Two Mountains (Province of Canada electoral district)
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Two Mountains (French name: Lac des Deux Montagnes) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Canada East, in a rural area north-west of Montreal. It was created in 1841, based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
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Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada |
District created | 1841 |
District abolished | 1867 |
First contested | 1841 |
Last contested | 1863 |
In 1853, the provincial Parliament redrew the electoral map. The boundaries for Two Mountains were altered to some extent in the new map, which came into force for the 1854 general elections.
Two Mountains was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. It was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.