Prescott (Electoral District) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Prescott was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It wasd located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prescott. The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry-Prescott riding. An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a circonscription, but frequently called a comte (county). Federal electoral districts each return one Member of Parliament (MP) to the Canadian House of Commons; provincial or territorial electoral districts each return one representative - called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) - to the provincial or territorial legislature.