| Maskinongé | |
| Province: | Province of Canada |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1853 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1867 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1854 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1863 |
Maskinongé was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in Canada East. It was located in the current Mauricie area, on the north shore of the River Saint Lawrence, southwest of the electoral district of Saint-Maurice. Maskinongé was created in a redistribution in 1853, and was first used in the general elections of 1854.[1]
Maskinongé was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly.
The electoral district was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.
Maskinongé was a single-member constituency.
The following were the members of the Legislative Assembly for Maskinongé. The 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.[2] [3] [4]
| Parliament | Members | Years in Office | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Parliament 1854–1857 | Joseph-Édouard Turcotte | 1854–1857 | Ministerialist | |||||
| 6th Parliament 1858–1861 | Louis-Honoré Gauvreau | 1858 | Bleu | |||||
| George Caron | 1858–1861 (by-election) | Bleu | ||||||
| 7th Parliament 1861–1863 | 1861–1863 | |||||||
| 8th Parliament 1863–1867 | Moïse Houde | 1863–1867 | Anti-Confederation; Rouge | |||||
The district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act, 1867 came into force, creating Canada and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and Ontario.[5] It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the House of Commons of Canada[6] and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[7]