L'Islet was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the

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, in

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, on the south shore of the

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, north-east of

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. It was created in 1841 and was based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the

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. It was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. The electoral district was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of

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Boundaries

The '' Union Act, 1840'' merged the two provinces of

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and

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into the

, with a single

. The separate parliaments of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were abolished.''Union Act, 1840''
3 & 4 Vict., c. 35, s. 2. The ''Union Act'' provided that the pre-existing electoral boundaries of Lower Canada and Upper Canada would continue to be used in the new Parliament, unless altered by the ''Union Act'' itself. The L'Islet electoral district of Lower Canada was not altered by the Act, and therefore continued with the same boundaries which had been set by a statute of Lower Canada in 1829: L'Islet electoral district was located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence, to the north-east of

(now in

L'Islet Regional County Municipality L'Islet () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. Geography Adjacent counties and municipalities * Kamouraska Regional Coun ...

). The elections were held in the town of L'Islet.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (1841–1867)

L'Islet was a single-member constituency. The following were the members of the Legislative Assembly from L'Islet. Party affiliations are based on the biographies of individual members given by the National Assembly of Quebec, as well as votes in the Legislative Assembly. "Party" was a fluid concept, especially during the early years of the Province of Canada.

Notes

Abolition

The district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the ''

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'' came into force, splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and

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. It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the

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and the

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.''Constitution Act, 1867''
s. 80.

References

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Boundaries

Members of the Legislative Assembly (1841–1867)

Notes

Abolition

See also

References