Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Shefford (provincial electoral district) . For the pre-Confederation district, see Shefford (Province of Canada electoral district) .
Shefford Quebec electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois District created 1867 First contested 1867 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 107,538 Electors (2015)87,902 Area (km²)[2] 1,434 Pop. density (per km²) 75 Census subdivision(s) Granby , Shefford , Saint-Césaire , Waterloo , Roxton Pond , Saint-Alphonse , Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford , Rougemont , Valcourt
Shefford is a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2006 was 100,000.
Demographics [ ]
Ethnic groups: 99.2% White
Languages: 95.2% French, 3.2% English
Religions: 90.3% Catholic, 3.8% Protestant, 4.7% No religious affiliation
Average income: $25,354
Geography [ ]
This southern Quebec riding extends from Sherbrooke in the east to Montreal in the west, straddling the Quebec regions of Montérégie and Estrie .
The district includes the central and eastern Rouville Regional County Municipality , all of La Haute-Yamaska (except Bromont ) and southwestern Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality . The main communities are Granby , Roxton Pond , Saint-Césaire , Saint-Alphonse , Valcourt , Waterloo , Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford , Shefford , Granby Township , and Rougemont . The Area is 1,428 km2 .
The neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi , Saint-Jean , Chambly—Borduas , Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot , Drummond , and Richmond—Arthabaska .
History [ ]
The electoral district was created in the British North America Act of 1867 .
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain a small fraction of territory from Brome—Missisquoi .
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Andréanne Larouche
24,997
41.9
+3.3
Liberal
Pierre Breton
19,968
33.5
-3.6
Conservative
Céline Lalancette
7,234
12.1
-0.2
New Democratic
Patrick Jasmin
3,173
5.3
-0.8
People's
Gerda Scheider
2,073
3.5
+2.7
Green
Mathieu Morin
1,059
1.8
-2.8
Free
Joel Lacroix
599
1.0
N/A
Marijuana
Yannick Brisebois
284
0.5
N/A
Indépendance du Québec
Jean-Philippe Beaudry-Graham
239
0.4
-0.1
Total valid votes
59,626
97.7
Total rejected ballots
1,409
2.3
Turnout
61,035
65.2
Eligible voters
93,597
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+3.5
Source: Elections Canada [3]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Andréanne Larouche
23,503
38.58
+16.36
$6,576.43
Liberal
Pierre Breton
22,605
37.11
-1.85
none listed
Conservative
Nathalie Clermont
7,495
12.30
-0.47
$32,903.14
New Democratic
Raymonde Plamondon
3,705
6.08
-17.59
none listed
Green
Katherine Turgeon
2,814
4.62
+2.25
none listed
People's
Mariam Sabbagh
497
0.82
$0.00
Indépendence du Québec
Darlène Daviault
294
0.48
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
60,913
97.89
Total rejected ballots
1,313
2.11
-0.05
Turnout
62,226
68.28
+0.26
Eligible voters
91,138
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal
Swing
+9.11
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Pierre Breton
22,957
38.96
+29.97
$38,440.56
New Democratic
Claire Mailhot
13,945
23.67
-27.42
$59,455.32
Bloc Québécois
Jocelyn Beaudoin
13,092
22.22
-1.15
$34,737.83
Conservative
Sylvie Fontaine
7,529
12.78
-1.87
$22,193.17
Green
Simon McMillan
1,397
2.37
+0.48
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
58,920
97.84
$228,694.19
Total rejected ballots
1,299
2.16
–
Turnout
60,219
68.02
–
Eligible voters
88,533
Liberal gain from New Democratic
Swing
+28.69
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party
Vote
%
New Democratic
27,578
51.09
Bloc Québécois
12,617
23.37
Conservative
7,908
14.65
Liberal
4,856
9.00
Green
1,022
1.89
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
New Democratic
Réjean Genest
27,575
51.09
+38.58
Bloc Québécois
Robert Vincent
12,615
23.37
19.45
Conservative
Mélisa Leclerc
7,908
14.65
-4.98
Liberal
Bernard Demers
4,855
8.99
-12.39
Green
Patrick Daoust
1,022
1.89
-1.7
Total valid votes/Expense limit
53,975
100.00
Total rejected ballots
877
1.60
-0.33
Turnout
54,852
64.94
+1.80
Eligible voters
84,464
–
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Robert Vincent
21,650
42.82
-0.27
$48,933
Liberal
Bernard Demers
10,810
21.38
-2.04
$16,716
Conservative
Jean Lambert
9,927
19.63
-5.13
$38,653
New Democratic
Simon Gnocchini Messier
6,323
12.51
+7.78
$7,035
Green
Michel M. Champagne
1,848
3.66
-0.35
Total valid votes/Expense limit
50,558
100.00
$86,480
Total rejected ballots
994
1.93
Turnout
51,552
63.14
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+0.9
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Robert Vincent
22,159
43.09
-3.51
$43,703
Conservative
Jean Lambert
12,734
24.76
+16.84
$52,890
Liberal
Diane St-Jacques
12,043
23.42
-16.31
$44,786
New Democratic
Paula Maundcote
2,431
4.73
+2.30
$1,540
Green
Francine Brière
2,061
4.01
+0.68
Total valid votes/Expense limit
51,428
100.00
$79,318
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
−9.9
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Robert Vincent
21,968
46.60
+2.65
$41,344
Liberal
Diane St-Jacques
18,725
39.72
-6.21
$60,445
Conservative
Jacques Parenteau
3,732
7.92
+0.45
$6,910
Green
Francine Brière
1,571
3.33
–
New Democratic
Sonia Bisson
1,146
2.43
+1.59
$400
Total valid votes/Expense limit
47,146
100.00
$77,209
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Diane St-Jacques
20,707
45.93
+19.74
Bloc Québécois
Michel Benoit
19,816
43.95
+8.13
Alliance
Jean-Jacques Treyvaud
1,867
4.14
Progressive Conservative
Audrey Castonguay
1,498
3.32
-33.58
Marijuana
Nicolas Cousineau
819
1.82
New Democratic
Elizabeth Morey
380
0.84
-0.25
Total valid votes
45,087
100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Diane St-Jacques
17,897
36.90
+25.10
Bloc Québécois
Jean H. Leroux
17,376
35.82
-19.60
Liberal
Chantal Gareau
12,699
26.18
-2.87
New Democratic
Karen Hurley
531
1.09
-0.11
Total valid votes
48,503
100.00
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Jean Leroux
27,001
55.42
Liberal
Roger Légaré
14,152
29.05
-19.19
Progressive Conservative
Jocelyn Compagnat
5,750
11.80
-31.41
Natural Law
Michèle Beausoleil
758
1.56
New Democratic
Marielle Sanna
586
1.20
-7.34
Abolitionist
Denis Loubier
470
0.96
Total valid votes
48,717
100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Jean Lapierre
23,943
48.24
+0.73
Progressive Conservative
Danielle Coté
21,445
43.21
+0.27
New Democratic
Paul Pearson
4,242
8.55
+1.89
Total valid votes
49,630
100.00
1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Jean Lapierre
25,483
47.51
-20.96
Progressive Conservative
Denis Loubier
23,028
42.94
+22.18
New Democratic
Denis Boissé
3,569
6.65
-1.16
Parti nationaliste
Pierre C. Boivin
1,552
2.89
Total valid votes
53,632
100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Jean Lapierre
32,449
68.47
+17.00
Progressive Conservative
Armand Russell
9,837
20.76
-2.79
New Democratic
Denis Boissé
3,701
7.81
+5.76
Rhinoceros
Cornélius André Brazeau
1,274
2.69
+1.12
Marxist–Leninist
Gilles Davignon
129
0.27
Total valid votes
47,390
100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Jean Lapierre
25,287
51.47
+12.13
Progressive Conservative
Gérald R. Scott
11,567
23.54
+6.93
Independent
Gilbert Rondeau
6,454
13.14
Social Credit
Murielle Audette
3,922
7.98
-33.64
New Democratic
Denis Boisse
1,008
2.05
-0.37
Rhinoceros
Lyse Dumouchel
770
1.57
Union populaire
Gilles Maille
121
0.25
Total valid votes
49,129
100.00
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Gilbert Rondeau
15,512
41.62
-6.91
Liberal
Louis-Paul Neveu
14,663
39.34
+5.97
Progressive Conservative
Louis Grignon
6,193
16.62
+0.54
New Democratic
Terry Haig
903
2.42
+0.39
Total valid votes
37,271
100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Gilbert Rondeau
18,803
48.53
+7.89
Liberal
Louis-Paul Neveu
12,928
33.37
-5.75
Progressive Conservative
Guy Arseneault
6,228
16.07
-2.32
New Democratic
John Philip Penner
786
2.03
+0.18
Total valid votes
38,745
100.00
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Ralliement créditiste
Gilbert Rondeau
12,633
40.64
+7.98
Liberal
Louis-Paul Neveu
12,158
39.11
+6.29
Progressive Conservative
Paul-O. Trépanier
5,718
18.40
-14.33
New Democratic
Jean Miller
574
1.85
Total valid votes
31,083
100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Louis-Paul Neveu
9,494
32.82
-3.97
Progressive Conservative
Paul-O. Trépanier
9,467
32.73
+13.82
Ralliement créditiste
Gilbert Rondeau
9,447
32.66
-5.18
Independent Liberal
Lucien Pearson
518
1.79
Total valid votes
28,926
100.00
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Gilbert Rondeau
9,989
37.84
-4.18
Liberal
Gérard Lacaille
9,713
36.79
+4.42
Progressive Conservative
Donat Marois
4,991
18.91
-6.70
New Democratic
Jacques Jourdenais
1,706
6.46
Total valid votes
26,399
100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Gilbert Rondeau
12,421
42.02
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
9,570
32.37
-17.72
Progressive Conservative
Claude Léveillé
7,569
25.61
-21.45
Total valid votes
29,560
100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
13,001
50.10
-12.87
Progressive Conservative
Jacques Hannon
12,211
47.05
+10.02
Co-operative Commonwealth
Adrien Dumas
739
2.85
Total valid votes
25,951
100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
14,897
62.97
-5.13
Progressive Conservative
Hector Choquette
8,760
37.03
+5.13
Total valid votes
23,657
100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
15,409
68.10
+8.81
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Louis Robert
7,219
31.90
-4.68
Total valid votes
22,628
100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
12,993
59.29
+11.92
Progressive Conservative
Wilson Irwin
8,017
36.58
Union des électeurs
Fernand Brodeur
906
4.13
0.44
Total valid votes
21,916
100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Boivin
7,413
47.37
-20.87
Bloc populaire
Lindor Tétreault
4,212
26.92
Independent PC
Patrick Edward Delaney
3,446
22.02
Social Credit
Elzéar Brodeur
578
3.69
Total valid votes
15,649
100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joseph-Hermas Leclerc
7,831
68.24
+16.67
National Government
Hector Choquette
3,644
31.76
-16.67
Total valid votes
11,475
100.00
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joseph-Hermas Leclerc
6,925
51.58
+7.90
Conservative
Sylva Lebrun
6,502
48.42
-7.90
Total valid votes
13,427
100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
J.-Eugène Tétreault
7,064
56.32
+20.20
Liberal
Pierre-Ernest Boivin
5,478
43.68
-20.20
Total valid votes
12,542
100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre-Ernest Boivin
6,374
63.87
+7.10
Conservative
Louis-Joseph Gauthier
3,605
36.13
-7.10
Total valid votes
9,979
100.00
1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Georges Henri Boivin
5,910
56.78
-13.78
Conservative
James Davidson
4,499
43.22
Total valid votes
10,409
100.00
1908 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Henry Edgarton Allen
2,465
53.32
-4.25
Conservative
William H. Robinson
2,158
46.68
+4.25
Total valid votes
4,623
100.00
1900 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Charles Henry Parmelee
2,314
55.12
-0.81
Conservative
Alonzo Chown Savage
1,884
44.88
+0.81
Total valid votes
4,198
100.00
1887 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Antoine Audet
1,671
50.47
Independent Liberal
M. Auger
1,640
49.53
-2.70
Total valid votes
3,311
100.00
1882 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Independent Liberal
Michel Auger
1,581
52.23
+42.76
Liberal
Lucius Seth Huntington
1,446
47.77
-1.46
Total valid votes
3,027
100.00
1874 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Lucius Seth Huntington
1,618
57.99
+1.12
Unknown
J.J. Curran
1,172
42.01
Total valid votes
2,790
100.00
1872 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Lucius Seth Huntington
1,515
56.87
-0.19
Unknown
Charles Thibault
1,149
43.13
Total valid votes
2,664
100.00
1867 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Lucius Seth Huntington
1,317
57.06
Unknown
Parmelee
991
42.94
Total valid votes
2,308
100.00
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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