Shefford (provincial electoral district) explained

Shefford
Province:	Quebec
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Created:	1867
Prov-Abolished:	2011
Prov-Election-First:	1867
Prov-Election-Last:	2008
Demo-Electors:	56143
Demo-Electors-Date:	2008
Demo-Area:	292.68
Demo-Cd:	La Haute-Yamaska (part)
Demo-Csd:	Granby, Shefford, Warden, Waterloo
Warning:	no

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.

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.^[1]

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

|- |Liberal|Jean-Claude Tremblay|align="right"|11,201|align="right"|34.42|align="right"||-

|-|Independent|Lucie Piédalue|align="right"|181|align="right"|0.56|align="right"||}

External links

Information:

• Elections Quebec

Election results:

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2001 map (Flash)

2001–2011 changes (Flash)

1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Montérégie region (as of 2001)
• Quebec electoral map, 2001

Notes and References

1. Web site: The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report . Commission de la représentation électorale . Commission de la représentation électorale . January 2012 . March 21, 2012.