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Mégantic - L'Érable
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220/220 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| CON | Christian Paradis | 21,807 | 49.02 |
Elected |
| NDP | Cheryl Voisine | 11,686 | 26.27 |
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| BQ | Pierre Turcotte | 7,483 | 16.82 |
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| LIB | René Roy | 2,601 | 5.85 |
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| GRN | Wyatt Tessari | 655 | 1.47 |
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| CAP | Alain Bergeron | 250 | 0.56 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding is located in southeast Quebec along the Canada-U.S. border. It contains the regional county municipalities of L'Amiante and L'Érable, and part of the regional county municipality of Le Granit. The major population centres include Plessisville, Princeville, Lac-Mégantic and Thetford Mines.
In 2004, the riding became Mégantic-L'Érable, combining 92 per cent of Frontenac-Mégantic with 35 per cent of Lotbinière-L'Érable. In the 1996 redistribution, Mégantic-L'Érable riding was created from 66 per cent of Frontenac, 32 per cent of Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead and seven per cent of Richmond-Wolfe.
Population: 87,078 (2006 census; a decrease of 0.1% since 2001)
Political History
In 2008, Conservative Christian Paradis was re-elected, beating Bloc Québécois candidate Pierre Turcotte by 8,413 votes. The Conservative party took the riding for the first time in 2006, as Paradis unseated Bloc Québécois incumbent Marc Boulianne.
Boulianne defeated incumbent Liberal Gérard Binet in 2004. In 2000 in Frontenac-Mégantic, Binet had defeated BQ incumbent Jean-Guy Chrétien by 1,366 votes. Chrétien had won the previous two terms in Frontenac-Mégantic and Frontenac.
In Frontenac, Liberal Léopold Corriveau won the 1970 byelection and served until 1984. In 1984, Progressive Conservative Marcel Masse defeated Corriveau. He was appointed minister of communications in 1984, but resigned in 1985 in a conflict involving his finances from the 1984 campaign. He was exonerated and reappointed to cabinet in 1985 and appointed minister of energy, mines and resources in 1986. After winning the 1988 election, Masse was appointed minister of communications in 1989 and minister of defence in 1991. He resigned in 1993 and announced he wasn't running again.
- 1997 - BQ
- 2000 - LIB
- 2004 - BQ
- 2006, 2008 - CON
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 7.09% (8,675) |
| French | 29.84% (36,505) |
| Aboriginal | 3.69% (4,510) |
| American | 0.44% (535) |
| Canadian | 73.61% (90,045) |
| Caribbean | 0.81% (985) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.52% (640) |
| Western European | 2.13% (2,600) |
| Northern European | 0.02% (25) |
| Eastern European | 1.18% (1,445) |
| S European | 5.41% (6,615) |
| Other European | 0.17% (210) |
| Scandinavian | 0.02% (30) |
| Baltic | 0.04% (45) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.08% (95) |
| African | 0.11% (140) |
| Arab | 0.57% (695) |
| Maghrebi | 0.20% (240) |
| West Asia | 0.11% (135) |
| South Asia | 0.07% (80) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.32% (390) |
| Oceania | 0.03% (40) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.01% (10) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 122,325 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 2% (2,325) |
| French | 96% (115,960) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 1% (885) |
| Portuguese | 0% (275) |
| Romanian | 0% (70) |
| Spanish | 1% (765) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (0) |
| Flemish | 0% (10) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (0) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (15) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (135) |
| Russian | 0% (15) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (20) |
| Slovenian | 0% (30) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (10) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (15) |
| Greek | 0% (30) |
| Armenian | 0% (30) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (305) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (0) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (10) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (0) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (75) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (10) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (35) |
| Mandarin | 0% (10) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (10) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (55) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (10) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (10) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (205) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 121,405 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 3.82 |
| Mining | 0.25 |
| Utilities | 0.66 |
| Construction | 9.07 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 2.13 |
| Retail | 10.82 |
| Transport | 4.43 |
| Info Culture | 1.41 |
| Finance Insurance | 2.23 |
| Real Estate | 1.20 |
| ProSciTech | 4.25 |
| Management | 0.07 |
| Waste/Remediation | 3.97 |
| Education | 6.66 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.61 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 2.18 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.19 |
| Public Admin | 15.58 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 52,290 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 5.6%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 8.43%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 30.69%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $69,798
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 1%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 31.08%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Profiles
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
Alain Bergeron | |
| Party: Canadian Action Party Contact Information: Website418-449-5435 | |
Wyatt Tessari | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 514-518-1646 | |
Cheryl Voisine | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: Website | |
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| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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