Compton—Frontenac was a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1949 to 1968.
History
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of
Compton,
Mégantic—Frontenac
Mégantic—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949.
This riding was created in 1933 from Mégantic and Richmond—Wolfe ridings ...
and
Stanstead ridings.
It consisted of:
* the county of Compton and the towns of Cookshire, East Angus and Scotstown;
* in the county of Sherbrooke, the municipality of Compton and the villages of Compton and Waterville;
* in the county of Frontenac, the municipalities of Chesham, Ditchfield and Spaulding, Gayhurst, Gayhurst South-East, Marston South, St-Augustin-de-Woburn, Ste. Cécile-de-Whitton, St-Hubert-de-Spaulding, St. Léon-de-Marston, St. Sébastien, Winslow North, Winslow South, the village of St. Sébastien and the town of Mégantic; and
* in the county of Stanstead, the municipality and the village of St. Herménégilde.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton and
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* Beauce, France, a natural region in north-central France
* Beaucé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France
* Beauce, Quebec
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ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
External links
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Quebec