Mégantic (federal electoral district)
Mégantic was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.
Defunct federal electoral district | |
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Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1947 |
District abolished | 1967 |
First contested | 1949 |
Last contested | 1965 |
History
It was created by the British North America Act, 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:
Election results
Mégantic, 1867–1935
1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | George Irvine | 1,000 | ||||||
Unknown | P.O. Triganne | 733 |
1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Édouard Richard | 975 | ||||||
Unknown | Triganne | 857 |
1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Édouard Richard | 1,003 | ||||||
Unknown | J. Reed | 621 | ||||||
Unknown | L.P.E. Crépeau | 252 |
1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Louis-Éphrem Olivier | 1,191 | ||||||
Unknown | Jos E. Turgeon | 881 |
1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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Liberal | François Langelier | 1,259 | |||
Unknown | J.E. Turgeon | 1,222 |
1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Georges Turcot | 1,471 | ||||||
Unknown | L.D. Larose | 1,336 |
1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | 1,658 | ||||||
Liberal | George Turcot | 1,547 |
1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Georges Turcot | 2,064 | ||||||
Conservative | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | 1,410 |
1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Georges Turcot | 2,204 | ||||||
Conservative | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | 1,795 |
1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | François-Théodore Savoie | 2,453 | ||||||
Conservative | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | 1,950 |
1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | François-Théodore Savoie | 2,800 | ||||||
Conservative | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | 2,365 |
1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Lucien Turcotte Pacaud | 2,986 | ||||||
Unknown | Louis Honoré Huard | 2,619 |
1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Lucien Turcotte Pacaud | acclaimed |
1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Eusèbe Roberge | acclaimed |
1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Eusèbe Roberge | 6,929 | ||||||
Conservative | Wilfrid Laliberté | 3,262 |
1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Eusèbe Roberge | 6,483 | ||||||
Conservative | Camille Roberge | 3,243 |
1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Eusèbe Roberge | 7,609 | ||||||
Conservative | Joseph-Théophile Beaudoin | 5,757 |
Mégantic, 1949–1968
1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 |
1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Joseph Lafontaine | 13,951 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Albert Coté | 8,420 |
1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Joseph Lafontaine | 15,378 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Gervais | 8,300 |
1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Gabriel Roberge | 13,486 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | C.-Benoît Chartier | 13,030 | ||||||
Independent Liberal | Gérard Sirois | 246 |
1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Raymond Langlois | 15,395 | ||||||
Liberal | Gabriel Roberge | 7,609 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Jean-Luc Dutil | 5,822 |
1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Raymond Langlois | 11,329 | ||||||
Liberal | Luc Gilbert-Lessard, | 9,140 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Gagné | 4,267 | ||||||
New Democratic | Klaude Poulin | 1,115 |
1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Raymond Langlois | 11,195 | ||||||
Liberal | Gaétan Théberge | 9,486 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Gagné | 2,634 | ||||||
New Democratic | Claude Lafleur | 1,641 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts