- Mégantic (electoral district)
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Mégantic was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.Contents
History
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into the Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac electoral districts.
The riding was created again in 1947 from Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac, was defined to consist of:
- the county of Mégantic, (except the municipalities of Nelson, Ste-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village of Lyster), the city of Thetford Mines and the town of Black Lake;
- that part of the county of Frontenac included in the municipalities of Courcelles, St-Vital-de-Lambton, St-Evariste-de-Forsyth, St-Méthode-de-Frontenac and the villages of Lambton and St-Evariste-Station;
- that part of the county of Wolfe included in the municipalities of Garthby, Stratford, Wolfestown, D'Israeli, Ste-Praxède and the villages of Beaulac and D'Israeli, together with that part of the municipality of Saints-Martyrs Canadiens included in the township of Garthby.
In 1952, it was redefined to consist of
- the county of Mégantic, (except the township municipality of Nelson, the municipality of Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village municipality of Lyster), the city of Thetford-Mines and the town of Black Lake;
- that part of the county of Frontenac included in the municipalities of Lambton, Saint-Evariste-de-Forsyth, Sainte-Méthode-de-Frontenac, the parish municipality of Courcelles and the village municipalities of Lambton and La Guadeloupe;
- that part of the county of Wolfe included in the township municipalities of Garthby, Stratford and Wolfestown, the municipality of Disraeli, the parish municipality of Sainte-Praxède, the village municipalities of Beaulac and Disraeli, together with that part of the parish municipality of Saints-Martyrs Canadiens included in the township of Garthby.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton, Frontenac and Richmond.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
1867 - 1935
- George Irvine, Conservative (1867–1872)
- Édouard-Émery Richard, Liberal (1872–1878)
- Louis-Éphrem Olivier, Liberal (1878–1882)
- Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette, Conservative (1882–1884)
- François Langelier, Liberal (1884–1887)
- Georges Turcot, Liberal (1887–1891)
- Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette, Conservative (1891–1896)
- Georges Turcot, Liberal (1896–1904)
- François Théodore Savoie, Liberal (1904–1911)
- Lucien Turcotte Pacaud, Liberal (1911–1922)
- Eusèbe Roberge, Liberal (1922–1935)
1949 - 1968
- Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1949–1958)
- Gabriel Roberge, Liberal (1958–1962)
- Raymond Langlois, Social Credit (1962–1968)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1867 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Irvine 1,000 Unknown P.O. Triganne 733 Canadian federal election, 1872 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Édouard Richard 975 Unknown Triganne 857 Canadian federal election, 1874 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Édouard Richard 1,003 Unknown J. Reed 621 Unknown L.P.E. Crépeau 252 Canadian federal election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Louis-Éphrem Olivier 1,191 Unknown Jos E. Turgeon 881 Canadian federal election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 1,204 Unknown L.O. Olivier 1,085 By-election on 10 June 1884 On election being declared void, 1 April 1884
Party Candidate Votes Liberal François Langelier 1,259 Unknown J.E. Turgeon 1,222 Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Georges Turcot 1,471 Unknown L.D. Larose 1,336 Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 1,658 Liberal George Turcot 1,547 Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Georges Turcot 2,064 Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 1,410 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Georges Turcot 2,204 Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 1,795 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes Liberal François-Théodore Savoie 2,453 Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 1,950 Canadian federal election, 1908 Party Candidate Votes Liberal François-Théodore Savoie 2,800 Conservative Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette 2,365 Canadian federal election, 1911 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Turcotte Pacaud 2,986 Unknown Louis Honoré Huard 2,619 Canadian federal election, 1917 Party Candidate Votes Opposition Lucien Turcotte Pacaud acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1921 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lucien Turcotte Pacaud 8,715 Unknown Alcide Alphonse Blondin 1,749 By-election on 20 November 1922 On Pacaud's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 26 October 1922Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eusèbe Roberge acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1925 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eusèbe Roberge 6,929 Conservative Wilfrid Laliberté 3,262 Canadian federal election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eusèbe Roberge 6,483 Conservative Camille Roberge 3,243 Canadian federal election, 1930 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Eusèbe Roberge 7,609 Conservative Joseph-Théophile Beaudoin 5,757 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Lafontaine 13,273 Progressive Conservative Oliva Cyr 6,791 Union des électeurs Joseph Gagné 2,230 Co-operative Commonwealth Émile Grenier 415 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Lafontaine 13,951 Progressive Conservative Albert Coté 8,420 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Lafontaine 15,378 Progressive Conservative Robert Gervais 8,300 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gabriel Roberge 13,486 Progressive Conservative C.-Benoît Chartier 13,030 Independent Liberal Gérard Sirois 246 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Raymond Langlois 15,395 Liberal Gabriel Roberge 7,609 Progressive Conservative Jean-Luc Dutil 5,822 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Social Credit Raymond Langlois 11,329 Liberal Luc Gilbert-Lessard, 9,140 Progressive Conservative Fernand Gagné 4,267 New Democrat Klaude Poulin 1,115 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Ralliement créditiste Raymond Langlois 11,195 Liberal Gaétan Théberge 9,486 Progressive Conservative Fernand Gagné 2,634 New Democrat Claude Lafleur 1,641 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Categories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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