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L'Assomption—Montcalm (federal Electoral District)
L'Assomption—Montcalm () was a federal electoral district in Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ..., Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of L'Assomption (federal electoral district), L'Assomption and Montcalm (federal electoral district), Montcalm ridings. It consisted of the Counties of Montcalm and L'Assomption. The district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne—Blainville, Terrebonne ridings. Its only member of parliament was Paul-Arthur Séguin of the Liberal Party of Canada. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament, members of Parliament: Election res ... [...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] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Member of Parliament (Canada), members of Parliament (MPs). The number of MPs is adjusted periodically in alignment with each decennial Census in Canada, census. Since the 2025 Canadian federal election, 2025 federal election, the number of seats in the House of Commons has been 343. Members are elected plurality voting, by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's Electoral district (Canada), electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Assomption (federal Electoral District)
L'Assomption was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, ''British North America Act'', 1867. It was amalgamated into the L'Assomption—Montcalm electoral district in 1914. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament, members of Parliament: Election results By-election: On Mr. Hurteau being unseated on petition, 24 November 1874 By-election: On Mr. Gauthier being unseated, 3 March 1888 By-election: On election being declared void, 6 February 1892 By-election: On Mr. Laurier's death, 28 December 1906 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External linksRiding history from the Library of Parliament {{coord missing, Quebec Former federal elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montcalm (federal Electoral District)
Montcalm () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 and since 2004. In the 2004 election, the Bloc Québécois won a larger percentage of the vote than in any other riding, with 71% of the vote. It held the seat until 2011, when it was defeated by the NDP. Geography The riding is located to the northeast of the Montreal region, in the Quebec region of Lanaudière. It consists of the Montcalm RCM, the city of Mascouche, and the districts of La Plaine and Lachenaie in the city of Terrebonne. The neighbouring ridings are Joliette, Repentigny, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Honoré-Mercier, Alfred-Pellan, Terrebonne, and Rivière-du-Nord. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 92.4% White, 3.0% Black, 1.8% Indigenous, 1.0% Latin American Languages: 92.8% French, 1.8% English, 1.0% Spanish Religions: 66.8% Christian (59.4% Catholic, 7.4% Other), 1.2% Muslim, 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm () was a federal electoral district (Canada), 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 Joliette (federal electoral district), Joliette and L'Assomption—Montcalm ridings. It was initially defined to consist of: * the county of Joliette including the city of Joliette; * the county of L'Assomption; and * the county of Montcalm, except the township of Archambault. In 1947, it was redefined to consist of: * the county of Joliette (except the township of Gouin), and the city of Joliette; * the county of L'Assomption and the towns of L'Assomption and Laurentides; *the county of Montcalm, except the townships of Brunet, Nantel and Pérodeau and the township of Archambault. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Berthier (federal electoral district), Berthier, Joliette (federal electoral district), Joliette, Labell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrebonne—Blainville
Terrebonne—Blainville () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 until 2015. It was created in 1996 out of parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes, Repentigny and Joliette ridings. The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution saw the riding abolished into Terrebonne, Thérèse-De Blainville and Mirabel. Geography The riding contains the towns of Blainville et Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in the region of Laurentides, and the town of Terrebonne in Lanaudière. The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Rivière-du-Nord, Montcalm, Alfred-Pellan, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. Members of Parliament Election results, 1997–2015 Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. See also * List of Canadian elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Arthur Séguin
Paul-Arthur Séguin (October 2, 1875 – November 24, 1946) was a Canadian notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption and then L'Assomption—Montcalm in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1935 as a Liberal. He was born in Charlemagne, Quebec, the son of Felix Séguin and Vitaline Noiseux, and was educated at the Collège de L'Assomption and the Université Laval. In 1899, he married Marie Anna Rivest. Séguin was secretary-treasurer for Terrebonne from 1900 to 1907 and was also mayor of L'Assomption L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area. ....Charlesworth, H''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'' (1919)p. 92 Electoral record References External links 1875 births 1946 deaths Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. and generally sits at the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, positioned to their Right-wing politics, right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party is described as "big tent",PDF copy at UBC Press. practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated th ... [...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] |
