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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
1896

District abolished
  
1933

District created
  
1892

Last contested
  
1931 by-election

Three Rivers and St. Maurice (French: Trois-Rivières-et-Saint-Maurice; also known as Three Rivers—St. Maurice) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1935.

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This riding was created as "Three Rivers and St. Maurice" riding in 1892 from Three Rivers and Saint Maurice ridings. It was renamed "Three Rivers—St. Maurice" in 1924 and defined to consist of the Cities of Three Rivers and Shawinigan Falls and the County of St. Maurice.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Three Rivers and St. Maurice, 1896–1925

By-election: On Mr. Bureau being appointed Solicitor-General of Canada, 14 February 1907

By-election: On Mr. Bureau's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown 3 January 1922

Three Rivers—St. Maurice, 1925–1935

By-election: On Mr. Bettez's death, 4 January 1931

References

Three Rivers and St. Maurice Wikipedia