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Saint-Maurice is the name or part of the name of places. It refers to the legendary Saint Maurice.
Saint Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896. Saint-Maurice was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 2004.
The electoral district of Saint Maurice was "created" in 1867, the continuation of the pre-confederation electoral division with the same delimitation. In 1892, it was merged with the district of Trois-Rivières to form Three Rivers and St. Maurice.
A Saint-Maurice district was re-established in 1966 out of the former districts of Champlain and Saint-Maurice—Laflèche. The district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—Maskinongé and Saint-Maurice—Champlain ridings.
A high-profile MP was the former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who represented the riding of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche for five years and the riding of Saint-Maurice for 29 years.
The district of Saint-Maurice is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ).
Saint-Maurice is a provincial electoral district located in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It includes part of the city of Shawinigan; it does not, however, include the parish municipality of Saint-Maurice (although it borders on it).
It was created for the 1867 election, and an electoral district of that name existed even earlier: see Saint-Maurice (Lower Canada) and Saint-Maurice (Province of Canada).
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.
Under the Union regime (1841-1867), the district of Saint-Maurice was re-established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Maskinongé was created in 1853.
Saint-Maurice was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the district of Saint-Maurice was established. Its boundaries, which roughly covered the current Mauricie area except for the city of Trois-Rivières, were reduced when the district of Champlain was created in 1829.
Saint-Maurice was represented simultaneously by two Members at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.