Mégantic—L'Érable

Mégantic—L'Érable
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Luc Berthold; Conservative
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	87,233
Electors (2019)	70,683
Area (km²)	6,278
Pop. density (per km²)	13.9
Census division(s)	Les Appalaches RCM, L'Érable RCM, Le Granit RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Thetford-Mines, Plessisville, Princeville, Lac-Mégantic, Adstock, Disraeli, East-Broughton, Saint-Ferdinand, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Frontenac

Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

The current MP is Conservative Luc Berthold.

The riding was renamed Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière by the 2023 representation order for Quebec, which will come into effect at the next federal election.^[2]

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, Le Granit, as well as the territory of the former municipality of Courcelles. 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:

Parliament	Years		Party
Mégantic—L'Érable Riding created from Frontenac—Mégantic and Lotbinière—L'Érable
38th	2004–2006	Marc Boulianne	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Christian Paradis	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Luc Berthold
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Luc Berthold	26,121	56.3	+7.1	$54,323.16
	Bloc Québécois	Éric Labonté	9,318	20.1	-5.7	$15,275.53
	Liberal	Adam Lukofsky	6,329	13.6	-2.0	$13,729.57
	People's	Jonathan Gagnon	1,677	3.6	+1.9	$0.00
	New Democratic	Mathieu Boisvert	1,308	2.8	-1.3	$0.48
	Free	Real Pepin	680	1.5	N/A	$1,772.40
	Green	Emilie Hamel	592	1.3	-1.3	$0.00
	Independent	Gloriane Blais	403	0.9	N/A	$8,124.07
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,428	98.3	–	$107,531.72
Total rejected ballots			785	1.7
Turnout			47,213	65.4
Registered voters			72,179
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.4
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Luc Berthold	23,392	49.2	+13.78	$46,958.47
	Bloc Québécois	Priscilla Corbeil	12,249	25.8	+13.45	$4,851.59
	Liberal	Isabelle Grégoire	7,388	15.6	-12.54	$15,319.47
	New Democratic	Mathieu Boisvert	1,936	4.1	-17.86	none listed
	Green	Nicole Charette	1,258	2.6	+0.47	$0.00
	People's	Marie Claude Lauzier	812	1.7		$1,571.93
	Rhinoceros	Damien Roy	256	0.5		none listed
	Independent	Jean Paradis	217	0.5		$15,319.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,508	100.0
Total rejected ballots			898
Turnout			48,406	68.5
Eligible voters			70,683
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.17
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Luc Berthold	16,749	35.42	-13.72	$80,017.18
	Liberal	David Berthiaume	13,308	28.14	+22.17	$15,610.11
	New Democratic	Jean-François Delisle	10,386	21.96	-4.30	$59,606.77
	Bloc Québécois	Virginie Provost	5,838	12.35	-4.26	$4,049.48
	Green	Justin Gervais	1,006	2.13	+0.65	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,287	100.0		$204,975.86
Total rejected ballots			941	–	–
Turnout			48,228	67.4%	–
Eligible voters			71,469
	Conservative hold		Swing		-17.94
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,321	49.14
	New Democratic	11,929	26.26
	Bloc Québécois	7,542	16.61
	Liberal	2,711	5.97
	Green	667	1.47
	Others	250	0.55

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Christian Paradis	21,931	49.14	+2.44
	New Democratic	Cheryl Voisine	11,716	26.25	+16.79
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Turcotte	7,481	16.76	-10.96
	Liberal	René Roy	2,601	5.83	-8.13
	Green	Wyatt Tessari	655	1.47	-0.69
	Canadian Action	Alain Bergeron	250	0.56	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,634	100.00
Total rejected ballots			733	1.62
Turnout			45,367	64.61

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Christian Paradis	20,697	46.70	-3.15	$60,593
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Turcotte	12,283	27.72	-4.90	$49,764
	Liberal	Nicole Champagne	6,185	13.96	+3.56	$7,283
	New Democratic	Bruno Vézina	4,191	9.46	+5.57	$1,755
	Green	Jean-R. Guernon	959	2.16	-1.09
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,315	100.00	$81,095
Total rejected ballots			688	1.53
Turnout			45,003	64.42

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Christian Paradis	23,550	49.85	+38.43	$51,309
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Boulianne (incumbent)	15,410	32.62	-12.12	$48,632
	Liberal	Yvan Corriveau	4,912	10.40	-26.25	$19,371
	New Democratic	Isabelle Tremblay	1,836	3.89	+0.16	$0.00
	Green	Jean François Hamel	1,534	3.25	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,242	100.00		$75,377
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			543	1.14
Turnout			47,785	68.64	+5.63
Electors on the lists			69,617
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Boulianne	19,264	44.74	–	$44,288
	Liberal	Gérard Binet	15,778	36.65	–	$67,467
	Conservative	Yves Mailly	4,916	11.42	–	$14,915
	New Democratic	Alexandre Côté	1,608	3.73	–	$970
	Green	Bruno Vézina	1,489	3.46	–	$0
Total valid votes			43,055	100.00	–	$73,642
Total rejected ballots			868	1.98
Turnout			43,923	63.01