Shefford (federal electoral district)

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Shefford
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Shefford (federal electoral district)
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Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Andréanne Larouche
Bloc Québécois
District created1867
First contested 1867
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 107,538
Electors (2015)87,902
Area (km²) [1] 1,434
Pop. density (per km²)75
Census subdivision(s) Granby, Shefford, Saint-Césaire, Waterloo, Roxton Pond, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Ange-Gardien, Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, Rougemont, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton

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.

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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 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:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Shefford
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
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911 Henry Edgarton Allen
12th  1911–1917 Georges Henri Boivin
13th  1917–1921
14th  1921–1925
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930 Pierre-Ernest Boivin
17th  1930–1935   J.-Eugène Tétreault Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Joseph-Hermas Leclerc Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Marcel Boivin
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963   Gilbert Rondeau Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965   Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968   Louis-Paul Neveu Liberal
28th  1968–1971   Gilbert Rondeau Ralliement créditiste
 1971–1972   Social Credit
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1977
 1977–1979   Independent
31st  1979–1980   Jean Lapierre Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1990
 1990–1993   Bloc Québécois
35th  1993–1997 Jean Leroux
36th  1997–2000   Diane St-Jacques Progressive Conservative
37th  2000–2004   Liberal
38th  2004–2006   Robert Vincent Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015   Réjean Genest New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019   Pierre Breton Liberal
43rd  2019–2021   Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–present

Election results

2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Felix Dionne
New Democratic Patrick Jasmin
Bloc Québécois Andréanne Larouche
People's Susanne Lefebvre
Conservative James Seale
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [2]
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Andréanne Larouche 24,99741.9+3.3$31,772.48
Liberal Pierre Breton 19,96833.5-3.6$84,958.35
Conservative Céline Lalancette7,23412.1-0.2$6,814.84
New Democratic Patrick Jasmin3,1735.3-0.8$1,243.21
People's Gerda Scheider2,0733.5+2.7$2,379.78
Green Mathieu Morin1,0591.8-2.8$0.00
Free Joel Lacroix5991.0N/A$2,821.90
Marijuana Yannick Brisebois2840.5N/Anone listed
Indépendance du QuébecJean-Philippe Beaudry-Graham2390.4-0.1$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit59,62697.7$121,523.31
Total rejected ballots1,4092.3
Turnout61,03565.2
Eligible voters93,597
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +3.5
Source: Elections Canada [3]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Andréanne Larouche 23,50338.58+16.36$6,576.43
Liberal Pierre Breton 22,60537.11-1.85none listed
Conservative Nathalie Clermont7,49512.30-0.47$32,903.14
New Democratic Raymonde Plamondon3,7056.08-17.59none listed
Green Katherine Turgeon2,8144.62+2.25none listed
People's Mariam Sabbagh4970.82$0.00
Indépendence du QuébecDarlène Daviault2940.48$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit60,91397.89
Total rejected ballots1,3132.11-0.05
Turnout62,22668.28+0.26
Eligible voters91,138
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +9.11
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Pierre Breton 22,95738.96+29.97$38,440.56
New Democratic Claire Mailhot13,94523.67-27.42$59,455.32
Bloc Québécois Jocelyn Beaudoin13,09222.22-1.15$34,737.83
Conservative Sylvie Fontaine7,52912.78-1.87$22,193.17
Green Simon McMillan1,3972.37+0.48
Total valid votes/expense limit58,92097.84 $228,694.19
Total rejected ballots1,2992.16
Turnout60,21968.02
Eligible voters88,533
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +28.69
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results [8]
PartyVote %
  New Democratic 27,57851.09
  Bloc Québécois 12,61723.37
  Conservative 7,90814.65
  Liberal 4,8569.00
  Green 1,0221.89
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Réjean Genest 27,57551.09$1,185
Bloc Québécois Robert Vincent 12,61523.37$64,514
Conservative Mélisa Leclerc7,90814.65$53,500
Liberal Bernard Demers4,8558.99$9,662
Green Frank Daoust1,0221.89none listed
Total valid votes53,975100.00
Total rejected ballots877
Turnout54,85264.79
Electors on the lists84,666
Source: Official Voting Results, 41st General Election 2011, Elections Canada
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Vincent 21,65042.82$53,957
Liberal Bernard Demers10,81021.38$22,487
Conservative Jean Lambert9,92719.63$38,653
New Democratic Simon Gnocchini Messier6,32312.51$7,035
Green Michel M. Champagne1,8483.66none listed
Total valid votes50,558100.00
Total rejected ballots994
Turnout51,55263.14
Electors on the lists81,651
Source: Official Voting Results, 40th General Election 2008, Elections Canada
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Vincent 22,15943.09$46,245
Conservative Jean Lambert12,73424.76$19,667
Liberal Diane St-Jacques 12,04323.41$53,682
New Democratic Paula Maundcote2,4314.73$1,540
Green Francine Brière2,0614.01none listed
Total valid votes51,428100.00
Total rejected ballots867
Turnout52,29566.75
Electors on the lists78,345
Source: Official Voting Results, 39th General Election 2006, Elections Canada
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Vincent 21,96846.60+2.65$41,344
Liberal Diane St-Jacques 18,72539.72-6.21$60,445
Conservative Jacques Parenteau3,7327.92+0.45 [a] $6,910
Green Francine Brière1,5713.33
New Democratic Sonia Bisson1,1462.43+1.59$400
Total valid votes/expense limit47,146100.00$77,209
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Diane St-Jacques 20,70745.93+19.74
Bloc Québécois Michel Benoit19,81643.95+8.13
Alliance Jean-Jacques Treyvaud1,8674.14
Progressive Conservative Audrey Castonguay1,4983.32-33.58
Marijuana Nicolas Cousineau8191.82
New Democratic Elizabeth Morey3800.84-0.25
Total valid votes45,087100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Diane St-Jacques 17,89736.90+25.10
Bloc Québécois Jean H. Leroux17,37635.82-19.60
Liberal Chantal Gareau12,69926.18-2.87
New Democratic Karen Hurley5311.09-0.11
Total valid votes48,503100.00
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bloc Québécois Jean Leroux 27,00155.42
Liberal Roger Légaré14,15229.05-19.19
Progressive Conservative Jocelyn Compagnat5,75011.80-31.41
Natural Law Michèle Beausoleil7581.56
New Democratic Marielle Sanna5861.20-7.34
Abolitionist Denis Loubier4700.96
Total valid votes48,717100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean Lapierre 23,94348.24+0.73
Progressive Conservative Danielle Coté21,44543.21+0.27
New Democratic Paul Pearson4,2428.55+1.89
Total valid votes49,630100.00
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean Lapierre 25,48347.51-20.96
Progressive Conservative Denis Loubier23,02842.94+22.18
New Democratic Denis Boissé3,5696.65-1.16
Parti nationaliste Pierre C. Boivin1,5522.89
Total valid votes53,632100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean Lapierre 32,44968.47+17.00
Progressive Conservative Armand Russell 9,83720.76-2.79
New Democratic Denis Boissé3,7017.81+5.76
Rhinoceros Cornélius André Brazeau1,2742.69+1.12
Marxist–Leninist Gilles Davignon1290.27
Total valid votes47,390100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean Lapierre 25,28751.47+12.13
Progressive Conservative Gérald R. Scott11,56723.54+6.93
Independent Gilbert Rondeau6,45413.14
Social Credit Murielle Audette3,9227.98-33.64
New Democratic Denis Boisse1,0082.05-0.37
Rhinoceros Lyse Dumouchel7701.57
Union populaire Gilles Maille1210.25
Total valid votes49,129100.00
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 15,51241.62-6.91
Liberal Louis-Paul Neveu14,66339.34+5.97
Progressive Conservative Louis Grignon6,19316.62+0.54
New Democratic Terry Haig 9032.42+0.39
Total valid votes37,271100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 18,80348.53+7.89 [b]
Liberal Louis-Paul Neveu12,92833.37-5.75
Progressive Conservative Guy Arseneault6,22816.07-2.32
New Democratic John Philip Penner7862.03+0.18
Total valid votes38,745100.00
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ralliement créditiste Gilbert Rondeau 12,63340.64+7.98
Liberal Louis-Paul Neveu12,15839.11+6.29
Progressive Conservative Paul-O. Trépanier5,71818.40-14.33
New Democratic Jean Miller5741.85
Total valid votes31,083100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Louis-Paul Neveu 9,49432.82-3.97
Progressive Conservative Paul-O. Trépanier9,46732.73+13.82
Ralliement créditiste Gilbert Rondeau9,44732.66-5.18 [c]
Independent LiberalLucien Pearson5181.79
Total valid votes28,926100.00
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 9,98937.84-4.18
Liberal Gérard Lacaille9,71336.79+4.42
Progressive Conservative Donat Marois4,99118.91-6.70
New Democratic Jacques Jourdenais1,7066.46
Total valid votes26,399100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 12,42142.02
Liberal Marcel Boivin 9,57032.37-17.72
Progressive Conservative Claude Léveillé7,56925.61-21.45
Total valid votes29,560100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marcel Boivin 13,00150.10-12.87
Progressive Conservative Jacques Hannon12,21147.05+10.02
Co-operative Commonwealth Adrien Dumas7392.85
Total valid votes25,951100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marcel Boivin 14,89762.97-5.13
Progressive Conservative Hector Choquette8,76037.03+5.13
Total valid votes23,657100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marcel Boivin 15,40968.10+8.81
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Robert7,21931.90-4.68
Total valid votes22,628100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marcel Boivin 12,99359.29+11.92
Progressive Conservative Wilson Irwin8,01736.58
Union des électeurs Fernand Brodeur9064.130.44
Total valid votes21,916100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marcel Boivin 7,41347.37-20.87
Bloc populaire Lindor Tétreault4,21226.92
Independent PCPatrick Edward Delaney3,44622.02
Social Credit Elzéar Brodeur5783.69
Total valid votes15,649100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph-Hermas Leclerc 7,83168.24+16.67
National Government Hector Choquette3,64431.76-16.67 [d]
Total valid votes11,475100.00
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph-Hermas Leclerc 6,92551.58+7.90
Conservative Sylva Lebrun6,50248.42-7.90
Total valid votes13,427100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J.-Eugène Tétreault 7,06456.32+20.20
Liberal Pierre-Ernest Boivin 5,47843.68-20.20
Total valid votes12,542100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pierre-Ernest Boivin 6,37463.87+7.10
Conservative Louis-Joseph Gauthier3,60536.13-7.10
Total valid votes9,979100.00
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Georges Henri Boivin 5,91056.78-13.78
Conservative James Davidson4,49943.22
Total valid votes10,409100.00
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Georges Henri Boivin 6,31870.56
Independent Hormisdas Beaudry2,63629.44
Total valid votes8,954100.00
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Georges Henri Boivin acclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Georges Henri Boivin 2,27150.29-3.03
Conservative James Davidson2,24549.71+3.03
Total valid votes4,516100.00
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Edgarton Allen 2,46553.32-4.25
Conservative William H. Robinson2,15846.68+4.25
Total valid votes4,623100.00
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Henry Parmelee 2,34757.57+2.45
Conservative Peter Munroe Hayes1,73042.43-2.45
Total valid votes4,077100.00
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Henry Parmelee 2,31455.12-0.81
Conservative Alonzo Chown Savage1,88444.88+0.81
Total valid votes4,198100.00
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Henry Parmelee 2,19155.94+3.34
Conservative P.J.I. Peltier1,72644.06-3.34
Total valid votes3,917100.00
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. R. Sanborn 1,79252.60
Conservative A.C. Savage1,61547.40-3.07
Total valid votes3,407100.00
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antoine Audet 1,67150.47
Independent Liberal M. Auger 1,64049.53-2.70
Total valid votes3,311100.00
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Michel Auger 1,58152.23+42.76
Liberal Lucius Seth Huntington 1,44647.77-1.46
Total valid votes3,027100.00
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lucius Seth Huntington 1,41449.23+7.23
UnknownR. Nicol1,18641.30
Unknown M. Auger 2729.47
Total valid votes2,872100.00
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes±%
Liberal Lucius Seth Huntington 1,61857.99+1.12
UnknownJ.J. Curran1,17242.01
Total valid votes2,790100.00
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lucius Seth Huntington 1,51556.87-0.19
UnknownCharles Thibault1,14943.13
Total valid votes2,664100.00
Source: Canadian Elections Database [9]
1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Lucius Seth Huntington 1,31757.06
UnknownParmelee99142.94
Total valid votes2,308100.00
Source: Canadian Elections Database [10]

See also

Notes

  1. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
  2. Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
  3. Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
  4. National Government vote is compared to the Conservative vote in the 1935 election.

References

  1. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  3. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Shefford, 30 September 2015
  7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  9. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
  10. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.