Saint Maurice was a federal electoral district in

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HISTORY OF FEDERAL RIDINGS SINCE 1867, SAINT MAURICE, Quebec (1867 - 1896)
Saint-Maurice was a federal electoral district in

, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2004. The electoral district of Saint Maurice was formed in 1867, the continuation of the pre-confederation electoral division with the same delimitation. In 1892, it was merged with the district of

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Three Rivers and St. Maurice Three Rivers and St. Maurice (french: Trois-Rivières-et-Saint-Maurice; also known as Three Rivers—St. Maurice) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Cana ...

. A Saint-Maurice district was re-established in 1966 out of the former districts of

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Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Saint-Maurice—Laflèche (previously known as St-Maurice—Laflèche) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was created as "St-Maurice—Laflèche" ridi ...

. The district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into

Berthier—Maskinongé Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, a ...

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Saint-Maurice—Champlain Saint-Maurice–Champlain is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It consists of: * the City of Shawinigan; * the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint ...

ridings.Representation Order, 2003. Effective from the 2004 election. A high-profile MP was the former

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, Jean Chrétien, who represented the riding of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche for five years and the riding of Saint-Maurice for 29 years.

Members of Parliament

This ridings elected the following

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Election results

Saint Maurice, 1867–1886

Saint-Maurice, 1968–2004

Notes and references

External links

Riding history of Saint Maurice (1867-1896)
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Riding history of Saint-Maurice (1968-2004)
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