Shefford (electoral district)

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**Shefford**
Quebec electoral district

Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Robert Vincent BQ
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,000
Electors (2006)	78,345
Area (km²)	1,428
Pop. density (per km²)	70
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	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 Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2006 was 100,000.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Geography

This southern Quebec riding extends west to east between Montreal and Sherbrooke, 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 Canton, and Rougemont. The Area is 1,428 sq. km.

The neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Drummond, and Richmond—Arthabaska.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in the British North America Act of 1867.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Hon. Lucius Seth Huntington, Liberal (1867-1882)
Michel Auger, Ind. Liberal (1882-1887)
Antoine Audet, Conservative (1887-1891)
John Robbins Sanborn, Liberal (1891-1896)
Charles Henry Parmelee, Liberal (1896-1908)
Henry Edgarton Allen, Liberal (1908-1911)
Georges Henri Boivin, Liberal (1911-1926)
Pierre-Ernest Boivin, Liberal (1926-1930)
J.-Eugène Tétreault, Conservative (1930-1935)
Joseph-Hermas Leclerc, Liberal (1935-1945)
Marcel Boivin, Liberal (1945-1962)
Gilbert Rondeau, Social Credit (1962-1965)
Louis-Paul Neveu, Liberal (1965-1968)
Gilbert Rondeau, Social Credit (1968-1979)
Jean Lapierre, Liberal/Bloc Québécois (1979-1993)
Jean H. Leroux, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)
Diane St-Jacques, Progressive Conservative/Liberal (1997-2004)
Robert Vincent, Bloc Québécois (2004-)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Vincent	22,159	43.09%	-3.51%
	Conservative	Jean Lambert	12,734	24.76%	16.84%
	Liberal	Diane St-Jacques	12,043	23.42%	-16.31%
	New Democrat	Paula Maundcote	2,431	4.73%	2.30%
	Green	Francine Brière	2,061	4.01%	0.68%
Total			51,428	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Vincent	21,968	46.60%
	Liberal	Diane St-Jacques	18,725	39.73%
	Conservative	Jacques Parenteau	3,732	7.92%
	Green	Francine Brière	1,571	3.33%
	New Democrat	Sonia Bisson	1,146	2.43%
Total			47,146	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Diane St-Jacques	20,707
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Benoit	19,816
	Canadian Alliance	Jean-Jacques Treyvaud	1,867
	Progressive Conservative	Audrey Castonguay	1,498
	Marijuana	Nicolas Cousineau	819
	New Democrat	Elizabeth Morey	380

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Diane St-Jacques	17,897
	Bloc Québécois	Jean H. Leroux	17,376
	Liberal	Chantal Gareau	12,699
	New Democrat	Karen Hurley	531

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Jean Leroux	27,001
	Liberal	Roger Légaré	14,152
	Progressive Conservative	Jocelyn Compagnat	5,750
	Natural Law	Michèle Beausoleil	758
	New Democrat	Marielle Sanna	586
	Abolitionist	Denis Loubier	470

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	23,943
	Progressive Conservative	Danielle Coté	21,445
	New Democrat	Paul Pearson	4,242

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	25,483
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Loubier	23,028
	New Democrat	Denis Boissé	3,569
	Nationaliste	Pierre C. Boivin	1,552

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	32,449
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Russell	9,837
	New Democrat	Denis Boissé	3,701
	Rhino	Cornélius André Brazeau	1,274
	Marxist-Leninist	Gilles Davignon	129

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	25,287
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald R. Scott	11,567
	Independent	Gilbert Rondeau	6,454
	Social Credit	Murielle Audette	3,922
	New Democrat	Denis Boisse	1,008
	Rhino	Lyse Dumouchel	770
	Union Populaire	Gilles Maille	121

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilbert Rondeau	15,512
	Liberal	Louis-Paul Neveu	14,663
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Grignon	6,193
	New Democrat	Terry Haig	903

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilbert Rondeau	18,803
	Liberal	Louis-Paul Neveu	12,928
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Arseneault	6,228
	New Democrat	John Philip Penner	786

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilbert Rondeau	12,633
	Liberal	Louis-Paul Neveu	12,158
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-O. Trépanier	5,718
	New Democrat	Jean Miller	574

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Paul Neveu	9,494
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-O. Trépanier	9,467
	Ralliement créditiste	Gilbert Rondeau	9,447
	Independent Liberal	Lucien Pearson	518

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilbert Rondeau	9,989
	Liberal	Gérard Lacaille	9,713
	Progressive Conservative	Donat Marois	4,991
	New Democrat	Jacques Jourdenais	1,706

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gilbert Rondeau	12,421
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	9,570
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Léveillé	7,569

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	13,001
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Hannon	12,211
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Adrien Dumas	739

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	14,897
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Choquette	8,760

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	15,409
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Louis Robert	7,219

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	12,993
	Progressive Conservative	Wilson Irwin	8,017
	Union des électeurs	Fernand Brodeur	906

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	7,413
	Bloc populaire canadien	Lindor Tétreault	4,212
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Patrick Edward Delaney	3,446
	Social Credit	Elzéar Brodeur	578

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	7,831
	National Government	Hector Choquette	3,644

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	6,925
	Conservative	Sylva Lebrun	6,502

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J.-Eugène Tétreault	7,064
	Liberal	Pierre-Ernest Boivin	5,478

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre-Ernest Boivin	6,374
	Conservative	Louis-Joseph Gauthier	3,605

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Henri Boivin	5,910
	Conservative	James Davidson	4,499

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Henri Boivin	6,318
	Independent	Hormisdas Beaudry	2,636

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	George Henri Boivin	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Henri Boivin	2,271
	Conservative	James Davidson	2,245

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Edgarton Allen	2,465
	Conservative	William H. Robinson	2,158

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles H. Parmelee	2,347
	Conservative	Peter Munroe Hayes	1,730

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles H. Parmelee	2,314
	Conservative	Alonzo Chown Savage	1,884

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C.H. Parmelee	2,191
	Conservative	P.J.I. Peltier	1,726

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.R. Sanborn	1,792
	Conservative	A.C. Savage	1,615

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Antoine Audet	1,671
	Independent Liberal	M. Auger	1,640

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Michel Auger	1,581
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,446

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,414
	Unknown	R. Nicol	1,186
	Unknown	M. Auger	272

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,618
	Unknown	J.J. Curran	1,172

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,515
	Unknown	Charles Thibault	1,149

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,317
	Unknown	Parmelee	991

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in the Eastern Townships

Bloc Québécois	Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

Conservative	Beauce • Mégantic—L'Érable

v • d • e Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships	Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville

Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie

Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec

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Shefford (electoral district)

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