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Saint Hyacinthe (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
1867

Last contested
  
2014

Province
  
Québec

First contested
  
1867

Electors (2012)
  
56,870

Elector
  
56,870

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

MNA
  
Chantal SoucyCoalition Avenir Québec

Census divisions
  
Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality (part)

Saint-Hyacinthe is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Saint-Hyacinthe and various other municipalities.

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It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained La Présentation from Verchères electoral district and Saint-Pie from Iberville electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

  • Pierre Bachand, Liberal (1867–1878)
  • Honoré Mercier, Liberal (1879–1890)
  • Odilon Desmarais, Liberal (1890–1892)
  • Antoine-Paul Cartier, Conservative Party (1892–1897)
  • Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Liberal (1897–1900)
  • Joseph Morin, Liberal (1900–1908)
  • Henri Bourassa, Ligue nationaliste canadienne (1908–1912)
  • Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, Liberal (1912–1919)
  • Armand Boisseau, Liberal (1919–1923)
  • Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, Liberal (1923–1944)
  • Ernest-Joseph Chartier, Union Nationale (1944–1954)
  • Pierre-Jacques-François Bousquet, Union Nationale (1955–1956)
  • René Saint-Pierre, Liberal (1956–1966)
  • Denis Bousquet, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
  • Fernand Cornellier, Liberal (1970–1976)
  • Fabien Cordeau, Union Nationale (1976–1981)
  • Maurice Dupré, Parti Québécois (1981–1985)
  • Charles Messier, Liberal (1985–1994)
  • Léandre Dion, Parti Québécois (1994–2007)
  • Claude L'Écuyer, Action démocratique du Québec (2007–2008)
  • Émilien Pelletier, Parti Québécois (2008–2014)
  • Chantal Soucy, Coalition Avenir Québec (2014–present)

    • Election results

    ^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ

    References

    Saint-Hyacinthe (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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