Sherbrooke (electoral district)

This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of most of the city of Sherbrooke, other than certain areas to the north and south.

The neighbouring ridings are Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.

History

It was created in 1924 from parts of Sherbrooke (Town of) and Richmond—Arthabaska ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Sherbrooke (Town of) and Richmond—Arthabaska prior to 1924
15th	1925–1926	Charles Benjamin Howard	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945	Maurice Gingues	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Maurice Allard	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Gérard Chapdelaine	Social Credit
26th	1963		Social Credit
26th	1963–1965		Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968	Maurice Allard	Independent Progressive Conservative
28th	1968–1972	Paul Mullins Gervais	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Irénée Pelletier	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Jean Charest	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–1998
36th	1998–2000	Serge Cardin	Bloc Québécois
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Pierre-Luc Dusseault	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Pierre-Luc Dusseault	22,344	43.0%	+29.9%
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	18,703	36.0%	-14.1%
	Liberal	Éric Deslauriers-Joannette	4,953	9.5%	-10.0%
	Conservative	Pierre Harvey	4,865	9.4%	-5.0%
	Green	Jacques Laberge	890	1.7%	-
	Rhinoceros	Crédible Berlingot Landry	224	0.4%	-0.5%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			-	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	25,502	50.1%	-2.2%	$63,527
	Liberal	Nathalie Goguen	9,947	19.5%	+6.4%	$12,688
	Conservative	André Bachand	8,331	16.4%	-4.3%	$46,261
	New Democrat	Yves Mondoux	6,676	13.1%	+4.2%	$11,460
	Neorhino.ca	Sébastien Côrriveau	467	0.9%		$180
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,923	100.0%		$86,493
Total rejected ballots			607	1.2%
Turnout			51,530	62.9%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	27,185	52.2%	-6.5%	$64,825
	Conservative	Marc Nadeau	10,772	20.7%	+16.4%	$68,472
	Liberal	Robert Pouliot	6,860	13.2%	-17.8%	$32,821
	New Democrat	Martin Plaisance	4,645	8.9%	+6.0%	$3,008
	Green	Michel Quirion	2,262	4.3%	+1.3%	$242
	Independent	Claudia Laroche-Martel	321	0.6%		$138
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,045	100.0%		$81,158

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	29,323	58.7%	+12.2%	$77,448
	Liberal	Bruno-Marie Béchard	15,482	31.0%	-10.8%	$77,885
	Conservative	Réal Leblanc	2,142	4.3%	-4.1%	$6,431
	Green	Jeffrey Champagne	1,509	3.0%
	New Democrat	Philippe Dion	1,463	2.9%	+1.6%	$2,785
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,919	100.0%		$79,378

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	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	23,559	46.5%	+2.2%
	Liberal	Jean-François Rouleau	21,182	41.8%	-1.9%
	Canadian Alliance	Mark Quinlan	2,284	4.5%	+1.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric L'Heureux	1,955	3.9%	-2.5%
	New Democrat	Craig Wright	677	1.3%	-0.6%
	Natural Law	Daniel Jolicoeur	495	1.0%
	Independent	Joseph Adrien Serge Bourassa-Lacombe	294	0.6%
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	186	0.4%	+0.2%
Total valid votes			50,632	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1998 by-election.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 14 September 1998 Resignation of Jean J. Charest, 1 May 1998
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	16,143	44.3%	+14.6%
	Liberal	Robert Pouliot	15,923	43.7%	+35.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Archambault	2,303	6.3%	-53.2%
	Reform	Marcel Bolduc	934	2.6%
	New Democrat	Sébastien Goulet	720	2.0%	+0.8%
	Green	Jacques Bousquet	254	0.7%
	Independent	John C. Turmel	97	0.3%
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	72	0.2%
Total valid votes			36,446	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	32,228	59.5%	+7.2%
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Blanchette	16,086	29.7%	-8.2%
	Liberal	Martin Bureau	4,720	8.7%	+0.9%
	New Democrat	Tom Vouloumanos	628	1.2%	+0.4%
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	477	0.9%	0.0%
Total valid votes			54,139	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	29,740	52.3%	-11.0%
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Boutin	21,559	37.9%
	Liberal	Jean Paul Pelletier	4,462	7.9%	-14.7%
	Natural Law	Serge Trépanier	516	0.9%
	New Democrat	Martine Caouette	445	0.8%	-10.9%
	Abolitionist	Jean-Guy Trépanier	91	0.2%
Total valid votes			56,813	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	34,538	63.3%	+11.8%
	Liberal	Dennis Wood	12,314	22.6%	-11.3%
	New Democrat	Alain Poirier	6,373	11.7%	+1.9%
	Rhino	Bébé Sept Heures Pierre Granger	1,040	1.9%	-0.5%
	Not affiliated	Normand Guy	148	0.3%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	143	0.3%	0.0%
Total valid votes			54,556	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	22,232	51.5%	+42.2%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	14,607	33.8%	-38.0%
	New Democrat	Daniel Berthold	4,230	9.8%	-0.2%
	Rhino	Gilbert Peupa Ash	1,054	2.4%	-1.3%
	Nationaliste	Lorraine Déry	687	1.6%
	Social Credit	Fernand Bourret	197	0.5%	-3.7%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	92	0.2%	-
	Commonwealth	Françoise Chanteau	72	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,171	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	27,224	71.8%	+11.6%
	New Democrat	Yves Dubois	3,777	10.0%	+7.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Beaudin	3,514	9.3%	+0.1%
	Social Credit	Alphonse Ouellet	1,577	4.2%	-21.2%
	Rhino	Fernand Bédard	909	2.4%
	Rhino	Viens Dorian Nadeau	492	1.3%
	Independent	Maurice Grenier	200	0.5%
	Union Populaire	J. Gilles Marier	90	0.2%	+0.1%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	79	0.2%	-0.1%
	Marxist–Leninist	Louis Davignon	60	0.2%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			37,922	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	25,110	60.1%	+3.8%
	Social Credit	Jacques Blanchette	10,573	25.3%	-0.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Comtois	3,809	9.1%	-2.0%
	New Democrat	Roger Muller	1,180	2.8%	-2.5%
	Rhino	Jeanne d'Arc Diane Ross	665	1.6%
	Independent	Alphonse Ouellet	148	0.4%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	111	0.3%
	Marxist–Leninist	Louis Davignon	88	0.2%	-0.6%
	Union Populaire	Michel English	63	0.2%
Total valid votes			41,747	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	23,903	56.4%	+13.2%
	Social Credit	André G. Breton	10,864	25.6%	-8.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	4,716	11.1%	-2.9%
	New Democrat	Hubert Wallot	2,238	5.3%	1.7%
	Marxist–Leninist	Rita Viau	337	0.8%
	Independent	Charley Lamarre	336	0.8%
Total valid votes			42,394	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	20,569	43.2%	+2.9%
	Social Credit	Maurice Couture	16,072	33.7%	-6.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	6,700	14.1%	-1.6%
	New Democrat	Rebecca Augenfeld	1,713	3.6%	-0.5%
	Independent	Gérard Gosselin	1,423	3.0%
	Not affiliated	Jean Simoneau	911	1.9%
	Independent	J. Johnny Teasdale	259	0.5%
Total valid votes			47,647	100.0%

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul-M. Gervais	15,270	40.2%	6.7%
	Ralliement créditiste	Adélard Larose	15,172	40.0%	+23.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	5,946	15.7%	+14.2%
	New Democrat	Jean-Paul Blouin	1,563	4.1%	-
Total valid votes			37,951	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	11,808	35.5%
	Liberal	Roger Gingues	11,159	33.6%	-4.6%
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Lord	5,522	16.6%	-23.4%
	Independent	Gérard Chapdelaine	2,890	8.7%
	New Democrat	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	1,356	4.1%	+0.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Étienne Pellerin	499	1.5%	-9.2%
Total valid votes			33,234	100.0%

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gérard Chapdelaine	12,708	40.1%	-10.7%
	Liberal	Sarto Roy	12,103	38.2%	+16.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Perreault	3,390	10.7%	-16.1%
	Independent	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	2,469	7.8%
	New Democrat	Gustave Steenland	1,052	3.3%	+2.4%
Total valid votes			31,722	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gérard Chapdelaine	16,673	50.8%	+51.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	8,791	26.8%	-24.2%
	Liberal	Fernand Joyal	7,066	21.5%	-26.4%
	New Democrat	Gustave Steenland	311	0.9%
Total valid votes			32,841	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	15,383	51.0%	+13.5%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	14,458	47.9%	-61.4%
	Social Credit	Guillaume Racine	349	1.2%
Total valid votes			30,190	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	16,324	62.5%	-3.7%
	Progressive Conservative	François Thibault	9,791	37.5%	+3.7%
Total valid votes			26,115	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	15,827	66.2%	+17.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio-Joseph Pinard	8,085	33.8%	+7.3%
Total valid votes			23,912	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	12,116	49.2%	+8.8%
	Progressive Conservative	William Redmond Hayes	6,522	26.5%	+0.4%
	Independent Liberal	Alphonse Trudeau	3,060	12.4%
	Union des électeurs	Roméo Gauthier	2,728	11.1%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Théode Bilodeau	217	0.9%
Total valid votes			24,643	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	9,552	40.4%	-21.4%
	Progressive Conservative	John Jr. Bassett	6,158	26.0%	-3.1%
	Bloc populaire canadien	Valmore Olivier	3,427	14.5%
	Independent	Joseph-François-Xavier Labrecque	3,110	13.2%
	Social Credit	Roméo-Ernest Gauthier	1,118	4.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philippe Pépin	283	1.2%
Total valid votes			23,648	100.0%

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	11,602	61.8%	+6.8%
	National Government	Terence Gerard Walsh	5,465	29.1%	-15.9%
	Independent	Joseph-Ernest Coté	1,697	9.0%
Total valid votes			18,764	100.0%

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	9,806	55.0%	+3.5%
	Conservative	William Warren Lynch	8,029	45.0%	-3.5%
Total valid votes			17,835	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	8,546	51.5%	-10.5%
	Conservative	Walter Harold Lynch	8,048	48.5%	10.5%
Total valid votes			16,594	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	7,582	62.0%	+7.4%
	Conservative	Albert Wyatt Reid	4,640	38.0%	-7.4%
Total valid votes			12,222	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	6,566	54.6%
	Conservative	Edward Bruen Worthington	5,449	45.4%
Total valid votes			12,015	100.0%

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

Sherbrooke (electoral district)

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

Sources