Shefford (electoral district)

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 Sources

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 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 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	Lucius Seth Huntington	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887	Michel Auger	Independent Liberal
6th	1887–1891	Antoine Audet	Conservative
7th	1891–1896	John Robbins Sanborn	Liberal
8th	1896–1900	Charles Henry Parmelee	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911	Henry Edgarton Allen	Liberal
12th	1911–1917	Georges Henri Boivin	Liberal
13th	1917–1921
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930	Pierre-Ernest Boivin	Liberal
17th	1930–1935	J.-Eugène Tétreault	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Marcel Boivin	Liberal
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Gilbert Rondeau	Social Credit
26th	1963		Social Credit
26th	1963–1965		Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968	Louis-Paul Neveu	Liberal
28th	1968–1971	Gilbert Rondeau	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1977
30th	1977–1979		Independent
31st	1979–1980	Jean Lapierre	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1990
34th	1990–1993		Bloc Québécois
35th	1993–1997	Jean Leroux	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Diane St-Jacques	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Diane St-Jacques	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Robert Vincent	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Réjean Genest	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	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

Canadian federal election, 2008
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 Democrat	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

Canadian federal election, 2006
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 Democrat	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

Canadian federal election, 2004
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 Democrat	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.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diane St-Jacques	20,707	45.93	+19.74
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Benoit	19,816	43.95	+8.13
	Canadian 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 Democrat	Elizabeth Morey	380	0.84	-0.25
Total valid votes			45,087	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
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 Democrat	Karen Hurley	531	1.09	-0.11
Total valid votes			48,503	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
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 Democrat	Marielle Sanna	586	1.20	-7.34
	Abolitionist	Denis Loubier	470	0.96
Total valid votes			48,717	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	23,943	48.24	+0.73
	Progressive Conservative	Danielle Coté	21,445	43.21	+0.27
	New Democrat	Paul Pearson	4,242	8.55	+1.89
Total valid votes			49,630	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	25,483	47.51	-20.96
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Loubier	23,028	42.94	+22.18
	New Democrat	Denis Boissé	3,569	6.65	-1.16
	Nationaliste	Pierre C. Boivin	1,552	2.89
Total valid votes			53,632	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Lapierre	32,449	68.47	+17.00
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Russell	9,837	20.76	-2.79
	New Democrat	Denis Boissé	3,701	7.81	+5.76
	Rhino	Cornélius André Brazeau	1,274	2.69	+1.12
	Marxist–Leninist	Gilles Davignon	129	0.27
Total valid votes			47,390	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
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 Democrat	Denis Boisse	1,008	2.05	-0.37
	Rhino	Lyse Dumouchel	770	1.57
	Union Populaire	Gilles Maille	121	0.25
Total valid votes			49,129	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
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 Democrat	Terry Haig	903	2.42	+0.39
Total valid votes			37,271	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
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 Democrat	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.

Canadian federal election, 1968
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 Democrat	Jean Miller	574	1.85
Total valid votes			31,083	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
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.

Canadian federal election, 1963
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 Democrat	Jacques Jourdenais	1,706	6.46
Total valid votes			26,399	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
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

Canadian federal election, 1958
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

Canadian federal election, 1957
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

Canadian federal election, 1953
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

Canadian federal election, 1949
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

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Boivin	7,413	47.37	-20.87
	Bloc populaire canadien	Lindor Tétreault	4,212	26.92
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Patrick Edward Delaney	3,446	22.02
	Social Credit	Elzéar Brodeur	578	3.69
Total valid votes			15,649	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1940
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.

Canadian federal election, 1935
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

Canadian federal election, 1930
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

Canadian federal election, 1926
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

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henri Boivin	5,910	56.78	-13.78
	Conservative	James Davidson	4,499	43.22
Total valid votes			10,409	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Henri Boivin	6,318	70.56
	Independent	Hormisdas Beaudry	2,636	29.44
Total valid votes			8,954	100.00

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	50.29	-3.03
	Conservative	James Davidson	2,245	49.71	+3.03
Total valid votes			4,516	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
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

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Parmelee	2,347	57.57	+2.45
	Conservative	Peter Munroe Hayes	1,730	42.43	-2.45
Total valid votes			4,077	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1900
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

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C.H. Parmelee	2,191	55.94	+3.34
	Conservative	P.J.I. Peltier	1,726	44.06	-3.34
Total valid votes			3,917	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J.R. Sanborn	1,792	52.60
	Conservative	A.C. Savage	1,615	47.40	-3.07
Total valid votes			3,407	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1887
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

Canadian federal election, 1882
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

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,414	49.23	+7.23
	Unknown	R. Nicol	1,186	41.30
	Unknown	M. Auger	272	9.47
Total valid votes			2,872	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1874
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

Canadian federal election, 1872
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

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucius Seth Huntington	1,317	57.06
	Unknown	Parmelee	991	42.94
Total valid votes			2,308	100.00

Sources

Federal ridings in the Eastern Townships

New Democratic	Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

Conservative	Beauce • Mégantic—L'Érable

Bloc Québécois	Richmond—Arthabaska

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

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts