Saguenay (provincial electoral district)
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Saguenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The Saguenay district proper was created in 1948 after a split of the district of Charlevoix-Saguenay
Charlevoix (provincial electoral district)
Charlevoix is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region and includes the municipalities of La Malbaie, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Saint-Paul and Baie-Sainte-Catherine. The riding existed from 1867 to 1907 before being re-created in 1948...

 that existed from 1912 to 1944. located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Saguenay was also part of Chicoutimi-Saguenay that existed from 1867 to 1912. It is now part of the René-Lévesque
René-Lévesque
René-Lévesque is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The Manicouagan RCM and La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM are situated in this district. The cities of Baie-Comeau and Forestville are within the limits...

 riding that was created in 2003.

Riding of Chicoutimi-Saguenay

  • Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
    Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
    Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was a surveyor and Quebec political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1875 and 1878 to 1879....

    , Independent - Liberal (1867-1874)
  • Michel-Guillaume Baby, Conservative Party
    Parti conservateur du Québec
    The Parti conservateur du Québec was a political party in Quebec, Canada.-Origins:The party originated as the Parti bleu which was formed around 1850 by the followers of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine...

     (1874-1875)
  • William Evan Price
    William Evan Price
    William Evan Price was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Chicoutimi—Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.-Biography:...

    , Conservative - Independent Conservative (1875-1880)
  • Joseph-Élisée Beaudet
    Joseph-Élisée Beaudet
    Joseph-Élisée Beaudet was a businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1880 to 1881 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Élisée Beaudet....

    , Conservative Party (1880-1881)
  • Élie Saint-Hilaire
    Élie Saint-Hilaire
    Élie Saint-Hilaire was an educator, farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1888 as an independent conservative member....

    , Independent Conservative (1881-1888)
  • Séverin Dumais
    Séverin Dumais
    Séverin Dumais was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1888 to 1890 as a Parti National member....

    , Parti national (1888-1890)
  • Onésime Côté
    Onésime Côté
    Onésime Côté was a general merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 as a member of the Parti National....

    , Parti national (1890-1892)
  • Honoré Petit
    Honoré Petit
    Honoré Petit was a farmer, lumberman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1892 to 1912 as a Conservative and Chicoutimi from 1912 to 1919 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Petit and...

    , Conservative Party - Liberal (1892-1912)

Riding of Charlevoix-Saguenay

  • Pierre D'Auteuil, Conservative Party (1912-1919)
  • Philippe Dufour, Liberal (1919-1927)
  • Edgar Rochette
    Edgar Rochette
    Joseph Ulysse Edgar Rochette was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and provincial politician.Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, Rochette was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1914. A Rhodes Scholar, he studied law at Pembroke College, Oxford from 1914 to 1917...

    , Liberal (1927-1936)
  • Arthur Leclerc  Union Nationale (1936-1939)
  • Edgar Rochette, Liberal (1939-1944)
  • Arthur Leclerc, Union Nationale (1944-1948)

Riding of Saguenay

  • Pierre Ouellet, Union Nationale (1948-1960)
  • Lucien Belanger, Liberal (1960-1962)
  • Rodrigue Thibault, Liberal (1962-1963)
  • Pierre-Willie Maltais, Liberal (1964-1966)

Members of National Assembly

  • Pierre-Willie Maltais, Liberal (1966-1970)
  • Lucien Lessard
    Lucien Lessard
    -Background:He was born on February 22, 1938 in Grandes-Bergeronnes. He has a Master degree from Université Laval and was an educator and a union activist.-Member of the legislature:...

    , Parti Québécois
    Parti Québécois
    The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

     (1970-1982)
  • Ghislain Maltais, Liberal (1983-1994)
  • Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon, Parti Québécois (1994-2001)
  • François Corriveau
    François Corriveau
    François Corriveau is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and was the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Saguenay , in the Côte-Nord region, from 2002 to 2003.-Background:He was born in Baie-Comeau and is the son of a judge...

    , Action démocratique du Québec
    Action démocratique du Québec
    The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

    (2002-2003)
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