Frontenac (Quebec federal electoral district)

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.

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.

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Frontenac Riding created from Lotbinière and Mégantic
28th	1968–1970	Bernard Dumont	Ralliement créditiste
28th	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	Marcel Masse	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Jean-Guy Chrétien	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Beauce and Frontenac—Mégantic

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

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