Division of Shawinigan (Legislative Council)
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The Division of Shawinigan roughly covered the Mauricie
area in Quebec
, Canada
, and was represented by one Legislative Councillor in the Parliament of Quebec. Three legislative councillors represented the division from 1867 until the Legislative Council of Quebec
(upper house) was abolished in 1968.
Mauricie
Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents...
area 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and was represented by one Legislative Councillor in the Parliament of Quebec. Three legislative councillors represented the division from 1867 until the Legislative Council of Quebec
Legislative Council of Quebec
From 1867 until 1968, the Legislative Council of Quebec was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec...
(upper house) was abolished in 1968.
Legislative Councillors for Shawinigan (from 1867 to 1968)
| Name | Party | Appointment | Retirement | Premier |
John Jones Ross John Jones Ross John Jones Ross, PC was born in Quebec City, Canada. He was the son of a Scots-Quebecer merchant, George McIntosh Ross, and his French-Canadian wife Sophie-Éloïse Gouin.-Province of Canada Assembly:... | Conservative Conservative 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 | 1901 | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , born in Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, was the first Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec following the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. He led a Conservative Party government. He was also the Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary... |
Némèse Garneau Némèse Garneau Némèse Garneau was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Garneau and Nathalie Rinfret dit Malouin, Garneau was the owner of a dry goods business... | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The 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... | 1901 | 1937 | Simon-Napoléon Parent Simon-Napoléon Parent Simon-Napoléon Parent . Born in Quebec City he was the 12th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905.-Background:... |
Jean-Louis Baribeau Jean-Louis Baribeau Jean-Louis Baribeau was a Canadian politician and a Member of the House of Commons.-Background:He was born on March 19, 1893 in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Mauricie, the son of Donat Baribeau and Joséphine Lacroix, and was educated in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, at the Collège Sacré-Coeur in... | Union Nationale | 1938 | 1968 | Maurice Duplessis Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre... |
See also
- Canadian Senate divisionsCanadian Senate divisionsCanadian Senate divisions refers to two things. First, to the four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators as set out in the Constitution of Canada Canadian Senate divisions refers to two things. First, to the four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators as set out in the Constitution of Canada...
- History of CanadaHistory of CanadaThe history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples, among whom evolved trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and social hierarchies...
- History of QuebecHistory of QuebecQuebec has played a special role in Canadian history; it is the site where French settlers founded the colony of Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries.-Paleoindian Era :...
- Shawinigan
- Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières, QuebecTrois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...