Mégantic (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding 1867–1935 and 1949–1968. For the provincial electoral district, see Mégantic (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Megantick (Province of Canada electoral district). For other uses, see Mégantic.

Mégantic was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.

Mégantic

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947
District abolished	1967
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

History

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 1935 when it was redistributed into the Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac electoral districts.

The riding was created again in 1947 from Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac, was defined to consist of:

• the county of Mégantic, (except the municipalities of Nelson, Ste-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village of Lyster), the city of Thetford Mines and the town of Black Lake;
• that part of the county of Frontenac included in the municipalities of Courcelles, St-Vital-de-Lambton, St-Evariste-de-Forsyth, St-Méthode-de-Frontenac and the villages of Lambton and St-Evariste-Station;
• that part of the county of Wolfe included in the municipalities of Garthby, Stratford, Wolfestown, D'Israeli, Ste-Praxède and the villages of Beaulac and D'Israeli, together with that part of the municipality of Saints-Martyrs Canadiens included in the township of Garthby.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of

• the county of Mégantic, (except the township municipality of Nelson, the municipality of Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village municipality of Lyster), the city of Thetford-Mines and the town of Black Lake;
• that part of the county of Frontenac included in the municipalities of Lambton, Saint-Evariste-de-Forsyth, Sainte-Méthode-de-Frontenac, the parish municipality of Courcelles and the village municipalities of Lambton and La Guadeloupe;
• that part of the county of Wolfe included in the township municipalities of Garthby, Stratford and Wolfestown, the municipality of Disraeli, the parish municipality of Sainte-Praxède, the village municipalities of Beaulac and Disraeli, together with that part of the parish municipality of Saints-Martyrs Canadiens included in the township of Garthby.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton, Frontenac and Richmond.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Mégantic
1st	1867–1872		George Irvine	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Édouard Richard	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Louis-Éphrem Olivier
5th	1882–1884		Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	Conservative
	1884–1887		François Langelier	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		Georges Turcot
7th	1891–1896		Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		Georges Turcot	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		François-Théodore Savoie
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Lucien Turcotte Pacaud
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1922			Liberal
	1922–1925		Eusèbe Roberge
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac
Riding re-created from Lotbinière and Mégantic—Frontenac
21st	1949–1953		Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Gabriel Roberge
25th	1962–1963		Raymond Langlois	Social Credit
26th	1963–1963
	1963–1965			Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Compton, Frontenac and Richmond

Election results

Mégantic, 1867–1935

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Irvine	1,000
	Unknown	P. J. O. Triganne	733
Eligible voters			2,226
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Édouard Richard	975
	Unknown	Triganne	857
Source: Canadian Elections Database

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Édouard Richard	1,003
	Unknown	J. Reed	621
	Unknown	L.P.E. Crépeau	252
Source: Canadian Elections Database

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Éphrem Olivier	1,191
	Unknown	Jos E. Turgeon	881

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,204
	Unknown	L.O. Olivier	1,085

By-election on 10 June 1884 On election being declared void, 1 April 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,259
	Unknown	J.E. Turgeon	1,222

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Turcot	1,471
	Unknown	L.D. Larose	1,336

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette	1,658
	Liberal	George Turcot	1,547

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	2,986
	Unknown	Louis Honoré Huard	2,619

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	acclaimed

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Turcotte Pacaud	8,715
	Unknown	Alcide Alphonse Blondin	1,749

By-election on 20 November 1922 On Pacaud's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 26 October 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	6,929
	Conservative	Wilfrid Laliberté	3,262

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	6,483
	Conservative	Camille Roberge	3,243

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eusèbe Roberge	7,609
	Conservative	Joseph-Théophile Beaudoin	5,757
Source: Canadian Elections Database

Mégantic, 1949–1968

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	13,273
	Progressive Conservative	Oliva Cyr	6,791
	Union des électeurs	Joseph Gagné	2,230
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Émile Grenier	415

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	13,951
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Coté	8,420

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	15,378
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Gervais	8,300

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gabriel Roberge	13,486
	Progressive Conservative	C.-Benoît Chartier	13,030
	Independent Liberal	Gérard Sirois	246

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Raymond Langlois	15,395
	Liberal	Gabriel Roberge	7,609
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Dutil	5,822

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Raymond Langlois	11,329
	Liberal	Luc Gilbert-Lessard,	9,140
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Gagné	4,267
	New Democratic	Klaude Poulin	1,115

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Raymond Langlois	11,195
	Liberal	Gaétan Théberge	9,486
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Gagné	2,634
	New Democratic	Claude Lafleur	1,641

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1867-1933
• 1947-1966