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Quebec City (Province of Canada electoral district)

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Quebec City was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada East. It was created in 1841 and included much of Quebec City. Its boundaries were specifically drawn by the British Governor General, Lord Sydenham, to include voters of British background, disenfranchising francophone Canadien voters, an example of an ethnic and linguistic gerrymander. Sydenham's purpose was to gain support in the Legislative Assembly for the new Province of Canada, which had merged the formerly separate provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, as well as his government. Quebec City was represented by two members in the Legislative Assembly. It was altered in the redistribution of 1853, and abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.

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Quebec City (Province of Canada electoral district)
Rue Sainte-Claire, Quebec Saint-Jean-Baptiste (La Cité-Limoilou)

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Rue Sainte-Claire 744
G1R 1P4 Quebec, Saint-Jean-Baptiste (La Cité-Limoilou)
Quebec, Canada
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Grand Théâtre de Québec

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