Compton—Stanstead

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Compton—Stanstead

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		France Bonsant BQ
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,148
Electors (2006)	75,670
Area (km²)	4,747
Pop. density (per km²)	21.1
Census divisions	Coaticook RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke, Le Val-Saint-François RCM
Census subdivisions	Ascot Corner, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire-Eaton, East Angus, Sherbrooke (part), Stanstead, Stoke, Weedon

Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke ridings.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The southern Quebec riding on the US border southeast of Sherbrooke is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of the RCMs of Coaticook and Le Haut-Saint-François, the eastern half of Memphrémagog, and parts of Le Val-Saint-François and the city of Sherbrooke.

Main towns include Coaticook, Lennoxville (now part of Sherbrooke), North Hatley, Stanstead, and Ayer's Cliff.

Neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi, Richmond—Arthabaska, Sherbrooke, and Mégantic—L'Érable.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke prior to 1996
36th	1997-2000		David Price	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2004			Liberal
38th	2004-2006		France Bonsant	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	21,316	42.76
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	12,131	24.33
	Liberal	David Price	11,126	22.32
	New Democrat	Stéphane Bürgi	3099	6.21
	Green	Gaétan Perreault	2171	4.35
Total			49,843	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,450
	Liberal	David Price	15,752
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	4,589
	Green	Laurier Busque	1,546
	New Democrat	Martin Baller	1,451

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Price	17,729
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	14,808
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann Dewey-Plante	2,422
	Canadian Alliance	Marc Carrier	2,061
	New Democrat	Christine Moore	580
	Natural Law	Marc Roy	476

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Price	18,125
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Bernier	13,367
	Liberal	Gaétan Grenier	8,119
	New Democrat	Christine Moore	587
	Natural Law	Lisette Proulx	439

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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