Mégantic-Compton

Megantic-Compton is a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of East Angus, Cookshire-Eaton, Lac-Mégantic, Weedon, Lac-Drolet and Chartierville.

Mégantic-Compton
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
First contested1973
Last contested2008
Demographics
Population (2006)44,624
Electors (2008)[1]34,153
Area (km²)[2]5,322.14
Census division(s)Coaticook (part), Le Granit (part), Le Haut-Saint-François (all)
Census subdivision(s)Ascot Corner, Audet, Bury, Chartierville, Cookshire-Eaton, Dixville, Dudswell, East Angus, East Hereford, Frontenac, Hampden, Lac-Drolet, Lac-Mégantic, Lambton, La Patrie, Lingwick, Marston, Martinville, Milan, Nantes, Newport, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Piopolis, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Saint-Herménégilde, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Saint-Malo, Saint-Romain, Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, Scotstown, Stornoway, Stratford, Val-Racine, Weedon, Westbury

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Frontenac, Compton, and Wolfe electoral districts; despite the name, it did not include any part of the territory of the former Mégantic electoral district. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was the recreated Mégantic.[3]

Members of National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Frontenac, Compton, and Wolfe
30th  1973–1976     Omer Dionne Liberal
31st  1976–1980     Fernand Grenier Union Nationale
 1980–1981     Fabien Bélanger Liberal
32nd  1981–1983
 1983–1985 Madeleine Bélanger
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2004 Daniel Bouchard
 2004–2007     Independent
38th  2007–2008     Johanne Gonthier Liberal
39th  2008–2012
Riding dissolved into Mégantic

Election results
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Johanne Gonthier 9,204 45.09
Parti QuébécoisGloriane Blais7,17035.13
Action démocratiqueSamuel Therrien3,26816.01
Québec solidaireJulie Dionne7693.77
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Johanne Gonthier 8,701 32.98
Action démocratiqueJocelyn Brouillette7,86132.12
Parti QuébécoisGloriane Blais7,09528.99
GreenSébastien Lanctôt9043.69–
Québec solidaireLudovick Nadeau5442.22
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
  Liberal Daniel Bouchard 11,135 47.09
Parti QuébécoisSuzanne Durivage7,34731.07
Action démocratiqueAlain Boisvert4,90120.73
UFPChristian Poulin1930.82
EqualityFrank Moller710.30
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMadeleine Bélanger12,67550.49-3.46
Parti QuébécoisSuzanne Durivage10,33941.18-1.18
Action démocratiqueOlivier Chalifoux1,8357.31–
Socialist DemocracyYves Couturier1740.69–
EqualityFrank Moller810.32-1.50
Total valid votes 25,10499.01
Rejected and declined votes 2500.99-1.07
Turnout 25,35479.89-1.14
Electors on the lists 31,736
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
Liberal hold Swing -2.32
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,535 52.71
Oui 13,042 47.29
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMadeleine Bélanger12,79953.95-6.44
Parti QuébécoisJacques Blais10,05142.36+12.44
Natural LawChristian Simard4441.87–
EqualityMatthew Begbie4321.82-3.16
Total valid votes 23,72597.94
Rejected and declined votes 5002.06+0.55
Turnout 24,22581.03+4.32
Electors on the lists 29,896
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
Liberal hold Swing -9.44
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMadeleine Bélanger12,60860.39+0.91
Parti QuébécoisLéon Ducharme6,24629.92-7.43
EqualityFrank Moller1,0394.98–
GreenPierre Gilbert7403.54–
Parti 51Edmond Trudeau2451.17–
Total valid votes 20,87898.49
Rejected and declined votes 3201.51+0.41
Turnout 21,19876.71-0.68
Electors on the lists 27,634
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
Liberal hold Swing +4.17
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMadeleine Bélanger12,86559.48-8.12
Parti QuébécoisMaurice Bernier8,70837.35+6.87
New DemocraticJoseph Lemoine5942.75–
Christian SocialistSteeve Stratford910.42–
Total valid votes 21,62898.90
Rejected and declined votes 2411.10+0.15
Turnout 21,86977.39+4.96
Electors on the lists 28,257
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
Liberal hold Swing -7.50
Quebec provincial by-election, December 5, 1983
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMadeleine Bélanger13,71167.60+15.87
Parti QuébécoisNoël Landry6,18230.48-11.04
IndependentJean-Luc Perron2331.15–
No AffiliationPatricia Métivier1560.77–
Total valid votes 20,28299.05 
Total rejected ballots 1940.95+0.23
Turnout 20,47672.43-9.61
Electors on the lists 28,270
Liberal hold Swing +13.50
By-election due to the death of Fabien Bélanger
Source(s)
"December 5, 1983 By-election". Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. December 5, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Fabien Bélanger 11,795 51.73
Parti QuébécoisNoël Landry9,46841.52
Union NationaleJacques Labranche1,5396.75–
Mégantic-Compton by-election November 17, 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Fabien Bélanger 9,259 46.95
Parti QuébécoisRichard Labelle7,13536.18
Union NationaleFernand Grenier2331.15–
  United Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin 156 0.77
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 15,202 65.23
Oui 8,102 34.77
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Union NationaleFernand Grenier8,53939.58–
  Liberal J. Omer Dionne 6,037 27.99
Parti QuébécoisRichard Labelle4,80922.29
  Ralliement créditiste Robert Leroux 2,188 10.14
1973 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal J. Omer Dionne 9,815 47.96
  Ralliement créditiste Paul-André Latulippe 5,385 26.31
Parti QuébécoisGérald Ouellette2,81913.78
Union NationaleOctave Grenier2,44511.95–

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=102&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=102&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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