 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.
It initially consisted of:
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:
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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
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