The Record continues its coverage of the 2018 Provincial Elections with questions for candidates from the Mégantic riding. Although the name naturally makes one think of the mountain and the community of Lac Mégantic, the provincial riding of Mégantic also includes the municipalities of Cookshire-Eaton, Bury, Ascot Corner, Stoke, East Angus, Dudswell, Newport, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Weedon, Lingwick, Scotstown, Hampden, La Patrie, Chartierville, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Val-Racine, Milan, Stornoway, Stratford, Beaulac-Garthby, Disreali, Sainte-Praxede, Lambton, Saint Romain, Nantes, Marston, Piopolis, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Frontenac, Sainte-Cecile-de-Whitton, Saint Sebastien, Lac-Drolet, and Audet. The returning officer is Jean Collin, and there are electoral offices located on Principale West in Cookshire-Eaton as well as on Laval Street in Lac-Mégantic and on Champagnat in Disreali. Any one of these offices can be reached by calling 819 237-9016 or 1 855 237-9016. The incumbent in the riding is Liberal MNA Ghislain Bolduc, who has been in office since 2012 and who announced his retirement from politics earlier this summer. See full story in the Monday, September 17 edition of The Record.
