Compton—Frontenac

Compton—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968.

Compton—Frontenac

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
District abolished	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
First contested	1949
Last contested	1965

History

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Compton, Mégantic—Frontenac and Stanstead ridings.

It consisted of:

• the county of Compton and the towns of Cookshire, East Angus and Scotstown;
• in the county of Sherbrooke, the municipality of Compton and the villages of Compton and Waterville;
• in the county of Frontenac, the municipalities of Chesham, Ditchfield and Spaulding, Gayhurst, Gayhurst South-East, Marston South, St-Augustin-de-Woburn, Ste. Cécile-de-Whitton, St-Hubert-de-Spaulding, St. Léon-de-Marston, St. Sébastien, Winslow North, Winslow South, the village of St. Sébastien and the town of Mégantic; and
• in the county of Stanstead, the municipality and the village of St. Herménégilde.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton and Beauce ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Compton—Frontenac Riding created from Compton, Mégantic—Frontenac and Stanstead
21st	1949–1953		Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		George Stearns	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Henry Latulippe	Social Credit
26th	1963–1963
	1963–1965			Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Compton and Beauce

Election results

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	10,764
	Progressive Conservative	Alden-Raymond Rousseau	5,327
	Union des électeurs	Rosaire Lafrenière	1,555

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	10,365
	Progressive Conservative	Philippe A., Brulotte	6,530
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.E., Jamieson	261

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	9,328
	Progressive Conservative	George Mac Stearns	8,270
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Curtis Henry, Lowry	340

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Mac Stearns	9,383
	Liberal	J.-A. Blanchette	8,349
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Curtis Henry Lowry	331

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Henry Latulippe	8,184
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Clifford	4,657
	Liberal	Gérard Lacourciere	4,379

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Henry Latulippe	6,234
	Liberal	Cecil W. Dougherty	5,673
	Progressive Conservative	Estelle Gobeil	3,471
	New Democratic	Curtis Lowry	445

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Henry Latulippe	7,240
	Liberal	Cecil Dougherty	4,464
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Fournier	2,128
	New Democratic	Curtis Lowry	1,196

See also

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