Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in

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, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The current MP is

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Luc Berthold.

Geography

Straddling the Quebec regions of

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Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

and

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, it consists of the regional county municipalities of Les Appalaches, L'Érable, and Le Granit. Notable towns include Thetford Mines,

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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

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Election results

References

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