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216:, thence by the said River Yamaska as far as the place where the continuation of the rear line of the seigniory of Saint Charles d'Yamaska would terminate at the said River, thence by the said depth line as far as the north east line of the said seigniory of Saint Charles, thence by the said north east line of Saint Charles as far as the River Yamasaka, thence by part of the said River which is between the said north east line of St. Charles and the north east line of the seigniory of
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The following were the members of the
Legislative Assembly for Richelieu. "Party" was a fluid concept, especially during the early years of the Province of Canada. Party affiliations are based on the biographies of individual members given by the National Assembly of Quebec, as well as votes in the
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on the River
Richelieu, thence by the said south west line as far as the line of the depth of the said seigniory, thence by the said depth line as far as the north east line of the said seigniory of Saint Charles, thence by the said north east line as far as the depth line of the seigniory of Saint
224:, and thence up the river as far as the north east line of the seigniory of Contrecœur; which County shall comprehend the seigniories of Saint Ours and its augmentation, Saint Denis, Saint Charles on the River Richelieu,
228:, Bourchemin west of the River of Yamaska, Bourg Marie west of the said River Bonsecours and Saint Charles on the River Yamaska, comprehending the following islands in the River Saint Lawrence, that is to say: the Isle
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itself. The
Richelieu electoral district of Lower Canada was not altered by the Act, and therefore continued with the same boundaries which had been set by a statute of Lower Canada in 1829:
220:, thence by the said north east line of the seigniory of Bonsecours as far as the Baie de la Valliere, thence by a line through the middle of the said Baie as far as its outlet into the
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An Act to make a new and more convenient subdivision of the
Province into Counties, for the purpose of effecting a more equal Representation thereof in the Assembly than heretofore
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provided that the pre-existing electoral boundaries of Lower Canada and Upper Canada would continue to be used in the new
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Statutes of Lower Canada, 13th
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and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and
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