User:Mr Serjeant Buzfuz/Electoral history of Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
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This article is the Electoral history of Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, the first Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec. He served from 1867 to 1873. He was the first of eight Conservative premiers.
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Chauveau was active in politics in the Province of Canada prior to Confederation, which led to the creation of Canada and the new province of Quebec. Appointed as premier, he led the Conservative party of Quebec in the first provincial election in 1867, and formed the first provincial government. Four years later, he led the Conservatives to a second victory, in the 1871 general election.
When Canada was created, an individual could stand for election both federally and provincially, an example of the political practice called a dual mandate. While he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and Premier of Quebec, Chauveau was also a member of the federal House of Commons.
In 1873, he resigned the premiership and also his seats in both the Legislative Assembly and the Commons, to take an appointment to the Senate of Canada, as well as being appointed Speaker of the Senate. However, he resigned from the Senate less than a year later, and stood for election again to the House of Commons in the federal general election of 1874. He was defeated and then retired from politics.