Mégantic (federal electoral district)

Mégantic
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1967
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

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.

History[edit]

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 1935 when it was redistributed into the Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac electoral districts.^[1]

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[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Mégantic
1st	1867–1872	George Irvine	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Édouard Richard	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Édouard Richard
4th	1878–1882	Louis-Éphrem Olivier
5th	1882–1884	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	Conservative
5th	1884–1887	François Langelier	Liberal
6th	1887–1891	Georges Turcot	Liberal
7th	1891–1896	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	Conservative
8th	1896–1900	Georges Turcot	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	Georges Turcot
10th	1904–1908	François-Théodore Savoie
11th	1908–1911	François-Théodore Savoie
12th	1911–1917	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1922		Liberal
14th	1922–1925	Eusèbe Roberge
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac
Riding re-created from Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac
21st	1949–1953	Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Gabriel Roberge
25th	1962–1963	Raymond Langlois	Social Credit
26th	1963–1963		Social Credit
26th	1963–1965		Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968		Ralliement créditiste
Riding dissolved into Compton, Frontenac and Richmond

Election results[edit]

Mégantic, 1867–1935[edit]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Irvine	1,000
	Unknown	P. J. O. Triganne	733
Eligible voters			2,226
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[2]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Édouard Richard	975
	Unknown	Triganne	857
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Édouard Richard	1,003
	Unknown	J. Reed	621
	Unknown	L.P.E. Crépeau	252
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[4]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Éphrem Olivier	1,191
	Unknown	Jos E. Turgeon	881

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,204
	Unknown	L.O. Olivier	1,085

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 10 June 1884 On election being declared void, 1 April 1884
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,259
	Unknown	J.E. Turgeon	1,222

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Turcot	1,471
	Unknown	L.D. Larose	1,336

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,658
	Liberal	George Turcot	1,547

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Turcot	2,064
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,410

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Turcot	2,204
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,795

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François-Théodore Savoie	2,453
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,950

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François-Théodore Savoie	2,800
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	2,365

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	2,986
	Unknown	Louis Honoré Huard	2,619

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	acclaimed

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	8,715
	Unknown	Alcide Alphonse Blondin	1,749

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 November 1922 On Pacaud's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 26 October 1922
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	acclaimed

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	6,929
	Conservative	Wilfrid Laliberté	3,262

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	6,483
	Conservative	Camille Roberge	3,243

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	7,609
	Conservative	Joseph-Théophile Beaudoin	5,757
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[5]

Mégantic, 1949–1968[edit]

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	13,951
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Coté	8,420

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	15,378
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Gervais	8,300

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gabriel Roberge	13,486
	Progressive Conservative	C.-Benoît Chartier	13,030
	Independent Liberal	Gérard Sirois	246

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Raymond Langlois	15,395
	Liberal	Gabriel Roberge	7,609
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Dutil	5,822

v t e 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

v t e 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

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

References[edit]

^ "Mégantic, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". Ottawa: Library of Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1930 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[1] "Mégantic, Quebec (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". Ottawa: Library of Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[2] "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[3] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[4] Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.

[5] Sayers, Anthony M. "1930 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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