# Mégantic-Compton

Megantic-Compton is a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of East Angus, Cookshire-Eaton, Lac-Mégantic, Weedon, Lac-Drolet and Chartierville.
It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Frontenac, Compton, and Wolfe electoral districts; despite the name, it did not include any part of the territory of the former Mégantic electoral district. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was the recreated Mégantic.

## Members of National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Frontenac, Compton, and Wolfe |||||
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Omer Dionne | Liberal |
| 31st | 1976–1980 | Fernand Grenier | Union Nationale |
| 31st | 1980–1981 | Fabien Bélanger | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1983 | Fabien Bélanger | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1983–1985 | Madeleine Bélanger | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Madeleine Bélanger | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Madeleine Bélanger | Liberal |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Madeleine Bélanger | Liberal |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Madeleine Bélanger | Liberal |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Daniel Bouchard | Liberal |
| 37th | 2004–2007 | Daniel Bouchard | Independent |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Johanne Gonthier | Liberal |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Johanne Gonthier | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Mégantic |||||

## Election results

2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Johanne Gonthier | 9,204 | 45.09 |
| Parti Québécois | Gloriane Blais | 7,170 | 35.13 |
| Action démocratique | Samuel Therrien | 3,268 | 16.01 |
| Québec solidaire | Julie Dionne | 769 | 3.77 |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Johanne Gonthier | 8,701 | 32.98 | |
| Action démocratique | Jocelyn Brouillette | 7,861 | 32.12 | |
| Parti Québécois | Gloriane Blais | 7,095 | 28.99 | |
| Green | Sébastien Lanctôt | 904 | 3.69 | – |
| Québec solidaire | Ludovick Nadeau | 544 | 2.22 | |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Daniel Bouchard | 11,135 | 47.09 |
| Parti Québécois | Suzanne Durivage | 7,347 | 31.07 |
| Action démocratique | Alain Boisvert | 4,901 | 20.73 |
| UFP | Christian Poulin | 193 | 0.82 |
| Equality | Frank Moller | 71 | 0.30 |
vte1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,675 | 50.49 | -3.46 |
| | Parti Québécois | Suzanne Durivage | 10,339 | 41.18 | -1.18 |
| | Action démocratique | Olivier Chalifoux | 1,835 | 7.31 | – |
| | Socialist Democracy | Yves Couturier | 174 | 0.69 | – |
| | Equality | Frank Moller | 81 | 0.32 | -1.50 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,104 | 99.01 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 250 | 0.99 | -1.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,354 | 79.89 | -1.14 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 31,736 |
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec |||||||
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.32 |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 14,535 | 52.71 |
| | Oui | 13,042 | 47.29 |
vte1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,799 | 53.95 | -6.44 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jacques Blais | 10,051 | 42.36 | +12.44 |
| | Natural Law | Christian Simard | 444 | 1.87 | – |
| | Equality | Matthew Begbie | 432 | 1.82 | -3.16 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,725 | 97.94 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 500 | 2.06 | +0.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,225 | 81.03 | +4.32 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 29,896 |
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec |||||||
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -9.44 |
vte1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,608 | 60.39 | +0.91 |
| | Parti Québécois | Léon Ducharme | 6,246 | 29.92 | -7.43 |
| | Equality | Frank Moller | 1,039 | 4.98 | – |
| | Green | Pierre Gilbert | 740 | 3.54 | – |
| | Parti 51 | Edmond Trudeau | 245 | 1.17 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,878 | 98.49 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 320 | 1.51 | +0.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,198 | 76.71 | -0.68 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 27,634 |
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec |||||||
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +4.17 |
vte1985 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,865 | 59.48 | -8.12 |
| | Parti Québécois | Maurice Bernier | 8,708 | 37.35 | +6.87 |
| | New Democratic | Joseph Lemoine | 594 | 2.75 | – |
| | Christian Socialist | Steeve Stratford | 91 | 0.42 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,628 | 98.90 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 241 | 1.10 | +0.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,869 | 77.39 | +4.96 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 28,257 |
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec |||||||
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -7.50 |
vteQuebec provincial by-election, December 5, 1983 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 13,711 | 67.60 | +15.87 |
| | Parti Québécois | Noël Landry | 6,182 | 30.48 | -11.04 |
| | Independent | Jean-Luc Perron | 233 | 1.15 | – |
| | No Affiliation | Patricia Métivier | 156 | 0.77 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,282 | 99.05 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.95 | +0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,476 | 72.43 | -9.61 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 28,270 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +13.50 |
| By-election due to the death of Fabien Bélanger |||||||
| Source(s) "December 5, 1983 By-election". Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. December 5, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2017. |||||||
1981 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Fabien Bélanger | 11,795 | 51.73 | |
| Parti Québécois | Noël Landry | 9,468 | 41.52 | |
| Union Nationale | Jacques Labranche | 1,539 | 6.75 | – |
Mégantic-Compton by-election November 17, 1980 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Fabien Bélanger | 9,259 | 46.95 | |
| Parti Québécois | Richard Labelle | 7,135 | 36.18 | |
| Union Nationale | Fernand Grenier | 233 | 1.15 | – |
| United Social Credit | Jean-Paul Poulin | 156 | 0.77 | |
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 15,202 | 65.23 |
| | Oui | 8,102 | 34.77 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Union Nationale | Fernand Grenier | 8,539 | 39.58 | – |
| Liberal | J. Omer Dionne | 6,037 | 27.99 | |
| Parti Québécois | Richard Labelle | 4,809 | 22.29 | |
| Ralliement créditiste | Robert Leroux | 2,188 | 10.14 | |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | J. Omer Dionne | 9,815 | 47.96 | |
| Ralliement créditiste | Paul-André Latulippe | 5,385 | 26.31 | |
| Parti Québécois | Gérald Ouellette | 2,819 | 13.78 | |
| Union Nationale | Octave Grenier | 2,445 | 11.95 | – |