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

Its member of Parliament (MP) has been Luc Berthold of the Conservative Party since 2015.

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—des-Sources, Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak, Saint-Augustin—Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Lévis—Lotbinière, 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 as Mégantic—L'Érable 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.

The riding was renamed Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière by the 2023 representation order for Quebec, which came into effect before the 2025 federal election. In the process, it gained the municipalities of Dosquet, Laurier-Station, Leclercville, Lotbinière, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Flavien, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly and Val-Alain from Lévis—Lotbinière.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière

Mégantic—L'Érable 2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   Conservative 30,416 56.71   Bloc Québécois 10,518 19.61   Liberal 7,240 13.50   People's 1,888 3.52   New Democratic 1,675 3.12   Green 703 1.31   Others 1,199 2.24

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections 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

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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