Brome—Missisquoi

Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 1925.

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Brome-Missisquoi (provincial electoral district).

Brome—Missisquoi

Quebec electoral district
Brome—Missisquoi in relation to other Eastern Townships ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Lyne Bessette Liberal
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	103,457
Electors (2015)	84,274
Area (km²)[2]	2,783.46
Pop. density (per km²)	37.2
Census divisions	Brome-Missisquoi RCM, Memphrémagog RCM
Census subdivisions	Bedford, Brigham, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunham, Farnham, Lac-Brome, Magog

Geography

This riding, in the south of the province, extends along the Canada–US border between Montreal and Sherbrooke, straddling the Quebec regions of Montérégie and Estrie. Its main towns are Cowansville, Magog, and Brome Lake.

The district includes the Regional County Municipality of Brome-Missisquoi, the municipalities of Saint-Sébastien, Henryville, Noyan, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Venise-en-Québec, Bromont, and the Regional County Municipality of Memphrémagog except Stanstead, Ayer's Cliff, North Hatley, Ogden, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Hatley and Stanstead Canton.

Its population in 2006 was 92,591 and the area is 3,045 km².

The neighbouring ridings are Saint-Jean, Shefford, Richmond—Arthabaska, and Compton—Stanstead.

History

It was created in 1924 from parts of Brome, Iberville, Missisquoi and Saint-Jean ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Missisquoi and Saint-Jean ridings. In 1970, Missisquoi was renamed "Brome—Missisquoi".

In 1976, "Brome—Missisquoi" was abolished and became part of a new "Missisquoi riding", which was renamed "Brome—Missisquoi" in 1983.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding stay mostly the same, but it lost a small fraction of territory to Shefford.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brome—Missisquoi Riding created from Brome, Iberville, Missisquoi and Saint-Jean
15th	1925–1926		William Frederic Kay	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Follin Horace Pickel	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		Louis Gosselin	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Maurice Hallé
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1952		Henri Gosselin
	1952–1953		Joseph-Léon Deslières
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Missisquoi
28th	1968–1972		Yves Forest	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi
29th	1972–1974		Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
Missisquoi
31st	1979–1980		Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		André Bachand	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi
33rd	1984–1988		Gabrielle Bertrand	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1994		Gaston Péloquin	Bloc Québécois
	1995–1997		Denis Paradis	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Christian Ouellet	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Pierre Jacob	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Denis Paradis	Liberal
43rd	2019–present		Lyne Bessette

Election results

Brome—Missisquoi, 1984 - present

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lyne Bessette	23,450	38.2
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Allard	21,152	34.4
	Conservative	Bruno Côté	7,697	12.5
	New Democratic	Sylvie Jetté	4,887	8.0
	Green	Normand Dallaire	3,302	5.4
	People's	François Poulin	456	0.7
	Rhinoceros	Steeve Cloutier	310	0.5
	Veterans Coalition	Lawrence Cotton	187	0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,441	100.0
Total rejected ballots			962
Turnout			62,403	70.1
Eligible voters			89,071
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	25,744	43.88	+21.82	$77,834.79
	New Democratic	Catherine Lusson	14,383	24.51	-18.13	$45,044.04
	Bloc Québécois	Patrick Melchior	10,252	17.47	-3.79	$48,371.40
	Conservative	Charles Poulin	6,724	11.46	-0.45	–
	Green	Cindy Moynan	1,377	2.35	+0.22	–
	Strength in Democracy	Patrick Paine	195	0.33	–	$639.88
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,675	98.8		$223,312.02
Total rejected ballots			716	1.2	–
Turnout			59,391	69.71	–
Eligible voters			85,201
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.98
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,404	42.64
	Liberal	11,588	22.06
	Bloc Québécois	11,171	21.26
	Conservative	6,256	11.91
	Green	1,120	2.13

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pierre Jacob	22,407	42.64	+33.59
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	11,589	22.06	-10.73
	Bloc Québécois	Christelle Bogosta	11,173	21.26	-13.95
	Conservative	Nolan LeBlanc-Bauerle	6,256	11.91	-6.75
	Green	Benoit Lambert	1,120	2.13	-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,545	100.00
Total rejected ballots			588	1.05	–
Turnout			53,133	66.30	–
Eligible voters			80,137	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+23.77

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	17,561	35.21	-3.13	$77,380
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	16,357	32.79	+4.82	$65,529
	Conservative	Mark Quinlan	9,309	18.66	-1.69	$78,614
	New Democratic	Christelle Bogosta	4,514	9.05	+5.85	$4,678
	Green	Pierre Brassard	1,784	3.58	+0.02
	Independent	David Marler	354	0.71	–	$16,915
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,879	100.00	$83,303
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-3.98

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	18,596	38.33	-1.33	$66,756
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	13,569	27.97	-14.12	$58,065
	Conservative	David Marler	9,874	20.35	+9.30	$70,771
	New Democratic	Josianne Jetté	2,839	5.85	+3.19	$1,497
	Progressive Canadian	Heward Grafftey	1,921	3.96	–	$69,065
	Green	Michel Champagne	1,721	3.55	-1.00	$2,460
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,520	100.00	$76,646
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.40

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	18,609	42.08	-8.18	$56,786
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	17,537	39.66	+8.49	$29,221
	Conservative	Peter Stastny	4,888	11.05	-6.40	$20,193
	Green	Louise Martineau	2,011	4.55	–
	New Democratic	Piper Huggins	1,177	2.66	+1.54	$5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,222	100.00	$74,138
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.34

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	21,545	50.26	+7.89
	Bloc Québécois	André Leroux	13,363	31.17	+3.34
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	5,502	12.84	-15.25
	Alliance	Jacques Loyer	1,977	4.61
	New Democratic	Jeff Itcush	480	1.12	-0.60
Total valid votes			42,867	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.28

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	19,261	42.37	-8.66
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Boulard	12,770	28.09	+24.79
	Bloc Québécois	Noël Lacasse	12,652	27.83	-14.33
	New Democratic	Nicole Guillemet	781	1.72	+0.73
Total valid votes			45,464	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 13 February 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Péloquin's death, 1 September 1994
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	19,078	51.02	+14.18
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-François Bertrand	15,764	42.16	+1.58
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Lever	1,235	3.30	-13.87
	Reform	Line Maheux	517	1.38
	New Democratic	Paul Vachon	371	0.99	-0.26
	Christian Heritage	Jean Blaquière	126	0.34
	Independent	Yvon V. Boulanger	107	0.29
	Green	Eric Ferland	101	0.27
	Natural Law	Michel Champagne	77	0.21	-1.08
	Abolitionist	John H. Long	15	0.04	-1.62
Total valid votes			37,391	100.00

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Péloquin	17,894	40.58
	Liberal	Joan Kouri	16,243	36.84	+3.95
	Progressive Conservative	Francine Vincelette	7,571	17.17	-36.80
	Abolitionist	Jean Guy Peloquin	733	1.66
	Natural Law	Yves Décarie	566	1.28
	New Democratic	Sean Hutchinson	550	1.25	-11.90
	Independent	Gary Wightman	381	0.86
	National	Edmond Séguin	154	0.35
Total valid votes			44,092	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gabrielle Bertrand	22,540	53.97	+0.91
	Liberal	André Bachand	13,733	32.88	-5.53
	New Democratic	Paul Vachon	5,489	13.14	+7.58
Total valid votes			41,762	100.00

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gabrielle Bertrand	21,678	53.07	+12.20
	Liberal	André Bachand	15,693	38.42	-14.67
	New Democratic	Gordon J. Hamilton	2,271	5.56	+1.56
	Parti nationaliste	Yvon Bélair	997	2.44
	Libertarian	David Chamberlain	116	0.28
	Commonwealth of Canada	Michel Boissonnault	96	0.24
Total valid votes			40,851	100.00

Missisquoi, 1979 - 1984

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Bachand	20,022	53.08	+9.83
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	15,413	40.86	-7.18
	New Democratic	Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown	1,508	4.00	+1.38
	Rhinoceros	Pierre Screwdriver Gingras	687	1.82
	Marxist–Leninist	Myriam Portatia	89	0.24
Total valid votes			37,719	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	18,198	48.04	-3.57
	Liberal	Gisèle V. Noël	16,383	43.25	+7.49
	Social Credit	Rolland Cordeau	2,097	5.54	-3.99
	New Democratic	Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown	991	2.62	-0.49
	Union populaire	Marcel Forand	212	0.56
Total valid votes			37,881	100.00

Brome—Missisquoi, 1972 - 1979

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	19,490	51.61	+10.13
	Liberal	C. Peter Turner	13,506	35.76	+3.40
	Social Credit	J.-Marc Duchesneau	3,597	9.52	-14.52
	New Democratic	Brian Peters	1,172	3.10	+0.99
Total valid votes			37,765	100.00

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	15,593	41.48	+3.25
	Liberal	Yves Forest	12,165	32.36	-9.79
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Lasnier	9,038	24.04	-14.19
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Lewis	795	2.11	-14.88
Total valid votes			37,591	100.00

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

Missisquoi, 1968 - 1972

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yves Forest	12,905	42.15	+3.28
	Progressive Conservative	Heward W. Grafftey	11,705	38.23	-11.76
	Ralliement créditiste	Roméo Custeau	5,205	17.00	+11.23
	New Democratic	Willie Fortin	803	2.62	-2.75
Total valid votes			30,618	100.00

Brome—Missisquoi, 1925 - 1968

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	9,662	49.99	+5.34
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Cardin	7,512	38.86	+1.15
	Ralliement créditiste	Hervé Lapointe	1,116	5.77	-7.33
	New Democratic	James Walker Dawson	1,039	5.38	+0.83
Total valid votes			19,329	100.00

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

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	8,411	44.64	+2.81
	Liberal	Léo Duquette	7,105	37.71	-1.81
	Social Credit	Normand Ruel	2,468	13.10	-5.54
	New Democratic	Giles Bisson	856	4.54
Total valid votes			18,840	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	8,074	41.83	-19.73
	Liberal	Marc Hudon	7,629	39.53	+1.09
	Social Credit	Normand Ruel	3,598	18.64
Total valid votes			19,301	100.00

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	11,361	61.56	+13.38
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	7,093	38.44	-13.38
Total valid votes			18,454	100.00

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	9,255	51.82	-11.51
	Progressive Conservative	William Heward Grafftey	8,605	48.18	+19.42
Total valid votes			17,860	100.00

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	9,362	63.33	+7.55
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent de Lourdes Leonard	4,252	28.76	-11.20
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philip Borgan	1,168	7.90	+3.65
Total valid votes			14,782	100.00

By-election on 26 May 1952 On Mr. Gosselin's death, 27 January 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	8,394	55.79	-0.19
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Demers	6,013	39.96	+0.25
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philip Borgan	640	4.25
Total valid votes			15,047	100.00

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henri A. Gosselin	8,831	55.97	+5.04
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent de Lourdes Leonard	6,266	39.71	+12.70
	Union des électeurs	Georges-Aimé Chevalier	402	2.55
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Georges-M. St Amour	279	1.77	+0.17
Total valid votes			15,778	100.00

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	7,860	50.93	-24.89
	Progressive Conservative	Floyd E. Johnson	4,169	27.02	+2.84
	Bloc populaire	Maurice Archambault	3,087	20.00
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Henry Freder Jones	246	1.59
	Unknown	Edward Vivian de Lér Orr	70	0.45
Total valid votes			15,432	100.00

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

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	8,302	75.82	+22.55
	National Government	Daniel James Murphy	2,647	24.18	-22.55
Total valid votes			10,949	100.00

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

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis Gosselin	8,007	53.27	+8.34
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	7,024	46.73	-8.34
Total valid votes			15,031	100.00

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	8,070	55.07	+9.34
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	6,584	44.93	-9.34
Total valid votes			14,654	100.00

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	7,126	54.27	-2.43
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	6,005	45.73	+2.43
Total valid votes			13,131	100.00

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	6,804	56.70
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	5,196	43.30
Total valid votes			12,000	100.00

See also

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

References

• "(Code 24010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• (1924 - 1966)
• (1966 - 1970)
• (1970 - 1976)
• (1976 - 1983)
• (1983 - present)

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2017
2. Statistics Canada: 2017
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brome—Missisquoi, 30 September 2015
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections