Mégantic (provincial electoral district)

Mégantic is a provincial electoral district in the Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec, Canada. It notably includes the municipalities of Lac-Mégantic, Cookshire-Eaton, East Angus, Ascot Corner, Stoke, Weedon and Disraeli.

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Mégantic (electoral district). For the pre-Confederation election district, see Megantick (Province of Canada electoral district). For other uses, see Mégantic.
Mégantic
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
François Jacques
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1867
District abolished1972
District re-created2011
First contested1867, 2012
Last contested1970, 2022
Demographics
Population (2011)49,055
Electors (2014)[1]38,589
Area (km²)[2]5,266.8
Pop. density (per km²)9.3
Census division(s)Coaticook (part), Le Granit (part), Le Val-Saint-François (part), Les Appalaches (part)
Census subdivision(s)Ascot Corner, Audet, Beaulac-Garthby, Bury, Chartierville, Cookshire-Eaton, Disraeli (parish), Disraeli (city), Dudswell, East Angus, Frontenac, Hampden, Lac-Drolet, Lac-Mégantic, Lambton, La Patrie, Lingwick, Marston, Milan, Nantes, Newport, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Piopolis, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Sainte-Praxède, Saint-Romain, Saint-Sébastien, Scotstown, Stoke, Stornoway, Stratford, Val-Racine, Weedon, Westbury

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). It was abolished before the 1973 election and its territory was mostly divided between Lotbinière and Frontenac; a small part also went to Arthabaska. Despite the name, none of the territory of Mégantic went into the newly created Mégantic-Compton. However, Mégantic-Compton was abolished before the 2012 election and its successor electoral district was the recreated Mégantic,[3] which contains most of the former area Mégantic-Compton, as well as parts of Johnson, Richmond, and Frontenac as they existed prior to the 2012 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     George Irvine Conservative
2nd  1871–1874
 1874–1875     Independent
3rd  1875–1876     Liberal
 1876–1878     Andrew Kennedy Conservative
4th  1878–1881     George Irvine Liberal
5th  1881–1884
 1884–1886 John Whyte
6th  1886–1888     Andrew Stuart Johnson Conservative
 1888–1890     William Rhodes Liberal
7th  1890–1892     Andrew Stuart Johnson Conservative
8th  1892–1897 James King
9th  1897–1900     George Robert Smith Liberal
10th  1900–1904
11th  1904–1908
12th  1908–1912     David Henry Pennington Conservative
13th  1912–1916     Joseph Demers Liberal
14th  1916–1919 Lauréat Lapierre
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1927
17th  1927–1931
18th  1931–1935
19th  1935–1936     Tancrède Labbé Action liberale nationale
20th  1936–1939     Union Nationale
21st  1939–1940     Louis Houde Liberal
 1940–1944     Tancrède Labbé Union Nationale
22nd  1944–1948
23rd  1948–1952
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1956†
 1957–1960 Joseph-Émile Fortin
26th  1960–1962     Émilien Maheux Liberal
27th  1962–1966
28th  1966–1970     Marc Bergeron Union Nationale
29th  1970–1973     Bernard Dumont Ralliement créditiste
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière, Frontenac and Arthabaska
Riding re-created from Mégantic-Compton, Johnson, Richmond
and Frontenac
40th  2012–2014     Ghislain Bolduc Liberal
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     François Jacques Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

2012 - present
2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecFrançois Jacques12,97346.17-1.36
ConservativeMathieu Chenard6,25222.25–
Québec solidaireMarilyn Ouellet3,59212.78-3.18
Parti QuébécoisAndré Duncan3,58812.77+0.22
LiberalEloïse Gagné1,6045.71-15.13
Parti 51André Giguère890.32–
Total valid votes 28,09898.61–
Total rejected ballots 3971.39–
Turnout 28,49570.39
Electors on the lists 40,481
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecFrançois Jacques12,59347.53+24.66
LiberalRobert G. Roy5,25719.84-20.95
Québec solidaireAndrée Larrivée4,22815.96+10.16
Parti QuébécoisGloriane Blais3,32512.55-17.1
GreenSylvain Dodier8093.05
Citoyens au pouvoirRichard Veilleux2811.06
Total valid votes 26,493 98.60
Total rejected ballots 377 1.40
Turnout 26,870 69.15
Eligible voters 38,856
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +22.81
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGhislain Bolduc10,84040.79+5.70
Parti QuébécoisIsabelle Hallé7,87929.65-1.57
Coalition Avenir QuébecPierre-Luc Boulanger6,07822.87-2.75
Québec solidaireLudovick Nadeau1,5415.80+0.40
Option nationaleÉvelyne Beaudin2360.89-0.78
Total valid votes 26,57498.59–
Total rejected ballots 3811.41–
Turnout 26,95569.85-4.59
Electors on the lists 38,589––
Liberal hold Swing +3.64
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGhislain Bolduc9,94635.09-9.32
Parti QuébécoisGloriane Blais8,84731.22-4.35
Coalition Avenir QuébecRaymonde Lapointe7,26025.62+9.49
Québec solidaireWilliam Leclerc Bellavance1,5315.40+1.74
Option nationaleJasmin Roy-Rouleau4731.67–
IndependentJacques Audet1780.63–
IndependentJean-Luc Perron1060.37–
Total valid votes 28,34198.76–
Total rejected ballots 3551.24–
Turnout 28,69674.44 
Electors on the lists 38,548––
Liberal hold Swing -2.49

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

1867 - 1970
1970 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Ralliement créditisteBernard Dumont8,20128.79–
Union NationaleMarc Bergeron7,70027.04-19.34
LiberalPaul-E. Giguère6,95424.42-19.67
Parti QuébécoisGuy Lebel5,62619.75+10.22*
Total valid votes 28,48196.02–
Total rejected ballots 1,1813.98–
Turnout 29,66288.09+4.01
Electors on the lists 33,674––

* Result compared to Ralliement national

1966 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Union NationaleMarc Bergeron11,89446.38
LiberalPierre-Émilien Maheux11,30644.09
Ralliement nationalHarold Vachon2,4439.53
Total valid votes 25,64398.59
Total rejected ballots 3671.41
Turnout 26,01084.08
Electors on the lists 30,936–
1962 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalPierre-Émilien Maheux13,18255.05
Union NationaleJoseph-Henri Paquet10,76244.95
Total valid votes 23,94499.28
Total rejected ballots 1730.72
Turnout 24,11788.95
Electors on the lists 27,114–
1960 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalPierre-Émilien Maheux14,22159.22
Union NationaleJoseph-Émile Fortin9,79440.78
Total valid votes 24,01598.56
Total rejected ballots 3511.44
Turnout 24,36688.95
Electors on the lists 26,520–
Quebec provincial by-election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%
Union NationaleJoseph-Émile Fortin13,79964.77
LiberalPierre-Émilien Maheux7,50435.23
Total valid votes 21,30399.11
Total rejected ballots 1910.89
Turnout 21,49484.10
Electors on the lists 25,559–

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=103&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=103&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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