Province of Canada electoral district | |
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Defunct pre-Confederation electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada |
District created | 1841 |
District abolished | 1867 |
First contested | 1841 |
Last contested | 1863 |
Bellechasse was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada East. It was created by the Union Act, 1840 in 1841, based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. It was located in the current Chaudière-Appalaches area.
Bellechasse was represented by one Member at the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. It was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of Canada and the province of Quebec.