Mégantic—L'Érable
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 88,745 | ||
Electors (2015) | 71,133 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 6,278 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 14.1 | ||
Census divisions | Les Appalaches RCM, L'Érable RCM, Le Granit RCM | ||
Census subdivisions | Adstock, Disraeli, East Broughton, Lac-Mégantic, Plessisville, Princeville, Saint-Ferdinand, Thetford Mines |
Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
The current MP is Conservative Luc Berthold.
Geography
Straddling the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie, it consists of the regional county municipalities of Les Appalaches, L'Érable, and Le Granit. Notable towns include Thetford Mines, Plessisville and Lac-Mégantic.
The neighbouring ridings are Compton—Stanstead, Richmond—Arthabaska, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and Beauce.
Its population is 87,078, including 69,617 voters, and it covers an area of 5,912 km².
History
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Frontenac—Mégantic and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain territory from Beauce and lose a small fraction of territory to Lévis—Lotbinière.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Mégantic—L'Érable Riding created from Frontenac—Mégantic and Lotbinière—L'Érable |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Marc Boulianne | Bloc Québécois | |
39th | 2006–2008 | Christian Paradis | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–Present | Luc Berthold |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Luc Berthold | 16,749 | 35.42 | -13.72 | – | |||
Liberal | David Berthiaume | 13,308 | 28.14 | +22.17 | – | |||
New Democratic | Jean-François Delisle | 10,386 | 21.96 | -4.3 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Virginie Provost | 5,838 | 12.35 | -4.26 | – | |||
Green | Justin Gervais | 1,006 | 2.13 | +0.65 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,287 | 100.0 | $204,259.31 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 941 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 48,228 | 67.4% | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 71,469 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -17.94 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,321 | 49.14 | |
New Democratic | 11,929 | 26.26 | |
Bloc Québécois | 7,542 | 16.61 | |
Liberal | 2,711 | 5.97 | |
Green | 667 | 1.47 | |
Others | 250 | 0.55 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Christian Paradis | 21,931 | 49.14 | +2.44 | ||||
New Democratic | Cheryl Voisine | 11,716 | 26.25 | +16.79 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Pierre Turcotte | 7,481 | 16.76 | -10.96 | ||||
Liberal | René Roy | 2,601 | 5.83 | -8.13 | ||||
Green | Wyatt Tessari | 655 | 1.47 | -0.69 | ||||
Canadian Action | Alain Bergeron | 250 | 0.56 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,634 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 733 | 1.62 | ||||||
Turnout | 45,367 | 64.61 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Christian Paradis | 20,697 | 46.70 | -3.15 | $60,593 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Pierre Turcotte | 12,283 | 27.72 | -4.90 | $49,764 | |||
Liberal | Nicole Champagne | 6,185 | 13.96 | +3.56 | $7,283 | |||
New Democratic | Bruno Vézina | 4,191 | 9.46 | +5.57 | $1,755 | |||
Green | Jean-R. Guernon | 959 | 2.16 | -1.09 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,315 | 100.00 | $81,095 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 688 | 1.53 | ||||||
Turnout | 45,003 | 64.42 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Christian Paradis | 23,550 | 49.85 | +38.43 | $72,735 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Marc Boulianne | 15,410 | 32.62 | -12.12 | $50,512 | |||
Liberal | Yvan Corriveau | 4,912 | 10.40 | -26.25 | $17,812 | |||
New Democratic | Isabelle Tremblay | 1,836 | 3.89 | +0.16 | $0 | |||
Green | Jean François Hamel | 1,534 | 3.25 | -0.21 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,242 | 100.00 | $75,377 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 543 | 1.14 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,785 | 68.64 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Marc Boulianne | 19,264 | 44.74 | – | $44,288 | |||
Liberal | Gérard Binet | 15,778 | 36.65 | – | $67,467 | |||
Conservative | Yves Mailly | 4,916 | 11.42 | – | $14,915 | |||
New Democratic | Alexandre Côté | 1,608 | 3.73 | – | $970 | |||
Green | Bruno Vézina | 1,489 | 3.46 | – | $0 | |||
Total valid votes | 43,055 | 100.00 | – | $73,642 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 868 | 1.98 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,923 | 63.01 |
See also
References
- "(Code 24042) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament