Compton (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Compton was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997.

History

Compton was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Townships of Compton, Westbury, Eaton, Clifton, Hereford, and Augmentation, Bury, Newport, Auckland, Lingwick, Hampden, Ditton, Winslow, Whitton, Marston, Chesham and part of the Township of Clinton.

In 1924, it was re-defined to consist of:

the County of Compton;
in the County of Stanstead: the township of Hereford;
in the County of Sherbrooke: the municipalities of Compton (township and village) and Waterville; and
in the County of Frontenac: the municipalities of Marston South, Ste. Cécile de Whitton, Chesham, Winslow South, Clinton, St. Léon de Marston, Winslow North and the town of Mégantic.

In 1933, it was expanded to include the townships of Eaton and Westbury in the village of Ascot Corner.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into the Compton—Frontenac

Compton—Frontenac

Compton—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.-History:This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Compton, Mégantic—Frontenac and Stanstead ridings....

and Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (electoral district)

Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.-Geography:This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie...

electoral districts.

It was re-created in 1966 from parts of Compton—Frontenac, Mégantic

Mégantic (electoral district)

Mégantic was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.-History:It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

and Stanstead

Stanstead (electoral district)

Stanstead was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted initially of the Townships of Stanstead, Barnston, Hatley, Barford, and Magog East and West.In...

ridings. The new riding was defined to consist of:

the Towns of Coaticook, Cookshire, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic, Rock Island, Scotstown and Waterville;
the County of Compton;
parts of the County of Frontenac;
the county of Stanstead (except the village municipality of Omerville and the township municipality of Magog); and
in the County of Sherbrooke: the village municipality of Compton; the township municipality of Compton; and the municipalities of Ascot Corner and Compton Station.

In 1976, it was expanded to include in the County of Stanstead: the village municipalities of Ayer's Cliff, Beebe Plain, Dixville, Hatley, North Hatley, Saint-Herménégilde and Stanstead Plain; the township municipalities of Barford, Barnston, Hatley, Hatley (West part) and Stanstead; the municipalities of Barnston West, Ogden, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Saint-Herménégilde, Saint-Mathieu-de-Dixville and Stanstead East.

It was renamed "Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead" in 1978.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the Towns of Coaticook, Cookshire, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic, Rock Island, Scotstown and Waterville;
the County of Compton;
in the County of Frontenac: the parish municipalities of Courcelles, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn and Val-Racine; the Township municipality of Marston; the municipalities of Audet, Frontenac, Lac-Drolet, Milan, Nantes, Notre-Dames-des-Bois, Piopolis, Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Romain, Saint-Sébastien and Stornoway;
in the County of Sherbrooke: the Township Municipality of Ascot; the Municipality of Ascot Corner;
in the County of Stanstead excluding the following: the Town of Magog; the Village Municipality of Omerville; the Township Municipality of Magog;
in the County of Wolfe: the village municipalities of Bishopton, Marbleton, Saint-Gérard and Weedon-Centre; the township municipalities of Dudswell, Stratford and Weedon; the municipality of Fontainebleau.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Compton—Stanstead

Compton—Stanstead

Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It was created in 1996 from Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke ridings.-Geography:...

riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1867 - 1949

John Henry Pope
John Henry Pope
John Henry Pope, PC was a Canadian farmer, lumberman, railway entrepreneur, and politician.Born in Eaton Township, Lower Canada , the son of John Pope and Sophia Laberee, he served with the local militia during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and opposed those who supported annexation of...

, Liberal-Conservative (1867-1889)
Rufus H. Pope
Rufus Henry Pope
Rufus Henry Pope was a Canadian politician.Born in Cookshire, Canada East, the son of John Henry Pope, Pope was educated at the Cookshire Academy, Sherbrooke High School and McGill College Law...

, Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

(1889-1904)
Aylmer Byron Hunt
Aylmer Byron Hunt
Aylmer Byron Hunt was a Canadian politician.Born in Bury, Canada East, the son of James Hunt and Jane Stokes, Hunt was educated at the Bury Model School. He was by occupation a trader and lumber merchant...

, Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

(1904-1911)
Frederick Robert Cromwell
Frederick Robert Cromwell
Frederick Robert Cromwell was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.Born in Leeds, Megantic County, Quebec, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cromwell, Cromwell was educated at public schools. He was mayor of Clinton, Quebec in 1902, a councilor in Eaton, Quebec in 1907, and a councilor...

, Conservative (1911-1917)
Aylmer Byron Hunt, Liberal (1917-1925)
Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-David-de-Lévis, Quebec and became a jeweller and became an alderman and mayor of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.Letellier de Saint-Just attended Saint Jean Baptiste Academy at...

, Liberal (1925-1930)
Samuel Gobeil
Samuel Gobeil
Samuel Gobeil, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in La Patrie, Quebec, he was defeated twice before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Compton in the 1930 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1935 and 1940...

, Conservative (1930-1935)
Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette
Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette
Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette was a Canadian politician and merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Compton. During his time in parliament, he was the Chief Government Whip's assistant and Deputy Whip of the Liberal Party...

, Liberal (1935-1949)

1968 - 1997

Henry LaTulippe
Henry Latulippe
Henry P. Latulippe was a Social Credit party and Ralliement créditiste member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an industrialist and merchant by career....

, Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

(1968-1974)
Claude Tessier
Claude Tessier
Claude Tessier was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a professor and administrator by career.He represented the Quebec riding of Compton, later known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead...

, Liberal (1974-1984)
François Gérin
François Gérin
François Gérin was a member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a lawyer by career.Gérin was born in Coaticook, Quebec....

, Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

(1984-1993)
Maurice Bernier
Maurice Bernier
Maurice Bernier was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in government and administration....

, Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
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(1993-1997)

1867 - 1949

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|POPE, John Henry ||align=right|acclaimed
By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 25 October 1871
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|POPE, John Henry ||align=right|acclaimed
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|POPE, Hon. John Henry ||align=right|acclaimed
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|POPE, Hon. J.H. ||align=right| 1,387
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|CAIRNS, H.E. ||align=right|535
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|POPE, Hon. J.H. ||align=right| 1,464
|-

|LEONARD, H. ||align=right|796
By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 17 October 1878
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|POPE, Hon. John Henry ||align=right| acclaimed
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|POPE, Hon. J.H. ||align=right| 1,612
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|CAIRNS, H.E. ||align=right|823
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|POPE, J.H. ||align=right| 2,157
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|MUNRO, T.B. ||align=right|1,333
By-election: On Mr. Pope's death, 1 April 1889
|-

|POPE, Rufus Henry ||align=right| acclaimed
|-

|POPE, Rufus H. ||align=right| 2,004
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|LEET, S.P. ||align=right|938
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|POPE, Rufus Henry ||align=right| 1,948
|-

|WELLARD, Francis F. ||align=right|1,485
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|POPE, R.H. ||align=right|2,438
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|CLEVELAND, Geo. B. ||align=right| 2,190
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|HUNT, A.B. ||align=right| 2,735
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|POPE, R.H. ||align=right| 2,440
By-election: On election being declared void, Nov. 22, 1905
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|HUNT, A.B. ||align=right| 2,935
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|POPE, R.H. ||align=right|2,585
|-

|HUNT, Aylmer Byron ||align=right| 3,175
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|POPE, Rufus Henry ||align=right| 2,781
|-

|CROMWELL, Frederick Robert ||align=right|2,953
|-

|HUNT, Albert Byron ||align=right| 2,877
|-

|HUNT, Aylmer Byron ||align=right| 4,418
|-

|MCIVER, Kenneth Nicholson ||align=right| 2,515
|-

|HUNT, Aylmer Byron ||align=right| 7,866
|-

|CROMWELL, Frederick Robert ||align=right|3,961
|-

|LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne ||align=right|6,497
|-

|GOBEIL, Samuel ||align=right|4,262
|-

|LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne ||align=right|7,125
|-

|GOBEIL, Samuel ||align=right|4,979
|-

|GOBEIL, Samuel ||align=right|6,701
|-

|LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne ||align=right|6,393
|-

|BLANCHETTE, Joseph-Adéodat ||align=right|7,388
|-

|GOBEIL, Hon. Samuel ||align=right|6,374
|-

|BLANCHETTE, Joseph-Adéodat ||align=right|8,012
|-

|LAFOREST, Joseph-Alfred ||align=right|1,623
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|BLANCHETTE, J.-Adéodat ||align=right|8,007
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|GOBEIL, Hon. Samuel ||align=right|3,506
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|QUINTIN, Aurélien ||align=right|1,622
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|HOULE, Gérard ||align=right|1,065
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|CARR, R. Barton ||align=right|486

1968 - 1997

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|LATULIPPE, Henry ||align=right|11,961
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|CAMERON, Léger ||align=right|8,615
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|BOURQUE, Luc ||align=right| 3,987
|-

|LOWRY, Curtis ||align=right|851
|-

|LATULIPPE, Henry ||align=right|11,636
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|GRAHAM, Duncan J.M. ||align=right|10,982
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|TESSIER, Claude ||align=right|10,656
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|GAUVIN, Guy-C. ||align=right| 4,142
|-

|DESCOTEAUX, Conrad ||align=right|182
|-

|TESSIER, Claude

Claude Tessier

Claude Tessier was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a professor and administrator by career.He represented the Quebec riding of Compton, later known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead...

||align=right|11,474
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|LATULIPPE, Henry ||align=right|9,917
|-

|LAPOINTE, Guy ||align=right|4,407
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|GRAHAM, Duncan J.M. ||align=right|858
|-

|TESSIER, Claude

Claude Tessier

||align=right|19,309
|-

|LATULIPPE, Henry ||align=right| 9,047
|-

|GOSSELIN, Claude G. ||align=right|7,463
|-

|POWELL, Murray Dale ||align=right|1,316
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|HUBERDEAU, Robert ||align=right|281
|-

|TESSIER, Claude

Claude Tessier

||align=right|21,562
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|GRENIER, Fernand

Fernand Grenier

-Background:He was born on June 28, 1927 near Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and made a career in education.-Member of the legislature:Grenier ran as a Union Nationale and won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1966 provincial election in the district of Frontenac...

||align=right|10,336
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|DROUIN, Léonel ||align=right|3,023
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|TAYLOR, Keith ||align=right|1,769
|-

|GOSSELIN, D. Gavroche ||align=right|1,002
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|GÉRIN, François

François Gérin

François Gérin was a member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a lawyer by career.Gérin was born in Coaticook, Quebec....

||align=right|25,679
|-

|TESSIER, Claude

Claude Tessier

||align=right|13,123
|-

|WALSH, Jean-Pierre ||align=right|2,690
|-

|MCCAMMON, Andrew ||align=right|454
|-

|HOUDE, Michel ||align=right|427
|-

|BÉLANGER, Robert ||align=right| 399
|-

|JAVITCH, Ronald A. ||align=right|51
|-

|GÉRIN, François

François Gérin

François Gérin was a member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a lawyer by career.Gérin was born in Coaticook, Quebec....

||align=right|23,246
|-

|LANDRY, Jean-Guy ||align=right|11,566
|-

|WALSH, Jean-Pierre ||align=right|3,195
|-

|LANCTOT, Yvan ||align=right|550
|-

|BERNIER, Maurice

Maurice Bernier

Maurice Bernier was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in government and administration....

||align=right|17,317
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|NAYLOR, Eugene ||align=right| 13,538
|-

|GODDARD, Gilles ||align=right|6,042
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|BENOÎT, Jacqueline ||align=right|767
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|SIMARD, Martine ||align=right|495
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|BISSONNETTE, Marco ||align=right|215
|-

|STEWART, James ||align=right|198

External links

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History

Members of Parliament

1867 - 1949

1968 - 1997

See also

External links