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Frontenac—Mégantic

Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frontenac—Mégantic was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
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Frontenac—Mégantic
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000
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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:

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Parliament Years Member Party
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
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The riding was a swing riding between the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois.

Election results

More information 1997 Canadian federal election, Party ...
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisJean-Guy Chrétien14,433
LiberalManon Lecours13,968
Progressive ConservativeCarole Dodier9,885
Natural LawSerge Trépanier365
New DemocraticSara Mayo252
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More information 2000 Canadian federal election, Party ...
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGérard Binet17,069
Bloc QuébécoisJean-Guy Chrétien15,703
AllianceStéphane Musial1,751
Progressive ConservativeNicole Massicotte1,497
MarijuanaPierre Luc Fournier698
New DemocraticOlivier Chalifoux427
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