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Abitibi (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
1922

Last contested
  
1939

District abolished
  
1944

First contested
  
1923

Province
  
Québec

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

Abitibi was a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada which elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. It was located in the general area of the modern-day Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Western Quebec.

It was created for the 1923 election from parts of the Témiscamingue electoral district. Its last election was in 1939. It disappeared in the 1944 election and was split into Abitibi-Ouest and Abitibi-Est.

Members of Legislative Assembly

  • Joseph-Édouard Perrault, Liberal (1923)
  • Hector Authier, Liberal (1923–1936)
  • Émile Lesage, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
  • Félix Allard, Liberal (1939–1944)

    • References

    Abitibi (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia
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