Charlevoix (electoral district)
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Charlevoix was a federal electoral district
in Quebec
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.
The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay
. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan
ridings.
The most well-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney
who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada
, from 1988 to 1993.
:
1867 - 1917
1949 - 2004
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004.
The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay
Charlevoix—Saguenay
Charlevoix—Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949.This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Charlevoix—Montmorency and Chicoutimi—Saguenay ridings....
. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan
Manicouagan (electoral district)
Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings....
ridings.
The most well-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...
who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
, from 1988 to 1993.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
:
1867 - 1917
- Simon-Xavier CimonSimon-Xavier CimonSimon-Xavier Cimon was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Charlevoix in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and from 1881 to 1887....
, ConservativeConservative Party of Canada (historical)The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
(1867-1872) - Pierre-Alexis TremblayPierre-Alexis TremblayPierre-Alexis Tremblay was a surveyor and Quebec political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1875 and 1878 to 1879....
, LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
(1872-1876) - Hector-Louis LangevinHector-Louis LangevinSir Hector-Louis Langevin, PC, KCMG, CB, QC was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation....
, Conservative (1876-1878) - Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1878-1879)
- Joseph-Stanislas PerraultJoseph-Stanislas PerraultJoseph-Stanislas Perrault was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Charlevoix in the Canadian House of Commons from 1879 to 1881 as a Conservative member....
, Conservative (1879-1881) - Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1881-1887)
- Simon CimonSimon CimonSimon Cimon was a Quebec civil engineer and political figure. He represented Charlevoix in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1887 to 1891....
, Conservative (1887-1891) - Henry SimardHenry SimardHenry Simard was a Canadian merchant and political figure in Quebec, Canada. Simard served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1895. During that time, he represented the electoral district of Charlevoix as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Henry Simard was born on 17 February 1836...
, Liberal (1891-1895) - Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers, Liberal (1896-1904)
- Rodolphe ForgetRodolphe ForgetSir Joseph David Rodolphe Forget was an important Canadian business investor, stockbroker, and politician. He held national directorships and had major investments in energy companies as well as industrial concerns and railway companies in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario...
, Conservative (1904-1917)
1949 - 2004
- August Maltais, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Martial AsselinMartial AsselinMartial Asselin, is a retired Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec .Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1967...
, Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
(1958-1962) - L.P.-Antoine Belanger, Social CreditSocial Credit Party of CanadaThe Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
(1962-1965) - Martial Asselin, Prog. Cons. (1965-1972)
- Gilles CaouetteGilles CaouetteGilles Caouette was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament.Caouette was born in Rouyn, Quebec. His father, Réal Caouette, was a prominent Social Credit politician, and leader of the Ralliement créditiste and later the Social Credit Party of Canada.Gilles followed in his father’s...
, Social Credit (1972-1974) - Charles LapointeCharles LapointeCharles Lapointe, PC is a Canadian businessman and former politician and public servant.Lapointe was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1974 federal election as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Charlevoix...
, Liberal (1974-1984) - Charles-André HamelinCharles-André HamelinCharles-André Hamelin was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman and journalist by career....
, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988) - Brian MulroneyBrian MulroneyMartin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...
, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993) - Gérard AsselinGérard AsselinGérard Asselin is a Canadian politician.Asselin is a former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic...
, Bloc QuébécoisBloc QuébécoisThe Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
(1993-2004)
Election results
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of Parliament
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