Compton (provincial electoral district)

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Compton
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created1867
District abolished1972
First contested 1867
Last contested 1970

Compton was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (earlier known as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec).

It was created for the 1867 election (and a district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election, when it merged with Mégantic to form the Mégantic-Compton electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly and National Assembly

NamePartyStart DateEnd Date
James Ross Conservative 18671871
William Sawyer Conservative 18711886
John McIntosh Conservative 18861894
Charles McClary Conservative 18941897
James Hunt Liberal 18971900
Allan Wright Giard Conservative 19001912
Georges Nathaniel Scott Liberal 19121919
Camille-Émile Desjarlais Liberal 19191923
Jacob Nicol Liberal 19231929
Andrew Ross McMaster Liberal 19291931
William James Duffy Liberal 19311935
Payson Sherman Conservative 19351939
William James Duffy Liberal 19391946
Charles Daniel French Union Nationale 19461954
John William French Union Nationale 19541956
Fabien Gagnon Liberal 19561957
Claude-Gilles Gosselin Union Nationale 19571970
Omer Dionne Liberal 19701973

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