The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Charlevoix—Montmorency. The district was created again in 1947 from Charlevoix—Saguenay. It was abolished again in 2003 when it was redistributed into Charlevoix—Montmorency and Manicouagan ridings.
The most well-known person to represent this riding is Brian Mulroney who was Member of Parliament for the riding, for part of his term as Prime Minister of Canada, from 1988 to 1993.
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
1867 - 1917
1949 - 2004
|- |CIMON, Simon-Xavier ||align=right|999 |- |GAGNON, ||align=right|911 |}
|- |TREMBLAY, Pierre-Alexis ||align=right|1,485 |- |CIMON, ||align=right|779 |}
|- |TREMBLAY, Pierre-Alexis ||align=right|1,377 |- |CHAUVEAU, P.J.O. ||align=right|1,104 |}
By-election: On election being declared void
|- |LANGEVIN, Hector-Louis ||align=right|952 |- |TREMBLAY, Pierre-Alexis ||align=right|741 |}
By-election: On by-election being declared void
|- |LANGEVIN, Hector-Louis ||align=right|1,185 |- |TREMBLAY, Pierre-Alexis ||align=right|1,129 |}
|- |TREMBLAY, P.A. ||align=right|1,052 |- |PERRAULT, J.S. ||align=right|936 |}
By-election: On Mr. Tremblay's death, 5 January 1879
|- |PERRAULT, Jos. Stanislas ||align=right|1,077 |- |CIMON, S.X. ||align=right|898 |}
By-election: On by-election being declared void
|- |CIMON, Simon-Xavier ||align=right|929 |- |PERRAULT, Joseph-Stanislas ||align=right|854 |}
|- |CIMON, S.X. ||align=right|954 |- |KANE, J.A.J. ||align=right|601 |}
|- |CIMON, S.X. ||align=right|903 |- |Nationalist |TREMBLAY, J.A. ||align=right|819 |- |CLEMENT, C.H.A. ||align=right|688 |- |HAMEL, J.A. ||align=right|309 |}
By-election: On Mr. Cimon's death, 26 June 1887
|- |CIMON, Simon-Xavier (Jr.) ||align=right|1,436 |- |TREMBLAY, J.A. ||align=right|1,025 |}
|- |SIMARD, Henry ||align=right|1,542 |- |CIMON, Simon (Jr.) ||align=right|1,235 |}
By-election: On Mr. Simard's death, 6 November 1895
|- |ANGERS, Louis-Charles-Alphon ||align=right|acclaimed |}
|- |ANGERS, Louis Charles A. ||align=right|1,403 |- |CIMON, Simon ||align=right|1,273 |}
|- |ANGERS, Louis Charles Alphonse ||align=right|1,517 |- |CIMON, Simon ||align=right|1,342 |}
|- |FORGET, Rodolphe ||align=right| 1,684 |- |ANGERS, L.C.A. ||align=right|1,601 |}
|- |FORGET, Rodolphe ||align=right| 1,934 |- |POULIOT, Joseph Camille ||align=right|1,725 |}
|- |FORGET, Rodolphe ||align=right| 2,020 |- |CANNON, Lucien ||align=right|1,358 |}
|- |MALTAIS, Auguste ||align=right|9,543 |- |BOITEAU, Emile ||align=right| 4,402 |- |DUFOUR, Joseph-Hidas-Aimé ||align=right|1,608 |- |SIMARD, Pierre ||align=right|940 |- |LACROIX, Donat ||align=right| 217 |}
|- |MALTAIS, Auguste ||align=right|10,742 |- |DORION, Frederic ||align=right|7,259 |}
|- |MALTAIS, Auguste ||align=right|10,182 |- |DORION, Guy ||align=right|7,532 |- |HUDON, Jean-Louis ||align=right|246 |- |GIGNAC, Jos. ||align=right|213 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Martial ||align=right|12,315 |- |MALTAIS, Auguste ||align=right|7,918 |}
|- |BELANGER, L.-P.-Antoine ||align=right| 8,645 |- |ASSELIN, Martial ||align=right|6,341 |- |MALTAIS, Auguste ||align=right|5,408 |}
|- |BELANGER, L.P.-Antoine ||align=right| 7,390 |- |ASSELIN, Martial ||align=right|6,843 |- |BOUCHARD, Meredy ||align=right|5,787 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Martial||align=right|6,844 |- |RACINE, Aimé ||align=right| 6,676 |- |FROMENT, J.-Adélard ||align=right|5,556 |- |DUFRESNE, Paul-Henri ||align=right| 556 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Martial ||align=right|9,487 |- |RACINE, Aimé ||align=right| 8,282 |- |POULIN, Raymond ||align=right|3,831 |- |BOULAY, Reginald ||align=right|1,070 |}
|- |CAOUETTE, Gilles ||align=right| 10,264 |- |ALAIN, Jean-Guy ||align=right|10,105 |- |SAVARD, Pierre-Paul ||align=right|5,747 |}
|- |LAPOINTE, Charles ||align=right|10,372 |- |CAOUETTE, Gilles ||align=right|8,905 |- |TREMBLAY, Gualbert ||align=right|4,942 |- |TREMBLAY, Gaétan ||align=right|692 |}
|- |LAPOINTE, Charles ||align=right|18,031 |- |GAGNON, Gabriel-Yvan ||align=right| 8,004 |- |TREMBLAY, Paul-André ||align=right|4,503 |- |LAFORCE, Normand ||align=right| 613 |- |KASZAP, Margot ||align=right|251 |}
|- |LAPOINTE, Charles ||align=right|22,130 |- |DUFOUR, Jean-Pierre ||align=right| 5,679 |- |LAFORCE, Normand ||align=right|1,273 |- |EMOND, Angelo ||align=right|1,021 |- |LALIBERTE, Guy Pantouffe ||align=right| 945 |- |BRODEUR, Lise ||align=right|232 |}
|- |HAMELIN, Charles ||align=right|23,661 |- |LAPOINTE, Charles ||align=right|11,906 |- |TOULOUSE, Jocelyn ||align=right|1,022 |- |PILOTE, Victorien ||align=right|610 |}
|- |MULRONEY, Brian ||align=right|33,730 |- |CAUCHON, Martin ||align=right|5,994 |- |CHOQUETTE, Kenneth ||align=right|1,819 |- |GOURD, François Yo ||align=right|600 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Gérard ||align=right| 23,615 |- |DESGAGNÉS, André ||align=right|7,140 |- |GUY, Gérard ||align=right|6,781 |- |CARPENTIER, Audrey ||align=right| 552 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Gérard ||align=right| 19,792 |- |MALTAIS, Ghislain ||align=right|9,838 |- |MASSICOTTE, Nicole ||align=right|6,443 |- |DUMOUTIER, François ||align=right| 454 |}
|- |ASSELIN, Gérard ||align=right|20,479 |- |GAGNON, Marjolaine ||align=right|9,308 |- |PARADIS, Pierre ||align=right|1,905 |- |GRONDIN, Doris ||align=right|1,154 |- |DUHAIME, Joss ||align=right|484 |}
Riding history from the Library of Parliament