Frontenac—Mégantic
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1996 |
District abolished | 2003 |
First contested | 1997 |
Last contested | 2000 |
Frontenac—Mégantic was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
It was created in 1996 from the Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead riding. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Beauce, Compton—Stanstead and Mégantic—L'Érable ridings.
It consisted of:
- the cities of Black Lake, Disraeli, Lac-Mégantic, Scotstown and Thetford Mines;
- the County Regional Municipality of L'Amiante;
- the County Regional Municipality of Le Granit, excepting: the municipalities of Risborough and Saint-Robert-Bellarmin; the Municipality of the United Townships of Risborough-et-partie-de-Marlow;
- in the County Regional Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François: the village municipalities of La Patrie, Saint-Gérard and Weedon Centre; the township municipalities of Ditton, Hampden, Lingwick and Weedon; the municipalities of Chartierville and Fontainebleau.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Frontenac—Mégantic Riding created from Frontenac and Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead | ||||
36th | 1997–2000 | Jean-Guy Chrétien | Bloc Québécois | |
37th | 2000–2004 | Gérard Binet | Liberal | |
Riding dissolved into Beauce, Compton—Stanstead and Mégantic—L'Érable |
The riding was a swing riding between the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois.
Election results
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | Jean-Guy Chrétien | 14,433 | ||||||
Liberal | Manon Lecours | 13,968 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Carole Dodier | 9,885 | ||||||
Natural Law | Serge Trépanier | 365 | ||||||
New Democratic | Sara Mayo | 252 |
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Gérard Binet | 17,069 | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | Jean-Guy Chrétien | 15,703 | ||||||
Alliance | Stéphane Musial | 1,751 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Nicole Massicotte | 1,497 | ||||||
Marijuana | Pierre Luc Fournier | 698 | ||||||
New Democratic | Olivier Chalifoux | 427 |
See also
External links
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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