Frontenac (Quebec electoral district)

Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lotbinière and Mégantic ridings. It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Beauce and Frontenac—Mégantic ridings.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

Geography

It initially consisted of:

• the City of Thetford Mines;
• the Towns of Black Lake and Plessisville;
• the County of Mégantic;
• in the County of Frontenac: the village municipality of La Guadeloupe; the parish municipality of Courcelles; the municipalities of Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth and Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
• in the County of Beauce: the village municipality of East Broughton Station; the parish municipalities of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus and Sainte-Clothilde; the municipalities of East Broughton and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

• the City of Thetford Mines;
• the Towns of Black Lake and Plessisville;
• the County of Mégantic;
• in the County of Beauce: the village municipality of East Broughton Station; the parish municipalities of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus and Sainte-Clothilde; the municipalities of East Broughton and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.
• in the County of Frontenac: the village municipality of La Guadeloupe; the parish municipality of Courcelles; the municipalities of Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth and Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
• in the County of Lotbinère: the village municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

• the towns of Black Lake, Plessisville and Thetford Mines;
• the County of Mégantic;
• in the County of Beauce: the Village Municipality of East-Broughton-Station; the Parish Municipality of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus; the municipalities of East Broughton, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton;
• in the County of Frontenac: the Municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
• in the County of Lotbibière the village municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lotbinière and Mégantic prior to 1966
28th	1968-1970		Bernard Dumont	Ralliement Créditiste
	1970-1972		Léopold Corriveau	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Marcel Masse	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Jean-Guy Chrétien	Bloc Québécois

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	DUMONT, Bernard	12,298
	Liberal	THÉBERGE, Gaëtan	9,863
	Progressive Conservative	PAUL, André	3,510
	New Democrat	LAFLEUR, Claude	1,231

By-election: On Mr. Dumont's resignation, 6 April 1970

By-election on 16 November 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	13,404
	Ralliement créditiste	CHAMPAGNE, Michel	7,721
	Progressive Conservative	PAUL, Victor	2,154

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	12,014
	Social Credit	LESSARD, Nelson-O.	11,950
	Progressive Conservative	CYR, Benoît	5,635

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	14,236
	Social Credit	MERCIER, Thérèse	10,000
	Progressive Conservative	BÉLEC, Daniel	2,667
	New Democrat	PAQUET, Adrien	2,032

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	17,024
	Social Credit	BÉLAND, Jean-Louis	11,582
	Progressive Conservative	CLOUTIER, Georges Henri	7,140
	New Democrat	VAILLANCOURT, Martin	492
	Rhino	COUILLARD DE LÉPINAY, Robert	429
	Union Populaire	BEAUDOIN, Gaston	173
	Marxist–Leninist	NOLIN, Jean-Daniel	63

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	14,745
	Social Credit	ROY, Fabien	10,328
	Progressive Conservative	LAUZON, Yves	4,922
	New Democrat	LAVIGNE, Jean-Denis	1,693
	Not affiliated	GILBERT, Hugues	202
	Independent	TURMEL, Jean	101
	Independent	MÉTIVIER, Patricia	92
	Marxist–Leninist	NOLIN, Jean-Daniel	46

Due to the death of one of the candidates for the riding of Frontenac, the general election scheduled for February 18, 1980 in this riding was postponed until March 24, 1980.

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MASSE, Marcel	28,246
	Liberal	CORRIVEAU, Léopold	9,154
	New Democrat	BOUCHARD, Rita	1,081
	Rhino	FOURNIER, Pierre	823
	Nationaliste	HOULE, Richard	386

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MASSE, Marcel	25,872
	Liberal	PATRY, Réal	6,978
	New Democrat	L'HEUREUX, Claude	1,785
	Green	GUERNON, Jean	511

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	CHRÉTIEN, Jean-Guy	18,603
	Liberal	JAM, Jean-Guy	6,984
	Progressive Conservative	NADEAU, Jean-Claude	5,017
	Green	GUERNON, Jean-René	359
	New Democrat	BOWMAN, Joseph	332
	Abolitionist	TURMEL, Jean C.	195

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament