Brome—Missisquoi (federal electoral district)

Brome—Missisquoi (French pronunciation: [bʁɔm misiskwa]; 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 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, 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.

Demographics

Canada census – Brome—Missisquoi community profile

	2021	2016
Population	113,913 (10.1% from 2016)	103,457 (4.9% from 2011)
Land area	2,779.12 km² (1,073.02 sq mi)	2,783.46 km² (1,074.70 sq mi)
Population density	41/km² (110/sq mi)	37.2/km² (96/sq mi)
Median age	52 (M: 51.2, F: 52.8)	50.1 (M: 49.3, F: 50.9)
Private dwellings	63,116 (total)	58,935 (total)
Median household income	$70,500	$57,192

Notes: NHS Profile, Statistics Canada
References: 2021^[3] 2016^[4]

Average income (2020): $52,800

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals^[5]
Group	2021 Census		2016 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
Indigenous	2,040	1.8	1,535	1.5
Visible Minority	2,010	1.8	1,205	1.2
All other	106,745	96.3	97,645	97.3
Total	110,790	100.0	100,385	100.0

Population by mother tongue^[6]
Group	2021 Census		2016 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
English	13,820	12.3	13,585	13.4
French	92,985	82.9	83,930	82.9
English and French	2,395	2.1	1,295	1.3
English and other	130
French and other	220
English, French and other	95
English total	16,440	14.7
French total	95,965	85.3
All other	2,530	2.7	2,490	2.4
Total	112,210	100.0	101,300	100.0

Religion: Christian 67.9% (Catholic 58.2%, Anglican 1.9%, United Church 1.0%, Other 6.7%), None 31.3%

Mobility over previous five years
Group	2021 Census		2016 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
At the same address	61,720	58.3	61,675	64.5
In the same constituency	12,160	11.5	14,255	14.9
In the same province	30,080	28.4	18,655	19.5
From another province	915	0.9	470	0.5
From another country	1,030	1.0	585	0.6
Total aged 5 or over	105,910	100.0	95,650	100.0

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament. Its current MP is Louis Villeneuve of the Liberal Party. The riding is notable for having elected six different MPs in six straight elections.

Parliament	Years		Party
Brome—Missisquoi Riding created from Brome, Iberville, Missisquoi and Saint-Jean
15th	1925–1926	William Frederic Kay	Liberal
16th	1926–1930	William Frederic Kay	Liberal
17th	1930–1935	Follin Horace Pickel	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Louis Gosselin	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Maurice Hallé
20th	1945–1949	Maurice Hallé
21st	1949–1952	Henri Gosselin
21st	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	Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
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	Gabrielle Bertrand	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1994	Gaston Péloquin	Bloc Québécois
35th	1995–1997	Denis Paradis	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Christian Ouellet	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Christian Ouellet	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–2015	Pierre Jacob	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Denis Paradis	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Lyne Bessette
44th	2021–2025	Pascale St-Onge
45th	2025–present	Louis Villeneuve

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis Villeneuve	34,727	48.26	+13.31
	Bloc Québécois	Jeff Boudreault	20,182	28.05	–6.59
	Conservative	Steve Charbonneau	13,743	19.10	+2.90
	New Democratic	Zoé Larose	1,600	2.22	–4.00
	Green	Michelle Corcos	1,139	1.58	–0.80
	People's	Jack McLeod	561	0.78	–2.44
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,952	98.78
Total rejected ballots			888	1.22	-0.56
Turnout			72,840	72.46	+6.39
Eligible voters^[a]			100,527
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.95
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]
↑ Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pascale St-Onge	21,488	34.96	-3.2	$39,303.15
	Bloc Québécois	Marilou Alarie	21,291	34.64	+0.2	$33,184.64
	Conservative	Vincent Duhamel	9,961	16.20	+3.7	$94,614.82
	New Democratic	Andrew Panton	3,828	6.23	-1.8	$0.45
	People's	Alexis Stogowski	1,982	3.22	+2.5	$0.00
	Green	Michelle Corcos	1,466	2.38	-3.0	$0.00
	Free	Maryse Richard	961	1.56	N/A	$914.14
	Veterans Coalition	Lawrence Cotton	215	0.35	+0.1	$0.00
	Independent	Dany Desjardins	145	0.24	N/A	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Susanne Lefebvre	133	0.22	N/A	$2.403.25
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,471	98.22	–	$112,117.88
Total rejected ballots			1,115	1.78
Turnout			62,586	66.07
Registered voters			94,728
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.5
Source: Elections Canada^[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lyne Bessette	23,450	38.2	-5.68	none listed
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Allard	21,152	34.4	+16.93	$19,373.49
	Conservative	Bruno Côté	7,697	12.5	+1.04	$17,284.00
	New Democratic	Sylvie Jetté	4,887	8.0	-16.51	$7,266.26
	Green	Normand Dallaire	3,302	5.4	+3.05	$8,943.15
	People's	François Poulin	456	0.7		none listed
	Rhinoceros	Steeve Cloutier	310	0.5		none listed
	Veterans Coalition	Lawrence Cotton	187	0.3	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,441	100.0
Total rejected ballots			962
Turnout			62,403	70.1
Eligible voters			89,071
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.31
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

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^[12]^[13]^[14]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[15]
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

Brome—Missisquoi (federal electoral district)

History

Demographics

Members of Parliament

Election results

Brome—Missisquoi, 1984 - present

Missisquoi, 1979 - 1984

Brome—Missisquoi, 1972 - 1979

Missisquoi, 1968 - 1972

Brome—Missisquoi, 1925 - 1968

See also

References

Notes

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Bloc Québécois	Drummond Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton Shefford
Conservative	Beauce Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière Richmond—Arthabaska
Liberal	Brome—Missisquoi Compton—Stanstead Sherbrooke

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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

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