Compton (electoral district)

Compton
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

Compton (also known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 and Sherbrooke electoral districts.

It was re-created in 1966 from parts of Compton—Frontenac, Mégantic and Stanstead 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 riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Compton
1st	1867–1871	John Henry Pope	Liberal–Conservative
1st	1871–1872
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1889
6th	1889–1891	Rufus Henry Pope	Conservative
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1905	Aylmer Byron Hunt	Liberal
10th	1906–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917	Frederick Robert Cromwell	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	Aylmer Byron Hunt	Liberal
14th	1921–1925	Aylmer Byron Hunt
15th	1925–1926	Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
16th	1926–1930	Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
17th	1930–1935	Samuel Gobeil	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Compton—Frontenac and Sherbrooke
Riding re-created from Compton—Frontenac, Mégantic and Stanstead
28th	1968–1971	Henry Latulippe	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974		Social Credit
30th	1974–1979	Claude Tessier	Liberal
Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
31st	1979–1980	Claude Tessier	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Claude Tessier	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	François Gérin	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	François Gérin	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Maurice Bernier	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Compton—Stanstead

Election results

Compton, 1867–1949

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, John Henry	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 25 October 1871

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 11 November 1871
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, John Henry	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, Hon. John Henry	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, Hon. J.H.	1,387
	Unknown	CAIRNS, H.E.	535

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, Hon. J.H.	1,464
	Unknown	LEONARD, H.	796

By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 17 October 1878

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 November 1878
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, Hon. John Henry	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, Hon. J.H.	1,612
	Unknown	CAIRNS, H.E.	823

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	POPE, J.H.	2,157
	Unknown	MUNRO, T.B.	1,333

By-election: On Mr. Pope's death, 1 April 1889

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 16 May 1889
	Conservative	POPE, Rufus Henry	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	POPE, Rufus H.	2,004
	Liberal	LEET, S.P.	938

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	POPE, Rufus Henry	1,948
	Patrons of Industry	WELLARD, Francis F.	1,485

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	POPE, R.H.	2,438
	Liberal	CLEVELAND, Geo. B.	2,190

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HUNT, A.B.	2,735
	Conservative	POPE, R.H.	2,440

By-election: On election being declared void, Nov. 22, 1905

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 January 1906
	Liberal	HUNT, A.B.	2,935
	Conservative	POPE, R.H.	2,585

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HUNT, Aylmer Byron	3,175
	Conservative	POPE, Rufus Henry	2,781

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CROMWELL, Frederick Robert	2,953
	Liberal	HUNT, Albert Byron	2,877

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	HUNT, Aylmer Byron	4,418
	Government (Unionist)	MCIVER, Kenneth Nicholson	2,515

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HUNT, Aylmer Byron	7,866
	Conservative	CROMWELL, Frederick Robert	3,961

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne	6,497
	Conservative	GOBEIL, Samuel	4,262

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne	7,125
	Conservative	GOBEIL, Samuel	4,979

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GOBEIL, Samuel	6,701
	Liberal	LETELLIER, DE SAINT-JUST, Joseph Étienne	6,393

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLANCHETTE, Joseph-Adéodat	7,388
	Conservative	GOBEIL, Hon. Samuel	6,374

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLANCHETTE, Joseph-Adéodat	8,012
	National Government	LAFOREST, Joseph-Alfred	1,623

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLANCHETTE, J.-Adéodat	8,007
	Progressive Conservative	GOBEIL, Hon. Samuel	3,506
	Bloc populaire	QUINTIN, Aurélien	1,622
	Social Credit	HOULE, Gérard	1,065
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CARR, R. Barton	486

Compton, 1968–1979

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	LATULIPPE, Henry	11,961
	Liberal	CAMERON, Léger	8,615
	Progressive Conservative	BOURQUE, Luc	3,987
	New Democratic	LOWRY, Curtis	851

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	LATULIPPE, Henry	11,636
	New Democratic	GRAHAM, Duncan J.M.	10,982
	Liberal	TESSIER, Claude	10,656
	Progressive Conservative	GAUVIN, Guy-C.	4,142
	Independent	DESCOTEAUX, Conrad	182

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TESSIER, Claude	11,474
	Social Credit	LATULIPPE, Henry	9,917
	Progressive Conservative	LAPOINTE, Guy	4,407
	New Democratic	GRAHAM, Duncan J.M.	858

Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead, 1979–1997

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TESSIER, Claude	19,309
	Social Credit	LATULIPPE, Henry	9,047
	Progressive Conservative	GOSSELIN, Claude G.	7,463
	New Democratic	POWELL, Murray Dale	1,316
	Union populaire	HUBERDEAU, Robert	281

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TESSIER, Claude	21,562
	Progressive Conservative	GRENIER, Fernand	10,336
	Social Credit	DROUIN, Léonel	3,023
	New Democratic	TAYLOR, Keith	1,769
	Rhinoceros	GOSSELIN, D. Gavroche	1,002

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GÉRIN, François	25,679
	Liberal	TESSIER, Claude	13,123
	New Democratic	WALSH, Jean-Pierre	2,690
	Green	MCCAMMON, Andrew	454
	Parti nationaliste	HOUDE, Michel	427
	Social Credit	BÉLANGER, Robert	399
	Commonwealth of Canada	JAVITCH, Ronald A.	51

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GÉRIN, François	23,246
	Liberal	LANDRY, Jean-Guy	11,566
	New Democratic	WALSH, Jean-Pierre	3,195
	Social Credit	LANCTOT, Yvan	550

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	BERNIER, Maurice	17,317
	Liberal	NAYLOR, Eugene	13,538
	Progressive Conservative	GODDARD, Gilles	6,042
	Natural Law	BENOÎT, Jacqueline	767
	New Democratic	SIMARD, Martine	495
	Abolitionist	BISSONNETTE, Marco	215
	National	STEWART, James	198

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Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

Compton (electoral district)

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Compton, 1867–1949

Compton, 1968–1979

Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead, 1979–1997

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