Shefford (electoral district)
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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District created | 1867 | ||
First contested | 1867 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
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 |
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.
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:
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Pierre Breton | 22,957 | 38.96 | +29.97 | $40,821.95 | |||
New Democratic | Claire Mailhot | 13,945 | 23.67 | -27.42 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Jocelyn Beaudoin | 13,092 | 22.22 | -1.15 | – | |||
Conservative | Sylvie Fontaine | 7,529 | 12.78 | -1.87 | – | |||
Green | Simon McMillan | 1,397 | 2.37 | +0.48 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,920 | 100.00 | $228,103.99 | |||||
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[3][4] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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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 | – | – |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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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.
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
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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.
Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
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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.
Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
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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.
Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1930 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1926 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1925 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | George Henri Boivin | 5,910 | 56.78 | -13.78 | ||||
Conservative | James Davidson | 4,499 | 43.22 | |||||
Total valid votes | 10,409 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1921 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | George Henri Boivin | 6,318 | 70.56 | |||||
Independent | Hormisdas Beaudry | 2,636 | 29.44 | |||||
Total valid votes | 8,954 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1917 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | George Henri Boivin | acclaimed |
Canadian federal election, 1911 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | George Henri Boivin | 2,271 | 50.29 | -3.03 | ||||
Conservative | James Davidson | 2,245 | 49.71 | +3.03 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,516 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1908 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1904 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1872 | ||||||||
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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 |
Canadian federal election, 1867 | ||||||||
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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
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