cities of Longueuil and St. Lambert a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Pinard
Roch Pinard, (July 26, 1910 – April 23, 1974) was a Canadian politician. Born in Nicolet, Quebec, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Quebec the riding of Chambly—Rouville in 1945 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1949 election and the 1953 election. From 1954 to 1957, he was the Secretary of State of Canada The Secretary of State for Canada, established in 1867 with a corresponding department, was a Canadian Cabinet position that served as the official channel of communication between the Dominion of Canada and the British Empire, Imperial governmen ... and in 1955 he was the Postmaster General (Acting). Pinard was one of Canada's delegates to the Tenth session of the United Nations General Assembly, 1955–1956. References * 1910 births 1974 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Postmasters g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Canadian Prairies, Prairies and the Maritimes, Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constitutional changes allowing changes in the existing imbalance of seats between various provinces. During the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral redistribution, an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Pilon
J.-E. Bernard Pilon (1 August 1918 – 17 November 1970) was a Canadian insurance broker and politician. Pilon served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Vaudreuil, Quebec. He was first elected at the Chambly—Rouville riding in the 1962 general election, then re-elected there in the 1963 and 1965 federal elections. For the 1968 federal election, riding boundaries were realigned and Pilon was a candidate at the Chambly electoral district. Pilon died in Montreal on 17 November 1970 due to a heart attack before completing his term in the 28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was di .... References External links * 1918 births 1970 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Johnson (Canadian Politician)
Paul Léo Maurice Johnson (17 January 1929 – 24 January 2020) was a Canadian politician who was Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career. Maurice Johnson was first elected at the Chambly—Rouville riding in the 1958 general election and was a government member in John Diefenbaker's administration. He was defeated after one term of office by Bernard Pilon of the Liberal party in the 1962 election. Johnson voted against his government on a measure which limited capital punishment to cases of intentional or premeditated murder. Previously, the death penalty could apply to all forms of murder convictions. These revisions to the Criminal Code A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might ... concerned Johnson who felt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon L'Heureux
Yvon L'Heureux (20 March 1914 – 29 May 1984) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a manufacturer and merchant by career. He was first elected at the Chambly—Rouville riding in the 1957 general election. After serving his term in the 23rd Canadian Parliament, L'Heureux was defeated in the 1958 election by Maurice Johnson of the Progressive Conservative Party. L'Heureux returned to Parliament in a 31 May 1971 by-election at the Chambly riding following the death of incumbent Liberal member Bernard Pilon J.-E. Bernard Pilon (1 August 1918 – 17 November 1970) was a Canadian insurance broker and politician. Pilon served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Vaudreuil, Quebec. He was first elected at th .... After re-election in the 1972 federal election, L'Heureux returned to serve his term in the 29th Parliament. After this, he left federal office in 1974 and did not campaign in that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Chartrand
Michel Chartrand (20 December 1916 – 12 April 2010) was a Canadian trade union leader from Quebec. Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand became involved in union activism in the 1940s. During the '' Grande Noirceur'', he took part in major strike actions such as the Asbestos strike in 1949, the in 1952 and the Murdochville strike in 1957. In 1968, he became president of the Montreal central council of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN). In 1970, during the October crisis, he was arrested without a warrant and put in jail for four months. He was president of the CSN Montreal central council until 1978. During the 1980s, he took action for the rights of injured workers; he created the ''Fondation pour l’aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs accidentés'' (FATA) in 1984. He promoted progressive values and syndicalism in the media until the end of his life. He endorsed Québec solidaire. Chartrand is considered to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Dupuis
Vincent Dupuis (22 January 1889 – 11 May 1967) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada and a Senator. He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec and became a lawyer by career. Dupuis attended normal school, then junior college at Montreal, then McGill University. He became registrar of Laprairie County, and was appointed King's Counsel. He was first elected to Parliament at the Laprairie—Napierville riding in a by-election on 22 July 1929 then re-elected there for a full term in the 1930 election. When his riding was disbanded in 1933, Dupuis sought re-election at Chambly—Rouville in the 1935 election and won. He was re-elected for one final House of Commons term in 1940. In 1945, Dupuis was appointed to the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hyacinthe (electoral District)
Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River. Quebec Autoroute 20 runs perpendicular to the river. Saint-Hyacinthe is the seat of the judicial district of the same name. History Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon dit Delorme, owner of the seigneurie, started its settlement in 1757. He gave his patron saint name (Saint Hyacinth the Confessor of Poland) to the seigneurie, which was made a city in 1850. St. Hyacinth's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe. It was erected in 1852. Bishop Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 10, 1987, was bishop of the diocese from 1875 until his death in 1901. 2001 merger As part of the 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on 27 December 2001, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
