Legislature House of Commons First contested 2004 District webpage profile, map Elector 71,133 | District created 2003 Last contested 2015 Province Québec | |
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MP Luc Berthold
Conservative Census divisions Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality | ||
Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
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The current MP is Conservative Luc Berthold.
Geography
Straddling the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie, it consists of the regional county municipalities of Les Appalaches, L'Érable, and Le Granit. Notable towns include Thetford Mines, Plessisville 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: