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St. Hyacinthe—Rouville
St. Hyacinthe—Rouville () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from Rouville and St. Hyacinthe ridings. It consisted of the counties of St. Hyacinthe and Rouville. It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Chambly—Rouville, Richelieu—Verchères and St. Hyacinthe—Bagot ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived th . ... [...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] |
Rouville (federal Electoral District)
Rouville was a federal 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, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into St. Hyacinthe—Rouville riding. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results By-election: On Mr. Brodeur being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 19 January 1904 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived th ... {{coord missing, Quebec Former federal electoral dis ... [...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] |
Chambly—Rouville
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 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Joseph Gauthier
Louis-Joseph Gauthier, (March 21, 1866 – April 12, 1938) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1906 to 1908 and St. Hyacinthe and then St. Hyacinthe—Rouville in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1921 as a Liberal. Biography He was born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Joseph Gauthier and Julie Généreux, and was educated at the Séminaire de Montréal and the Université Laval at Montreal. Gauthier was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1889 and practised in Montreal, Laurentides and Westmount. In 1901, he was named King's Counsel. Gauthier was a mayor of Laurentides in 1905. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in a 1906 by-election held after Joseph-Édouard Duhamel resigned his seat to accept an appointment. He was defeated by Walter Reed when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1908. Gauthier was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Morin
Louis-Simon-René Morin (July 27, 1883 – July 16, 1955) was head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II from 1940 to 1944, and was the first francophone and native-born Canadian to head the CBC. Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Morin studied at McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, .... He subsequently worked as a notary, and was mayor of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1915 to 1917. He was elected as MP for St. Hyacinthe—Rouville in 1921, and served till 1930. He later became head of the General Trust of Canada in 1927 and head of the Chambre des notaires du Québec from 1921 to 1924. He joined Radio-Canada as vice-president from 1936 to 1940 and remained a member of the CBC board until 1955. References René Morin External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adélard Fontaine
Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine (30 November 1892 – 21 November 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Fontaine was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, Quebec and became a lawyer by career. Fontaine attended seminary at Saint-Hyacinthe then Université Laval and attained B.A. and LL.L degrees. On 8 May 1923 he married Alice Leclair. In 1929, he was appointed King's Counsel. He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Hyacinthe—Rouville riding in the 1930 general election then re-elected there in 1935 and 1940. Fontaine resigned on 27 July 1944 before completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from 16 May 1940, until 16 April 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on 26 March 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved .... Named in 1944 as judge to the Court of Sessions ... [...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] |
