# Frontenac (Quebec federal electoral district)

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.

## Geography

It initially consisted of:
* the City of Thetford Mines;
* the Towns of Black Lake and Plessisville;
* the County of Mégantic;
* in the County of Frontenac: the village municipality of La Guadeloupe; the parish municipality of Courcelles; the municipalities of Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth and Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
* in the County of Beauce: the village municipality of East Broughton Station; the parish municipalities of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus and Sainte-Clothilde; the municipalities of East Broughton and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:
* the City of Thetford Mines;
* the Towns of Black Lake and Plessisville;
* the County of Mégantic;
* in the County of Beauce: the village municipality of East Broughton Station; the parish municipalities of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus and Sainte-Clothilde; the municipalities of East Broughton and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.
* in the County of Frontenac: the village municipality of La Guadeloupe; the parish municipality of Courcelles; the municipalities of Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth and Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
* in the County of Lotbinère: the village municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:
* the towns of Black Lake, Plessisville and Thetford Mines;
* the County of Mégantic;
* in the County of Beauce: the Village Municipality of East-Broughton-Station; the Parish Municipality of Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus; the municipalities of East Broughton, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton;
* in the County of Frontenac: the Municipality of Saint-Méthode-de-Frontenac;
* in the County of Lotbibière the village municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Sainte-Agathe and Saint-Sylvestre.

## Members of Parliament

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 |
| 28th | 1970–1972 | Léopold Corriveau | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Léopold Corriveau | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Léopold Corriveau | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Léopold Corriveau | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Léopold Corriveau | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Marcel Masse | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Marcel Masse | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Jean-Guy Chrétien | Bloc Québécois |
| Riding dissolved into Beauce and Frontenac—Mégantic |||||

## Election results

1968 Canadian federal election :
| 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 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Léopold Corriveau | 12,014 |
| Social Credit | Nelson-O. Lessard | 11,950 |
| Progressive Conservative | Benoît Cyr | 5,635 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 |