Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 2003 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 2000 |
Lotbinière (later known as Lotbinière—L'Érable) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It was renamed "Lotbinière—L'Érable" in 2000, and was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Mégantic—L'Érable, Richelieu and Richmond—Arthabaska ridings.
It consisted initially of the County of Lotbinière.
In 1876, the Parish of St. Sévérin was transferred to the County of Beauce for the purposes of representation in the House of Commons.
In 1924, it was defined again as consisting of the County of Lotbinière.
In 1933, the following areas were added:
In 1947, it was defined as consisting of:
In 1966, it was defined as consisting of:
In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:
In 1987, it was defined as consisting of:
In 1996, it was defined as consisting of:
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Rinfret was appointed inspector of Inland Revenue, 25 August 1899
Due to the election being declared void on 29 September 1909
Due to Achille Verville's death, 20 November 1937
Due to André-Gilles Fortin's death, 25 June 1977
Riding history from the Library of Parliament: