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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
1949

District abolished
  
1966

District created
  
1947

Last contested
  
1965

Compton—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.

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History

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Compton, Mégantic—Frontenac 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 eas redistributed into Compton and Beauce ridings.

    Members of Parliament

    This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

    References

    Compton—Frontenac Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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