Dorion (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorion was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Coordinates: ...
Quebec electoral district | |
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Coordinates: | 45.540143°N 73.627882°W / 45.540143; -73.627882 |
Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
District created | 1965 |
District abolished | 1992 |
First contested | 1966 |
Last contested | 1989 |
Demographics | |
Census division(s) | Montreal (part) |
Census subdivision(s) | Montreal (part) |
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It corresponded to the Villeray neighbourhood in Montreal.
It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Montréal-Outremont, Montréal–Jeanne-Mance and Montréal-Laurier electoral districts. Its final election was in 1989. It disappeared in the 1994 election and its successor electoral district was Laurier-Dorion.
A Montréal-Dorion district also existed from 1912 to 1939.
The electoral district was named in honour of a prime minister of the United Province of Canada, Antoine-Aimé Dorion.