Mégantic—L'Érable

Mégantic—L'Érable

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Luc Berthold Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	88,745
Electors (2015)	71,133
Area (km²)	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 Christian Paradis.

Geography

Straddling the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie, it consists of the regional county municipalities of Les Appalaches and L'Érable; and the Regional County Municipality of Le Granit, excepting the municipalities of Saint-Ludger and Saint-Robert-Bellarmin. Notable towns include Thetford Mines 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
Mégantic—L'Érable Riding created from Frontenac—Mégantic and Lotbinière—L'Érable
38th	2004–2006		Marc Boulianne	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Christian Paradis	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present		Luc Berthold	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Berthiaume	–	–	–	–
	Conservative	Luc Berthold	–	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Jean-François Delisle	–	–	–	–
	Green	Justin Gervais	–	–	–	–
	Bloc Québécois	Virginie Provost	–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$204,259.31
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			71,133
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
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
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
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
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
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

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

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