| Compton | |
| Province: | Quebec |
| Fed-Status: | defunct |
| Fed-Created: | 1966 |
| Fed-Abolished: | 1996 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1968 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 1993 |
Compton (also known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997.
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:
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:
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:
It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Compton—Stanstead riding.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 25 October 1871
By-election: On Mr. Pope's appointment as Minister of Agriculture, 17 October 1878
By-election: On Mr. Pope's death, 1 April 1889
By-election: On election being declared void, Nov. 22, 1905
Riding history from the Library of Parliament: