Chambly (Province of Canada electoral district)

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Chambly
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Province of Canada electoral district
Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
District created1841
District abolished1867
First contested1841
Last contested1863

Chambly was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada East. It was created in 1841, based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, for an area south of Montreal. It was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly.

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The electoral district was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.

Boundaries

The Union Act, 1840 merged the two provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada, with a single Parliament. The separate parliaments of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were abolished. [1]

The Union Act provided that the pre-existing electoral boundaries of Lower Canada and Upper Canada would continue to be used in the new Parliament, unless altered by the Union Act itself. [2] The Chambly electoral district of Lower Canada was not altered by the Act, and therefore continued with the same boundaries which had been set by a statute of Lower Canada in 1829:

The County of Chambly shall be bounded on the north west by the River Saint Lawrence, on the south east by the River Richelieu or Chambly, together with all the Islands in the River Saint Lawrence, and in the River Richelieu or Chambly, nearest to the said County, and in whole or in part fronting the same, on the south west by the north east boundaries of the Seigniories of Laprairie and De Lery, and on the north east by the County of Verchères comprehending the Seigniories of Boucherville, Montarville, Longueuil, Fief Trembly, Chambly West, and the Barony of Longueuil, within the said limits. [3]

The electoral district was located south of Montreal, in the Montérégie region. The elections were held at Longueuil. [4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (1841–1867)

Chambly was a single-member constituency. [5]

The following were the members of the Legislative Assembly for Chambly. 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. [6] [7] [8]

ParliamentMembersYears in OfficeParty
1st Parliament
1841–1844
John Yule [lower-alpha 1]
1841–1843
Unionist and Government supporter
Louis Lacoste [lower-alpha 2]
1843–1844
(By-election)
French-Canadian Group
2nd Parliament
1844–1847
Louis Lacoste
1844–1847
French-Canadian Group
3rd Parliament
1848–1851
Pierre Beaubien [lower-alpha 3] Pierre Beaubien.jpg
1848–1849
French-Canadian Group
Louis Lacoste [lower-alpha 4]
1849–1851
(by-election)
Ministerialist
4th Parliament
1851–1853
Louis Lacoste
1851–1853
Ministerialist
5th Parliament
1854–1857
Noël Darche
1854–1857
Rouge
6th Parliament
1858–1861
Louis Lacoste
1858–1861
Bleu
7th Parliament
1861–1863
Charles Boucher de Boucherville Charles-Eugene Boucher de Boucherville portrait.jpg
1861–1867
Independent
8th Parliament
1863–1867
Confederation; Bleu

Notes

  1. Resigned his seat September 22, 1843: Côté, Appointments and Elections, p. 59, note (5).
  2. Elected in by-election, October 23, 1843: Côté, , Appointments and Elections, p. 59, note (6).
  3. Seat vacated on appointment as Gaol Physician, July 31, 1849: Côté, Appointments and Elections, p. 60, note (90).
  4. Elected in by-election, September 25, 1849: Côté, Appointments and Elections, p. 59, note (6).

Abolition

The district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act, 1867 came into force, splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and Ontario. [9] It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the House of Commons of Canada [10] and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. [11]

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain :Statutes of Lower Canada, 13th Provincial Parliament, 2nd Session (1829), c. 74