Frontenac (Quebec electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial districts, see Frontenac (provincial electoral district) and Frontenac (1912–1973 provincial electoral district).

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

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.

## Contents

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

## Geography[edit]

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[edit]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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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[edit]

1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Ralliement créditiste | Bernard Dumont | 12,298
| Liberal | Gaëtan Théberge | 9,863
| Progressive Conservative | André Paul | 3,510
| New Democratic | Claude Lafleur | 1,231

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

By-election on 16 November 1970

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 13,404
| Ralliement créditiste | Michel Champagne | 7,721
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Paul | 2,154
1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 12,014
| Social Credit | Nelson-O. Lessard | 11,950
| Progressive Conservative | Benoît Cyr | 5,635
1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 14,236
| Social Credit | Thérèse Mercier | 10,000
| Progressive Conservative | Daniel Bélec | 2,667
| New Democratic | Adrien Paquet | 2,032
1979 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 17,024
| Social Credit | Jean-Louis Béland | 11,582
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Henri Cloutier | 7,140
| New Democratic | Martin Vaillancourt | 492
| Rhinoceros | Robert Couillard de Lépinay | 429
| Union populaire | Gaston Beaudoin | 173
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Daniel Nolin | 63

Due to the death of Social Credit candidate Nelson Lassard, the 1980 general election scheduled for February 18 was postponed until March 24.

1980 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 14,745
| Social Credit | Fabien Roy | 10,328
| Progressive Conservative | Yves Lauzon | 4,922
| New Democratic | Jean-Denis Lavigne | 1,693
| Not affiliated | Hugues Gilbert | 202
| Independent | John Turmel | 101
| Independent | Patricia Métivier | 92
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Daniel Nolin | 46
1984 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Masse | 28,246
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 9,154
| New Democratic | Rita Bouchard | 1,081
| Rhinoceros | Pierre Fournier | 823
| Parti nationaliste | Richard Houle | 386
1988 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Masse | 25,872
| Liberal | Réal Patry | 6,978
| New Democratic | Claude L'Heureux | 1,785
| Green | Jean Guernon | 511
1993 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Guy Chrétien | 18,603
| Liberal | Jean-Guy Jam | 6,984
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Claude Nadeau | 5,017
| Green | Jean-René Guernon | 359
| New Democratic | Joseph Bowman | 332
| Abolitionist | John Turmel | 195

## See also[edit]

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

## External links[edit]

* Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec|

* Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Joliette
* Lévis—Lotbinière
* Montcalm
* Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
* Repentigny
* Saint-Maurice—Champlain
* Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay|

* Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
* Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
* Jonquière
* Manicouagan
* Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec|

* Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
* Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
* Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
* Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships|

* Beauce
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Compton—Stanstead
* Drummond
* Mégantic—L'Érable
* Richmond—Arthabaska
* Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
* Shefford
* Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec|

* Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
* Abitibi—Témiscamingue
* Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
* Gatineau
* Hull—Aylmer
* Laurentides—Labelle
* Mirabel
* Pontiac
* Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
* Rivière-du-Nord
* Thérèse-De Blainville
* Terrebonne

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)|

| Laval|

* Alfred-Pellan
* Laval—Les Îles
* Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
* Vimy

|

* Ahuntsic-Cartierville
* Bourassa
* Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
* Hochelaga
* Honoré-Mercier
* Lac-Saint-Louis
* LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
* Laurier—Sainte-Marie
* Mount Royal
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
* Outremont
* Papineau
* Pierrefonds—Dollard
* La Pointe-de-l'Île
* Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
* Saint-Laurent
* Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
* Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs

Montérégie|

* Beloeil—Chambly
* Brossard—Saint-Lambert
* Châteauguay—Lacolle
* Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
* Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
* Montarville
* Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
* La Prairie
* Saint-Jean
* Salaberry—Suroît
* Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Quebec City|

* Beauport—Limoilou
* Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
* Louis-Hébert
* Louis-Saint-Laurent
* Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

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Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015|

* Ahuntsic
* Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
* Beauharnois—Salaberry
* Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
* Brossard—La Prairie
* Chambly—Borduas
* Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
* Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
* Jeanne-Le Ber
* Jonquière—Alma
* LaSalle—Émard
* Laval
* Lévis—Bellechasse
* Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
* Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher
* Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
* Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
* Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Lambert
* Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
* Terrebonne—Blainville
* Vaudreuil-Soulanges
* Verchères—Les Patriotes
* Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006|

* Argenteuil—Mirabel
* Beauport
* Charlesbourg
* Charlevoix—Montmorency
* Laurier
* Nunavik—Eeyou
* Portneuf
* Richelieu
* Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny
* Roberval

Until 2004|

* Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik
* Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies
* Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
* Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
* Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans
* Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
* Berthier—Montcalm
* Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
* Chambly
* Champlain
* Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier
* Charlevoix
* Châteauguay
* Frontenac—Mégantic
* Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
* Jonquière
* Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
* Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
* Laurentides
* Laurier—Sainte-Marie
* Laval Centre
* Laval East
* Laval West
* Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
* Longueuil
* Lotbinière—L'Érable
* Matapédia—Matane
* Mercier
* Papineau—Saint-Denis
* Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle
* Québec East
* Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis
* Rosemont—Petite-Patrie
* Saint-Maurice
* Témiscamingue
* Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000|

* Abitibi
* Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans
* Charlesbourg
* Chicoutimi
* Lac-Saint-Jean
* Lévis
* Lotbinière
* Richelieu
* Rimouski—Mitis
* Rosemont
* Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse
* Verchères
* Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997|

* Argenteuil—Papineau
* Bellechasse
* Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
* Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Frontenac
* Gaspé
* Gatineau—La Lièvre
* Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
* Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis
* La Prairie
* Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
* Papineau—Saint-Michel
* Richmond—Wolfe
* Rimouski—Témiscouata
* Saint-Denis
* Saint-Henri—Westmount
* Saint-Hubert
* Saint-Léonard
* Terrebonne
* Vaudreuil
* Verchères
* Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993|

* Duvernay
* Langelier
* Laval
* Laval-des-Rapides
* Montmorency—Orléans
* Québec-Est
* Saint-Laurent

Until 1988|

* Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière
* Dollard
* Gamelin
* Gatineau
* Labelle
* Lachine
* Lasalle
* Laurier
* Montreal—Mercier
* Montreal—Sainte-Marie
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East
* Papineau
* Saint-Jacques
* Saint-Léonard—Anjou
* Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984|

* Argenteuil
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Hull
* Mercier
* Missisquoi
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
* Rimouski
* Sainte-Marie
* Saint-Michel

Until 1980|

* Laprairie
* Montmorency
* Richmond
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Verdun

Until 1979|

* Ahuntsic
* Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes
* Berthier
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Compton
* Hochelaga
* Kamouraska
* Lachine—Lakeshore
* Lafontaine
* Lapointe
* Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul
* Laval
* Maisonneuve—Rosemont
* Matane
* Montreal—Bourassa
* Pontiac
* Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
* Sainte-Marie
* Saint-Henri
* Trois-Rivières Métropolitain
* Villeneuve
* Westmount

Until 1974|

* Lachine
* Lasalle

Until 1972|

* Argenteuil
* Beauharnois
* Bonaventure
* Bourassa
* Maisonneuve
* Missisquoi
* Témiscouata
* Trois-Rivières

Until 1968|

* Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes
* Beauharnois—Salaberry
* Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière
* Brome—Missisquoi
* Cartier
* Chambly—Rouville
* Chapleau
* Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie
* Compton—Frontenac
* Dorchester
* Drummond—Arthabaska
* Îles-de-la-Madeleine
* Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle
* Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm
* Matapédia—Matane
* Maisonneuve—Rosemont
* Mégantic
* Montmagny—L'Islet
* Nicolet—Yamaska
* Outremont—Saint-Jean
* Pontiac—Témiscamingue
* Quebec East
* Québec—Montmorency
* Quebec South
* Quebec West
* Richelieu—Verchères
* Richmond—Wolfe
* Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata
* Saguenay
* St. Ann
* Saint-Antoine—Westmount
* Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
* Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville
* St. Lawrence—St. George
* Saint-Maurice—Laflèche
* Stanstead
* Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962|

* Témiscouata

Until 1953|

* Beauharnois
* Berthier—Maskinongé
* Jacques Cartier
* St. Antoine—Westmount
* St-Denis
* St-Henri
* St. James
* St. Mary
* Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949|

* Argenteuil
* Beauharnois—Laprairie
* Charlevoix—Saguenay
* Châteauguay—Huntingdon
* Compton
* Lake St-John—Roberval
* Laval—Two Mountains
* Mégantic—Frontenac
* Outremont
* Pontiac
* Quebec West and South
* St. Denis
* St. Henry
* St. Hyacinthe—Bagot
* St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville
* St-Maurice—Laflèche
* Three Rivers
* Verdun
* Wright

Until 1935|

* Bagot
* Beauharnois
* Chambly—Verchères
* Joliette
* Lake St. John
* Laprairie—Napierville
* L'Assomption—Montcalm
* Laurier—Outremont
* L'Islet
* Maisonneuve
* Matane
* Mégantic
* Montmagny
* Nicolet
* Quebec West
* Richelieu
* St. Antoine
* St. Henri
* St. Hyacinthe—Rouville
* St. Johns—Iberville
* Three Rivers—St. Maurice
* Yamaska

Until 1925|

* Berthier
* Brome
* Charlevoix—Montmorency
* Chicoutimi—Saguenay
* George-Étienne Cartier
* Maskinongé
* Missisquoi
* Quebec County
* Town of Sherbrooke
* Three Rivers and St. Maurice
* Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917|

* Charlevoix
* Châteauguay
* Huntingdon
* L'Assomption
* Laval
* Montcalm
* Montmorency
* Quebec-Centre
* Rouville
* St. Anne
* St. Hyacinthe
* St. Lawrence
* Soulanges
* Two Mountains
* Vaudreuil

Before 1900|

* Chambly
* Iberville
* Laprairie
* Montreal Centre
* Montreal East
* Montreal West
* Napierville
* County of Ottawa
* St. John's
* Saint Maurice
* Three Rivers
* Verchères

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