Frontenac (Quebec federal 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).

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
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

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

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

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

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

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