Stanstead (federal electoral district)

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Stanstead
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1966
First contested 1867
Last contested 1965

Stanstead was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

Contents

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of the Townships of Stanstead, Barnston, Hatley, Barford, and Magog East and West.

In 1924, it was redefined to exclude the part of the municipality of St. Herménégilde lying in the township of Hereford.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton, Missisquoi, Shefford and Sherbrooke ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Stanstead
1st  1867–1872   Charles Carroll Colby Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1889
 1889–1891
7th  1891–1896   Timothy Byron Rider Liberal
8th  1896–1900   Alvin Head Moore Conservative
9th  1900–1904   Henry Lovell Liberal
10th  1904–1907
 1908–1908 Charles Henry Lovell
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Willis Keith Baldwin Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935   John Thomas Hackett Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Robert Davidson Liberal
19th  1940–1943
 1943–1945   Joseph-Armand Choquette Bloc populaire
20th  1945–1949   John Thomas Hackett Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   Louis-Édouard Roberge Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   René Létourneau Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965   Yves Forest Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Compton, Missisquoi, Shefford and Sherbrooke

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 814
Unknown Albert Knight 616
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1,492
UnknownE.R. Johnson738
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1,308
UnknownH.M. Rider1,013
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1,844
Liberal H.M. Rider1,410
By-election on 18 December 1889

On Colby being appointed President of the
Privy Council, 28 November 1889

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Timothy Byron Rider 1,655
Liberal–Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1,553
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Alvin Head Moore 2,018
Liberal Timothy Byron Rider1,583
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henry Lovell 1,783
Conservative Alvin Head Moore 1,618
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henry Lovell 1,966
Conservative Michael Felix Hackett1,693
By-election on 22 January 1908

On Lovell's death, 4 December 1907

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Henry Lovell 2,189
Conservative A.H. Moore1,916
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Henry Lovell 2,211
Conservative George Waldo Paige2,048
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles Henry Lovell 2,310
Conservative George Waldo Paige2,106
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Willis Keith Baldwin 3,047
Government (Unionist) William Lewis Shurtleff2,346
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Willis Keith Baldwin 6,877
Conservative Porter Lloyd Baldwin3,104
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Willis Keith Baldwin 5,520
Conservative John Thomas Hackett4,326
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Willis Keith Baldwin 5,135
Conservative George Garfield Fish3,740
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5,804
Liberal Cecil Lorne Brown3,900
Independent LiberalJean-Charles Samson1,584
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Davison 5,676
Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5,553
Reconstruction James Bert Reed434
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Robert Davison 5,112
Independent LiberalAlphonse Girard4,804
By-election on 9 August 1943

Election was declared void, 24 May 1943

PartyCandidateVotes
Bloc populaire Joseph-Armand Choquette 6,661
Liberal Robert Davison 5,349
Co-operative Commonwealth Pierre Albandia Thomas257
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5,028
Bloc populaire Joseph-Armand Choquette 4,553
Liberal Toussaint-Russell Carrière3,545
Social Credit Joseph-Clément Bégin365
Co-operative Commonwealth John Withall169
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis-Édouard Roberge 7,736
Progressive Conservative John Thomas Hackett7,251
Union des électeurs Armand-Germain Bégin1,358
Liberal–Labour Joseph-Ernest Simard433
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis-Édouard Roberge 10,034
Progressive Conservative Calixte Chamberland6,736
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Louis-Édouard Roberge 9,827
Progressive Conservative René Létourneau 7,424
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative René Létourneau 10,363
Liberal Louis-Édouard Roberge 7,638
Independent Maurice Théroux489
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative René Létourneau 7,982
Social Credit Roméo Custeau6,448
Liberal Bertrand Brassard4,944
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Yves Forest 7,649
Progressive Conservative René Létourneau 6,394
Social Credit Roméo Custeau4,714
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Yves Forest 7,626
Progressive Conservative René Létourneau 6,495
Ralliement créditiste Henri Brousseau2,854
New Democratic Fernand Comptois1,157

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