Frontenac (Quebec federal electoral district)

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

Frontenac
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested1968
Last contested1993

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

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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

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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

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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

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