Shefford (electoral district)

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.

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Shefford (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation district, see Shefford (Province of Canada electoral district).

Shefford

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	107,538
Electors (2015)	87,902
Area (km²)[2]	1,434
Pop. density (per km²)	75
Census subdivisions	Granby, Shefford, Saint-Césaire, Waterloo, Roxton Pond, Saint-Alphonse, Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, Rougemont, Valcourt

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 of 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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
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–present		Andréanne Larouche	Bloc Québécois

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Andréanne Larouche	23,503	38.6
	Liberal	Pierre Breton	22,605	37.1
	Conservative	Nathalie Clermont	7,495	12.3
	New Democratic	Raymonde Plamondon	3,705	6.1
	Green	Katherine Turgeon	2,814	4.6
	People's	Mariam Sabbagh	497	0.8
	Indépendence du Québec	Darlène Daviault	294	0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,913	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,313
Turnout			62,226	68.4
Eligible voters			90,921
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pierre Breton	22,957	38.96	+29.97	$38,440.56
	New Democratic	Claire Mailhot	13,945	23.67	-27.42	$59,455.32
	Bloc Québécois	Jocelyn Beaudoin	13,092	22.22	-1.15	$34,737.83
	Conservative	Sylvie Fontaine	7,529	12.78	-1.87	$22,193.17
	Green	Simon McMillan	1,397	2.37	+0.48	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,920	100.00		$228,694.19
Total rejected ballots			1,299	2.16	–
Turnout			60,219	68.16	–
Eligible voters			88,355
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+28.69
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	27,578	51.09
	Bloc Québécois	12,617	23.37
	Conservative	7,908	14.65
	Liberal	4,856	9.00
	Green	1,022	1.89

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	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	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	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

2006 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	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

2004 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1972 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	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.

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

1965 Canadian federal election
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.

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

1962 Canadian federal election
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

1958 Canadian federal election
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

1957 Canadian federal election
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

1953 Canadian federal election
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

1949 Canadian federal election
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

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

1940 Canadian federal election
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.

1935 Canadian federal election
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

1930 Canadian federal election
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

1926 Canadian federal election
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

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

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

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Georges Henri Boivin	acclaimed

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Georges Henri Boivin	2,271	50.29	-3.03
	Conservative	James Davidson	2,245	49.71	+3.03
Total valid votes			4,516	100.00

1908 Canadian federal election
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

1904 Canadian federal election
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

1900 Canadian federal election
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

1896 Canadian federal election
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

1891 Canadian federal election
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

1887 Canadian federal election
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

1882 Canadian federal election
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

1878 Canadian federal election
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

1874 Canadian federal election
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

1872 Canadian federal election
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

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

See also

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

References

• "(Code 24069) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Shefford, 30 September 2015
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
7. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections