Shefford (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Shefford is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the cities of Granby and Waterloo.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 2011 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 2008 |
| Demographics | |
| Electors (2008)[1] | 56,143 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 292.68 |
| Census division | La Haute-Yamaska (part) |
| Census subdivision(s) | Granby, Shefford, Warden, Waterloo |
It was created for the 1867 election (and existed prior to that in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election. The western half became Granby, while most of the eastern portion joined Brome-Missisquoi.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
- Michel-Adrien Bessette, Conservative Party (1867–1871)
- Maurice Laframboise, Liberal (1871–1878)
- Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1878–1881)
- Isidore Frégeau, Conservative Party (1881–1886)
- Thomas Brassard, Liberal (1886–1887)
- Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1888–1892)
- Adolphe-François Savaria, Conservative Party (1892–1897)
- Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1897–1903)
- Auguste Mathieu, Liberal (1904)
- Ludger-Pierre Bernard, Conservative Party (1904–1912)
- William Stephen Bullock, Liberal (1912–1931)
- Robert-Raoul Bachand, Liberal (1931–1935)
- Hector Choquette, Action liberale nationale - Union Nationale (1935–1939)
- Charles Munson Bullock, Liberal (1939–1944)
- Hector Choquette, Union Nationale (1944–1952)
- Gaston Ledoux, Liberal (1952–1956)
- Armand Russell, Union Nationale (1956–1973)
- Richard Verreault, Liberal (1973–1981)
- Roger Paré, Parti Québécois (1981–1994)
- Bernard Brodeur, Liberal (1994–2007)
- François Bonnardel, ADQ (2007–2012), CAQ (2012)
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action démocratique | François Bonnardel | 11,271 | 34.63 | ||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Tremblay | 11,201 | 34.42 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Jean-François Arseneault | 8,019 | 24.64 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Ginette Moreau | 1,085 | 3.33 | ||
| Green | Martin Giard | 789 | 2.42 | – | |
| Independent | Lucie Piédalue | 181 | 0.56 | ||