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Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)

former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ3322989 ↗
Source-derived summary

Montréal-Ouest (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʁeal wɛst] ) was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1867 election. Its final election was in 1886. It disappeared in the 1890 election and its successor electoral districts were Montréal division no. 4 and Montréal division no. 5.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)” as former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1867, 1886, 1890—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Montréal-Ouest, provincial and electoral can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3322989. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1867, 1886 and 1890.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district) primary sources, Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district) archive and Montréal-Ouest research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Montréal-Ouest (provincial electoral district)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.