Viger (electoral district)

Viger was a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada.

Viger

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1980
District abolished	2001
First contested	1981
Last contested	2002 (by-election)[1]
Demographics
Census division(s)	Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal (part)

It consisted of part of the Saint-Léonard, Rosemont and Mercier-Est neighbourhoods in Montreal.

It was created for the 1981 election. Its final general election was in 1998; there was also a by-election in 2002. It disappeared in the 2003 election as its territory was carved up and distributed among the new electoral district of Jeanne-Mance–Viger and the existing electoral districts of Anjou and Rosemont.

It was named jointly for Denis-Benjamin Viger and Jacques Viger,^[2] who were prominent politicians in the 1830s and 1840s.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Jeanne-Mance and Viau
32nd	1981–1985		Cosmo Maciocia	Liberal
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2001
	2002–2003		Anna Mancuso
Dissolved into Jeanne-Mance–Viger

References

1. Although a new electoral map was decided in 2001, it did not go into effect until the next general election in 2003; by-elections were held using the old electoral map.
2. "Circonscription électorale de Jeanne-Mance–Viger". Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French). September 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

External links

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuebecPolitique.com)

Maps

• 1992–2001 changes (Flash)

45.55°N 73.57°W / 45.55; -73.57