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.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
1867 - 1917
- Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1867-1872)
- Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1872-1876)
- Hector-Louis Langevin, Conservative (1876-1878)
- Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, Liberal (1878-1879)
- Joseph-Stanislas Perreault, Conservative (1879-1881)
- Simon-Xavier Cimon, Conservative (1881-1887)
- Simon Cimon, Jr., Conservative (1887-1891)
- Henry Simard, Liberal (1891-1895)
- Louis-Charles-Alphonse Angers, Liberal (1896-1904)
- Rodolphe Forget, Conservative (1904-1917)
- August Maltais, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Martial Asselin, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- L.P.-Antoine Belanger, Social Credit (1962-1965)
- Martial Asselin, Prog. Cons. (1965-1972)
- Gilles Caouette, Social Credit (1972-1974)
- Charles LaPointe, Liberal (1974-1984)
- Charles Hamelin, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
- Brian Mulroney, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
- Gérard Asselin, Bloc Québécois (1993-2004)
See also
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