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Mégantic—Frontenac
Mégantic—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949. This riding was created in 1933 from Mégantic and Richmond—Wolfe ridings. It consisted of: * the county of Mégantic except that part as is included in the municipalities of Leeds, Leeds East, St-Jacques-de-Leeds, Nelson, Ste-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village of Lyster; * that part of the county of Frontenac as is included in the municipalities of Courcelles, St-Vital-de-Lambton, St-Evariste-de-Forsyth, St-Méthode-d'Adstock, St-Sébastien and the villages of Lambton and St-Evariste Station; * that part of the county of Wolfe as is included in the municipalities of Garthby, Stratford, Wolfestown, D'Israeli and the villages of Beaulac and D'Israeli. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Beauce, Compton—Frontenac and Mégantic ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mégantic (federal Electoral District)
Mégantic was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968. History It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, ''British North America Act'', 1867. It was abolished in 1935 when it was redistributed into the Lotbinière (federal electoral district), Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac electoral districts. The riding was created again in 1947 from Lotbinière (federal electoral district), Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac, was defined to consist of: * the county of Mégantic, (except the municipalities of Nelson, Ste-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village of Lyster), the city of Thetford Mines and the town of Black Lake; * that part of the county of Frontenac included in the municipalities of Courcelles, St-Vital-de-Lambton, St-Evariste-de-Forsyth, St-Méthode-de-Frontenac and the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compton—Frontenac
Compton—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. History This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Compton, Mégantic—Frontenac and Stanstead ridings. It consisted of: * the county of Compton and the towns of Cookshire, East Angus and Scotstown; * in the county of Sherbrooke, the municipality of Compton and the villages of Compton and Waterville; * in the county of Frontenac, the municipalities of Chesham, Ditchfield and Spaulding, Gayhurst, Gayhurst South-East, Marston South, St-Augustin-de-Woburn, Ste. Cécile-de-Whitton, St-Hubert-de-Spaulding, St. Léon-de-Marston, St. Sébastien, Winslow North, Winslow South, the village of St. Sébastien and the town of Mégantic; and * in the county of Stanstead, the municipality and the village of St. Herménégilde. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton and Beauce ridings. Members of Parliament This r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusèbe Roberge
Eusèbe Roberge (3 June 1874 – 10 April 1957) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Laurierville, Quebec and became a merchant. Roberge attended the Collège de Levis. He was acclaimed to Parliament at the Mégantic riding in a by-election on 20 November 1922 then re-elected in 1925, 1926 and 1930. With riding changes, Roberge was re-elected in 1935 when his riding became Mégantic—Frontenac Mégantic—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949. This riding was created in 1933 from Mégantic and Richmond—Wolfe ridings .... After completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament, Roberge did not seek another term in the 1940 federal election. References External links * 1874 births 1957 deaths Canadian merchants Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP)
Joseph Lafontaine (4 April 1885 – 14 December 1965) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Mégantic—Frontenac and then Mégantic in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1940 to 1958. He was born in St-Calixte de Somerset, Quebec, the son of Grégoire Lafontaine and Aurélie Tourigny, and was educated in Arthabaska. In 1906, he married Marie-Louise Boisvert. Lafontaine was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1935. He lived in Thetford Mines Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo .... References * * ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1957'', PJ Normandin 1885 births 1965 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the ... [...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] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...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] |
Richmond—Wolfe
Richmond—Wolfe (also known as Richmond) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997. It was created as by the ''British North America Act'', 1867. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Richmond and Drummond ridings. Richmond riding was renamed "Richmond—Wolfe" in 1980. In 1996, it was again abolished when it was redistributed into the new districts of Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results Richmond—Wolfe, 1867–1968 Richmond, 1968–1980 Richmond—Wolfe, 1980–1997 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding (division)
A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries. Etymology The word ''riding'' is descended from late Old English or (recorded only in Latin contexts or forms, e.g., , , , with Latin initial ''t'' here representing the Old English letter thorn). It came into Old English as a loanword from Old Norse , meaning a third part (especially of a county) – the original "ridings", in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, were in each case a set of three, though once the term was adopted elsewhere it was used for other numbers (compare to farthings). The modern form ''riding'' was the result of the initial ''th'' being absorbed in the final ''th'' or ''t'' of the words ''north'', ''south'', ''east'' and ''west'', by which it was normally preceded. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauce (electoral District)
Beauce () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. In 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters. The Beauce riding has the highest percentage of people who answered "Canadian" as their ethnic origin in the 2006 Census (84.0%; multiple responses). It is also the riding with the highest percentage of White people of European descent (99.3%). Geography The riding is located in Central Quebec, to the south of Quebec City and covers the centre of Beauce, straddling the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches. The electoral district has the regional county municipality of Beauce-Sartigan; the Regional County of Beauce-Centre, excepting the area of the former municipality of Courcelles; that part of the Regional County Municipality of Les Etchemins comprises the municipalities of Sainte-Aurélie, Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper and Saint-Zacharie; the Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
