Lotbinière (electoral district)
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Lotbinière (later known as Lotbinière—L'Érable) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It was renamed "Lotbinière—L'Érable" in 2000, and was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Mégantic—L'Érable, Richelieu and Richmond—Arthabaska ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- Henry Gustave Joly, Liberal (1867-1874)
- Henry Bernier, Liberal (1874-1878)
- Côme-Isaïe Rinfret, Liberal (1878-1899)
- Edmond Fortier, Liberal (1900-1917)
- Thomas Vien, Liberal (1917-1925)
- Joseph-Achille Verville, Liberal (1925-1937)
- Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur, Liberal (1937-1940)
- Hugues Lapointe, Liberal (1940-1957)
- Raymond O'Hurley, Progressive Conservative (1957-1963)
- Auguste Choquette, Liberal (1963-1968)
- André Fortin, Social Credit (1968-1977)
- Richard Janelle, Social Credit (1978-1980)
- Jean-Guy Dubois, Liberal (1980-1984)
- Maurice Tremblay, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
- Jean Landry, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)
- Odina Desrochers, Bloc Québécois (1997-2004)
See also
External links
- Website of the [Parliament of Canada]
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