Frontenac (Quebec electoral district)

Frontenac
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1966
District abolished 1996
First contested 1968
Last contested 1993

Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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.

Geography

It initially consisted of:

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
Frontenac
Riding created from Lotbinière and Mégantic
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
Riding dissolved into Beauce and Frontenac—Mégantic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditisteDUMONT, Bernard12,298
LiberalTHÉBERGE, Gaëtan9,863
Progressive ConservativePAUL, André3,510
New DemocraticLAFLEUR, Claude1,231

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

By-election on 16 November 1970
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold13,404
Ralliement créditisteCHAMPAGNE, Michel7,721
Progressive ConservativePAUL, Victor2,154
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold12,014
Social CreditLESSARD, Nelson-O.11,950
Progressive ConservativeCYR, Benoît5,635
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold14,236
Social CreditMERCIER, Thérèse10,000
Progressive ConservativeBÉLEC, Daniel2,667
New DemocraticPAQUET, Adrien2,032
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold17,024
Social CreditBÉLAND, Jean-Louis11,582
Progressive ConservativeCLOUTIER, Georges Henri7,140
New DemocraticVAILLANCOURT, Martin492
RhinocerosCOUILLARD DE LÉPINAY, Robert429
Union populaireBEAUDOIN, Gaston173
Marxist–LeninistNOLIN, Jean-Daniel63
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold14,745
Social CreditROY, Fabien10,328
Progressive ConservativeLAUZON, Yves4,922
New DemocraticLAVIGNE, Jean-Denis1,693
Not affiliatedGILBERT, Hugues202
IndependentTURMEL, Jean101
IndependentMÉTIVIER, Patricia92
Marxist–LeninistNOLIN, Jean-Daniel46

Due to the death of one of Social Credit candidate Nelson Lassard, the general election scheduled for February 18 was postponed until March 24.

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMASSE, Marcel28,246
LiberalCORRIVEAU, Léopold9,154
New DemocraticBOUCHARD, Rita1,081
RhinocerosFOURNIER, Pierre823
Parti nationalisteHOULE, Richard386
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeMASSE, Marcel25,872
LiberalPATRY, Réal6,978
New DemocraticL'HEUREUX, Claude1,785
GreenGUERNON, Jean511
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisCHRÉTIEN, Jean-Guy18,603
LiberalJAM, Jean-Guy6,984
Progressive ConservativeNADEAU, Jean-Claude5,017
GreenGUERNON, Jean-René359
New DemocraticBOWMAN, Joseph332
AbolitionistTURMEL, Jean C.195

See also

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