Montreal Centre
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the federal riding. For the provincial riding, see Montréal-Centre (provincial electoral district).
For other uses, see Montreal Center.
Montreal Centre (French: Montréal-Centre) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892.
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Defunct federal electoral district ...
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1892 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1895 by-election |
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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of the West Ward, the Centre Ward and the East Ward of the city of Montreal. In 1872, it was redefined to consist of the Ste. Anne Ward, West Ward, Centre Ward and East Ward.
It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into St. Anne and St. James ridings. Nevertheless, a by-election was held in Montreal Centre on December 27, 1895.