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Wright (electoral district)

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

Last contested
  
1945

District created
  
1892

First contested
  
1896

District abolished
  
1947

Wright was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1948.

Contents

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Gatineau riding.

Geography

In 1892, it consisted of the city of Hull, the town of Aylmer, the township of Templeton, including the village of Pointe-à-Gatineau, the townships of Hull, Eardley, Masham, Wakefield, Lowe, Denholm, Aylwin, Hincks, Bowman, Bigelow, Blake, Northfield, Wright, Bouchette, Cameron, Wabasse, Bouthillier, Kensington, Maniwaki, Egan, Lytton, Sicotte, Aumond, Robertson, and all the unorganized territories west of the River du Lièvre to the southern boundary of the county of Montcalm.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the townships of Aylwin, Aumond, Baskatong, Bouchette, Cameron, Denholm, Eardley, Egan, Hincks, Hull, Kensington, Low, Lytton, Maniwaki, Masham, Northfield, Sicotte, Templeton, Wakefield and Wright,
  • the villages and other municipal subdivisions of those townships,
  • the city of Hull,
  • the town of Aylmer, and
  • all of the unorganized territory bounded on the north-east by the county of Montcalm and on the east by a line formed by the production northwards of the eastern boundary line of the township of Baskatong.

    • In 1915, it was redefined to exclude Hull City, East and West Hull, Gatineau Point, East, West and North Templeton, and the municipality of South Hull, which were transferred to the new electoral district of Hull.

    In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Hull not included in the electoral district of Hull, together with that part of the County of Labelle included in the township of Blake.

    In 1933, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the county of Gatineau; and
  • that part of the county of Labelle included in the township of Blake.

    • Members of Parliament

    This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

    Election results

    By-election: On Mr. Devlin being appointed trade commissioner to Ireland, 15 March 1897

    By-election: Mr. Laurier elected to sit for Quebec East, 20 January 1905

    By-election: On Mr. Perras' death, 28 June 1936

    References

    Wright (electoral district) Wikipedia
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