Champlain (provincial electoral district)

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Champlain
National Assembly Member Pierre-Michel Auger
ADQ
Electors, 2007 46,741 [1]
Electoral district created 1829
Region Mauricie

Champlain is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1829. It includes the municipalities of Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Narcisse and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and the eastern portions of the city of Trois-Rivières.

The riding is named after the founder of Quebec City in 1608, Samuel de Champlain

Contents

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (1867-1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

  Name Assignments [1] Party Election [2] Popular Vote [3]
     John Jones Ross [4] Government MLA Conservative 1867 64%
     Jean-Charles Chapais Government MLA Conservative 1867 unopposed
     François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel Government MLA Conservative 1871 39%
     Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr Government MLA (until 1878)
Official Opposition MLA (after 1878)
Conservative 1875 36%
     Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr Official Opposition MLA (until 1879)
Government MLA (after 1879)
Conservative 1878 61%
     Robert Trudel [5] Government MLA Conservative 1881 unopposed
     Ferdinand Trudel [6] Official Opposition MLA (until 1887)
Government MLA (after 1887)
Parti National 1886 51%
     Pierre Grenier Official Opposition MLA (until 1891)
Government MLA (after 1891)
Conservative 1890 51%
     Pierre Grenier Government MLA Conservative 1892 62%
     Pierre Grenier Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1897 52%
     Pierre-Calixte Neault Government MLA Liberal 1900 51%
     Pierre-Calixte Neault Government MLA Liberal 1904 57%
     Pierre-Calixte Neault [7] Government MLA Liberal 1908 53%
     Joseph-Arthur Labissonnière [8] Official Opposition MLA Conservative 1912 51%
     Bruno Bordeleau Government MLA Liberal 1916 59%
     Bruno Bordeleau Government MLA Liberal 1919 unopposed
     Bruno Bordeleau [9] Government MLA Liberal 1923 57%
     William-Pierre Grant Government MLA Liberal 1925 54%
     William-Pierre Grant Government MLA Liberal 1927 55%
     William-Pierre Grant Government MLA Liberal 1931 54%
     Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau Opposition MLA Action libérale nationale 1935 56%
     Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau Government MLA Union Nationale 1936 61%
     Joseph-Philias Morin Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1939 51%
     Maurice Bellemare Government MLA Union Nationale 1944 54%
     Maurice Bellemare Government MLA Union Nationale 1948 69%
     Maurice Bellemare Government MLA
Government House Whip (after 1953)
Union Nationale 1952 60%
     Maurice Bellemare Government House Whip (until 1959)
Cabinet Member (after 1959)
Union Nationale 1956 59%
     Maurice Bellemare Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1960 50%
     Maurice Bellemare Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1962 53%
     Maurice Bellemare Cabinet Member
Government House Leader (until 1969)
Union Nationale 1966 58%
     Normand Toupin Cabinet Member Liberal 1970 33%
     Normand Toupin [10] Cabinet Member Liberal 1973 55%
     Marcel Gagnon Government MNA Parti Québécois 1976 41%
     Marcel Gagnon [11] Government MNA
Parliamentary Secretary (after 1984)
Parti Québécois 1981 54%
     Pierre-A. Brouillette Government MNA Liberal 1985 52%
     Pierre-A. Brouillette [12] Government MNA Liberal 1989 46%
     Yves Beaumier Government MNA Parti Québécois 1994 42%
     Yves Beaumier Government MNA Parti Québécois 1998 47%
     No winner [13] N/A N/A 2003 35%
     Noëlla Champagne [14] Official Opposition MNA Parti Québécois 2003 38%
     Pierre-Michel Auger Official Opposition MNA Action démocratique du Québec 2007 45%

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
  3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Champlain
  4. ^ Ross resigned to become Member of the Legislative Council (provincial upper house) in 1867.
  5. ^ Robert Trudel died in office in 1886.
  6. ^ Ferdinand Trudel lost the 1890 election.
  7. ^ Neault lost the 1912 election.
  8. ^ Labissonnière lost the 1916 election.
  9. ^ Bordeleau resigned to become registrar in 1925.
  10. ^ Toupin lost the 1976 election.
  11. ^ Gagnon lost the 1985 election.
  12. ^ Brouillette lost the 1994 election.
  13. ^ The 2003 election was a tie between PQ Noëlla Champagne and Liberal Pierre-A. Brouillette. Another election was held to determine the winner.
  14. ^ Champagne lost the 2007 election.

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[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

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