Frontenac—Mégantic

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

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.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Jean-Guy Chrétien, Bloc Québécois (1997-2000)
  2. Gérard Binet, Liberal (2000-2004)

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

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Bloc Québécois CHRÉTIEN, Jean-Guy 14,433
     Liberal LECOURS, Manon 13,968
     Progressive Conservative DODIER, Carole 9,885
     Natural Law TRÉPANIER, Serge 365
     New Democrat MAYO, Sara 252


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal BINET, Gérard 17,069
     Bloc Québécois CHRÉTIEN, Jean-Guy 15,703
     Canadian Alliance MUSIAL, Stéphane 1,751
     Progressive Conservative MASSICOTTE, Nicole 1,497
     Marijuana FOURNIER, Pierre Luc 698
     New Democrat CHALIFOUX, Olivier 427

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