# Mégantic (provincial electoral district)

Mégantic is a provincial electoral district in the Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec, Canada. It notably includes the municipalities of Lac-Mégantic, Cookshire-Eaton, East Angus, Ascot Corner, Stoke, Weedon and Disraeli.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). It was abolished before the 1973 election and its territory was mostly divided between Lotbinière and Frontenac; a small part also went to Arthabaska. Despite the name, none of the territory of Mégantic went into the newly created Mégantic-Compton. However, Mégantic-Compton was abolished before the 2012 election and its successor electoral district was the recreated Mégantic, which contains most of the former area Mégantic-Compton, as well as parts of Johnson, Richmond, and Frontenac as they existed prior to the 2012 election.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | George Irvine | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | George Irvine | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1874–1875 | George Irvine | Independent |
| 3rd | 1875–1876 | George Irvine | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1876–1878 | Andrew Kennedy | Conservative |
| 4th | 1878–1881 | George Irvine | Liberal |
| 5th | 1881–1884 | George Irvine | Liberal |
| 5th | 1884–1886 | John Whyte | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1888 | Andrew Stuart Johnson | Conservative |
| 6th | 1888–1890 | William Rhodes | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1892 | Andrew Stuart Johnson | Conservative |
| 8th | 1892–1897 | James King | Conservative |
| 9th | 1897–1900 | George Robert Smith | Liberal |
| 10th | 1900–1904 | George Robert Smith | Liberal |
| 11th | 1904–1908 | George Robert Smith | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1912 | David Henry Pennington | Conservative |
| 13th | 1912–1916 | Joseph Demers | Liberal |
| 14th | 1916–1919 | Lauréat Lapierre | Liberal |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Lauréat Lapierre | Liberal |
| 16th | 1923–1927 | Lauréat Lapierre | Liberal |
| 17th | 1927–1931 | Lauréat Lapierre | Liberal |
| 18th | 1931–1935 | Lauréat Lapierre | Liberal |
| 19th | 1935–1936 | Tancrède Labbé | Action liberale nationale |
| 20th | 1936–1939 | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 21st | 1939–1940 | Louis Houde | Liberal |
| 21st | 1940–1944 | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 22nd | 1944–1948 | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 23rd | 1948–1952 | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 24th | 1952–1956 | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 25th | 1956–1956† | Tancrède Labbé | Union Nationale |
| 25th | 1957–1960 | Joseph-Émile Fortin | Union Nationale |
| 26th | 1960–1962 | Émilien Maheux | Liberal |
| 27th | 1962–1966 | Émilien Maheux | Liberal |
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Marc Bergeron | Union Nationale |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Bernard Dumont | Ralliement créditiste |
| Riding dissolved into Lotbinière, Frontenac and Arthabaska |||||
| Riding re-created from Mégantic-Compton, Johnson, Richmond and Frontenac |||||
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Ghislain Bolduc | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Ghislain Bolduc | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | François Jacques | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | François Jacques | Coalition Avenir Québec |

## Election results
### 2012 - present

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | François Jacques | 12,973 | 46.17 | -1.36 |
| | Conservative | Mathieu Chenard | 6,252 | 22.25 | – |
| | Québec solidaire | Marilyn Ouellet | 3,592 | 12.78 | -3.18 |
| | Parti Québécois | André Duncan | 3,588 | 12.77 | +0.22 |
| | Liberal | Eloïse Gagné | 1,604 | 5.71 | -15.13 |
| | Parti 51 | André Giguère | 89 | 0.32 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,098 | 98.61 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 397 | 1.39 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,495 | 70.39 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 40,481 |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | François Jacques | 12,593 | 47.53 | +24.66 |
| | Liberal | Robert G. Roy | 5,257 | 19.84 | -20.95 |
| | Québec solidaire | Andrée Larrivée | 4,228 | 15.96 | +10.16 |
| | Parti Québécois | Gloriane Blais | 3,325 | 12.55 | -17.1 |
| | Green | Sylvain Dodier | 809 | 3.05 | |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Richard Veilleux | 281 | 1.06 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,493 | 98.60 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 377 | 1.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,870 | 69.15 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 38,856 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +22.81 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Bolduc | 10,840 | 40.79 | +5.70 |
| | Parti Québécois | Isabelle Hallé | 7,879 | 29.65 | -1.57 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Pierre-Luc Boulanger | 6,078 | 22.87 | -2.75 |
| | Québec solidaire | Ludovick Nadeau | 1,541 | 5.80 | +0.40 |
| | Option nationale | Évelyne Beaudin | 236 | 0.89 | -0.78 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,574 | 98.59 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 381 | 1.41 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,955 | 69.85 | -4.59 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 38,589 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +3.64 |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Bolduc | 9,946 | 35.09 | -9.32 |
| | Parti Québécois | Gloriane Blais | 8,847 | 31.22 | -4.35 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Raymonde Lapointe | 7,260 | 25.62 | +9.49 |
| | Québec solidaire | William Leclerc Bellavance | 1,531 | 5.40 | +1.74 |
| | Option nationale | Jasmin Roy-Rouleau | 473 | 1.67 | – |
| | Independent | Jacques Audet | 178 | 0.63 | – |
| | Independent | Jean-Luc Perron | 106 | 0.37 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,341 | 98.76 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 355 | 1.24 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,696 | 74.44 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 38,548 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.49 |
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

### 1867 - 1970

1970 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Bernard Dumont | 8,201 | 28.79 | – |
| | Union Nationale | Marc Bergeron | 7,700 | 27.04 | -19.34 |
| | Liberal | Paul-E. Giguère | 6,954 | 24.42 | -19.67 |
| | Parti Québécois | Guy Lebel | 5,626 | 19.75 | +10.22* |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,481 | 96.02 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,181 | 3.98 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,662 | 88.09 | +4.01 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 33,674 | – | – |
* Result compared to Ralliement national
1966 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Union Nationale | Marc Bergeron | 11,894 | 46.38 |
| | Liberal | Pierre-Émilien Maheux | 11,306 | 44.09 |
| | Ralliement national | Harold Vachon | 2,443 | 9.53 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,643 | 98.59 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 367 | 1.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,010 | 84.08 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 30,936 | – |
1962 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Pierre-Émilien Maheux | 13,182 | 55.05 |
| | Union Nationale | Joseph-Henri Paquet | 10,762 | 44.95 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,944 | 99.28 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 173 | 0.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,117 | 88.95 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 27,114 | – |
1960 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Pierre-Émilien Maheux | 14,221 | 59.22 |
| | Union Nationale | Joseph-Émile Fortin | 9,794 | 40.78 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,015 | 98.56 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 351 | 1.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,366 | 88.95 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 26,520 | – |
Quebec provincial by-election, 1957 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Union Nationale | Joseph-Émile Fortin | 13,799 | 64.77 |
| | Liberal | Pierre-Émilien Maheux | 7,504 | 35.23 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,303 | 99.11 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 191 | 0.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,494 | 84.10 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 25,559 | – |