QUEBEC VOTES 2007

Riding Profiles

DISTRICT: MÉGANTIC-COMPTON
CandidatePartyVote CountVote ShareElected
Johanne GonthierLIB807132.98% X
Jocelyn BrouilletteADQ786232.12%
Gloriane BlaisPQ709428.98%
Sébastien LanctôtGRN9043.69%
Ludovick NadeauQS5442.22%
March 27, 12:52:51 AM EDT 148 of 148 polls reporting

Mégantic-Compton


Candidates:

PQ Blais, Gloriane
ADQ Brouillette, Jocelyn
LIB Gonthier, Johanne
GRN Lanctôt, Sébastien
QS Nadeau, Ludovick


Riding Profile:
Eastern townships riding - borders U.S.

Language Breakdown: per cent mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 6.8 per cent
Franco: 92.4 per cent
Allo: 0.7 per cent

Mégantic-Compton riding contains the following municipalities: Ascot Corner, Audet, Bury, Chartierville, Cookshire, Dixville, Dudswell, East Angus, East Hereford, Eaton, Frontenac, Hampden, Lac-Drolet, Lac-Mégantic, Lambton, La Patrie, Lingwick, Marston, Martinville, Milan, Nantes, Newport, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Piopolis, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Saint-Herménégilde, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Saint-Malo, Saint-Romain, Saint-Sébastien, Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, Scotstown, Stornoway, Stratford, Val-Racine, Weedon and Westbury.

Riding Map:
From Elections Quebec:
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Riding History:
New riding in 1973 election.

1973 - LIB
1976 - UN
SINCE 1980 byelection - LIB

1995 REF: NO - 52.84 per cent YES - 47.16 per cent

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1972 from Mégantic, Compton and parts of Wolfe and Stanstead.

In 1992 redistribution:
  • kept all existing riding and gained Ascot Corner polls from Saint-François riding.

    • In 2001 redistribution:
  • kept 99 per cent of riding; one per cent moved to Saint-François;.
  • gained one per cent of Saint-François;.
  • lost, to Saint-François;, from southwest corner, that part of Coaticook and the part of Saint-Camille in the riding (441 electors);
  • gained from Saint-François, in southwest corner, the part of the municipality of Eaton in the riding (565 electors).

    • Political History:
    [1994 = 94.94 per cent MÉGANTIC-COMPTON; 5.06 per cent SAINT-FRANÇOIS]
    [2003 = 98 per cent MÉGANTIC-COMPTON; two per cent SAINT-FRANÇOIS]
    2003

    LIB DANIEL BOUCHARD defeated PQ DURIVAGE by 3,789 votes. Bouchard is sitting as an INDEPENDENT during an investigation into alleged violation of election laws.
    1998 LIB BéLANGER defeated PQ SUZANNE DURIVAGE by 2,336 votes. Bélanger announced on Feb. 19, 2003 she would not be running again.
    1994 LIB MADELEINE BéLANGER was re-elected in 1985, 1989 and 1994.
    1983 After death of BéLANGER on Oct. 2, 1983, a byelection was held in 1983. In the Dec. 5, 1983 byelection, LIB MADELEINE BELANGER, wife of Fabien, defeated PQ LANDRY, who ran again, by 7,529 votes.
    1981 LIB BéLANGER defeated PQ NOEL LANDRY by 2,327 votes.
    Byelection on Nov. 17, 1980 LIB FABIEN BéLANGER defeated PQ RICHARD LABELLE.
    1976 UN FERNAND GRENIER defeated LIB DIONNE by 2,502 votes. Grenier resigned on Jan. 7, 1980 - was federal PC candidate in 1980.
    1973 LIB J-OMER DIONNE, elected in Compton in 1970, won here.

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    Overall Election Results
    PartyElectedLeadingTotalVote Share
    LIB4804833.08%
    ADQ4104130.80%
    PQ3603628.32%
    QS0003.65%
    GRN0003.89%
    OTH000.26%
    Last Update:March 27, 12:52:21 AM EDT
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