Sherbrooke (provincial electoral district)

Sherbrooke
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
;
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	65,800
Electors (2012)[1]	48,402
Area (km²)[2]	58.7
Pop. density (per km²)	1,121
Census divisions	Sherbrooke (part)
Census subdivisions	Sherbrooke (part)

Sherbrooke is a provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It comprises the Jacques-Cartier and Mont-Bellevue boroughs of the city of Sherbrooke.

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years		Party
1st	1867–1869	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Conservative
1st	1869–1871
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1878
4th	1878–1879		Independent
4th	1879–1881		Conservative
5th	1881–1884
5th	1884–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1892
8th	1892–1897	Louis-Edmond Panneton
9th	1897–1900	Louis-Edmond Panneton
10th	1900–1904	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier	Liberal
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1912	Calixte-Émile Therrien
13th	1912–1916
14th	1916–1919
15th	1919–1922	Joseph-Henri Lemay
15th	1922–1923	Ludger Forest
16th	1923–1923†	Moïse O'Bready	Conservative
16th	1924–1927	Armand-Charles Crépeau
17th	1927–1931	Armand-Charles Crépeau
18th	1931–1935	Émery-Hector Fortier	Liberal
19th	1935–1936	John Samuel Bourque	Action liberale nationale
20th	1936–1939		Union Nationale
21st	1939–1944
22nd	1944–1948
23rd	1948–1952
24th	1952–1956
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1962	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	Liberal
27th	1962–1966	Carrier Fortin	Liberal
28th	1966–1970	Raynald Fréchette	Union Nationale
29th	1970–1973	Jean-Paul Pépin	Liberal
30th	1973–1976	Jean-Paul Pépin	Liberal
31st	1976–1981	Gérard Gosselin	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985	Raynald Fréchette	Parti Québécois
33rd	1985–1989	André Hamel	Liberal
34th	1989–1994	André Hamel	Liberal
35th	1994–1998	Marie Malavoy	Parti Québécois
36th	1998–2003	Jean Charest	Liberal
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014	Serge Cardin	Parti Québécois
41st	2014–2018	Luc Fortin	Liberal
42nd	2018–present	Christine Labrie	Québec solidaire

Election results

Quebec general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Québec solidaire	Christine Labrie	12,315	34.28	+21.35
	Liberal	Luc Fortin	8,863	24.67	-11.77
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Bruno Vachon	8,402	23.39	+6.70
	Parti Québécois	Guillaume Rousseau	5,243	14.59	-16.39
	Green	Marie-Maud Côté-Rouleau
	Independent	Luc Lainé
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Éric Lebrasseur
	New Democratic	Mona Louis-Jean
	Parti nul	Sara Richard
	Bloc Pot	Jossy Roy
	Independent	Patrick Tétreault
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Québec solidaire gain from Liberal		Swing		—

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luc Fortin	12,380	36.44	+1.31
	Parti Québécois	Serge Cardin	10,525	30.98	-11.14
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Philippe Girard	5,672	16.69	+4.89
	Québec solidaire	Hélène Pigot	4,393	12.93	+6.08
	Green	Jeremy Andrews	328	0.97	-0.11
	Option nationale	Jean-Simon Campbell	321	0.94	-1.89
	Conservative	François Drogue	181	0.53	–
	Bloc Pot	Jossy Roy	130	0.38	–
	Independent	Hubert Richard	48	0.14	–
Total valid votes			33,978	98.65	–
Total rejected ballots			464	1.35	–
Turnout			34,442	69.93	-8.17
Electors on the lists			49,255	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Serge Cardin	15,909	42.12	+4.53
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,267	35.13	-10.11
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Philippe Girard	4,457	11.80	+4.95*
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	2,586	6.85	+0.41
	Option nationale	Évelyne Beaudin	1,069	2.83	–
	Green	Suzanne Richer	407	1.08	-2.28
	Parti indépendantiste	Christian Clavet	73	0.19	–
Total valid votes			37,768	99.10	–
Total rejected ballots			344	0.90	–
Turnout			38,112	78.10	+15.49
Electors on the lists			48,799	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,694	45.24	+8.68
	Parti Québécois	Laurent-Paul Maheux	11,380	37.59	+4.74
	Action démocratique	Jacques Joly	2,074	6.85	-10.99
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	1,948	6.44	+0.14
	Green	Steve Dubois	1,016	3.36	-2.77
	Independent	Hubert Richard	158	0.52	+0.20
Total valid votes			30,270	98.68	–
Total rejected ballots			405	1.32	–
Turnout			30,675	62.61	-11.62
Electors on the lists			48,995	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,136	36.56	-10.39
	Parti Québécois	Claude Forgues	11,804	32.85	-6.67
	Action démocratique	Michel Dumont	6,409	17.84	+5.91
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	2,263	6.30	+4.88*
	Green	Steve Dubois	2,203	6.13	–
	Independent	Hubert Richard	115	0.32	–
Total valid votes			35,930	99.13	–
Total rejected ballots			316	8.87	–
Turnout			36,246	74.23	+0.74
Electors on the lists			48,831	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	16,403	46.95	-0.46
	Parti Québécois	Marie Malavoy	13,806	39.52	-5.04
	Action démocratique	Peter Downey	4,169	11.93	+5.11
	UFP	Normand Gilbert	496	1.42	+0.89
	People's Front	Serge Lachapelle	64	0.18	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	15,093	47.41	+4.56
	Parti Québécois	Marie Malavoy	14,186	44.56	-2.75
	Action démocratique	Patrick C. Rouillard	2,171	6.82	-1.41
}	Independent	Normand Gilbert	169	0.53	–
	Bloc Pot	Christian Meunier	166	0.52	–
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	53	0.17	-0.88
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+3.66

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	19,826	53.28
	Non	17,384	46.72

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Marie Malavoy	14,733	47.31	+7.58
	Liberal	Gilles Lapointe	13,342	42.84	-8.55
	Action démocratique	Patrick Morin	2,564	8.23	–
	Natural Law	Serge Trépanier	326	1.05	–
	Equality	Hartley Doyle	176	0.57	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	18,564	58.70
	Oui	13,059	41.30

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	André Hamel	14,604	51.39
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Blanchette	11,290	39.73
	Green	Tracy Allard	1,578	5.55
	New Democratic	Mario Mercier	521	1.83
	Parti 51	Yvon Rivet	315	1.11
	Communist	Yves Lawler	59	0.21
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Guy	50	0.18
Total valid votes			28,417	97.66
Total rejected ballots			680	2.34
Turnout			29,097	76.37
Electors on the lists			38.098	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	André Hamel	14,163	49.31
	Parti Québécois	Raynald Fréchette	13,515	47.05
	Green	Hugues Desrochers	845	2.94
	Christian Socialism	Vincent Séguin	104	0.36
	Communist	Yves Lawler	97	0.34
Total valid votes			28,724	98.03
Total rejected ballots			577	1.97
Turnout			29,301	75.67
Electors on the lists			38,722	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Raynald Fréchette	16,194	52.83
	Liberal	Alain Cousineau	13,885	45.25
	Union Nationale	Denis Loubier	450	1.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Louis Davignon	125	0.41
Total valid votes			30,654	98.94
Total rejected ballots			328	1.06
Turnout			30,982	83.00
Electors on the lists			37,329	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	17,040	56.80
	Oui	12,960	43.20

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Gérard Gosselin	12,440	42.51
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Pépin	8,545	29.20
	Union Nationale	Guy Bureau	6,255	21.38
	Ralliement créditiste	Rosario Lehoux	1,872	6.40
	Independent	Jacques Boutin	102	0.35
	Independent	Robert Tremblay	48	0.16
Total valid votes			29,262	97.66
Total rejected ballots			701	2.34
Turnout			29,963	84.69
Electors on the lists			35,380	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Pépin	15,117	52.38
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Jacques Lafontaine	9,035	31.31
	Parti créditiste	Réjean Giroux	3,042	10.54
	Union Nationale	Marcel Côté	1,667	5.78
Total valid votes			28,861	98.31
Total rejected ballots			497	1.69
Turnout			29,358	80.87
Electors on the lists			36,301	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Pépin	17,319	34.26
	Ralliement créditiste	Adélard Larose	11,716	23.18
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Jacques Bégin	10,783	21.33
	Union Nationale	Raynald Fréchette	10,421	20.62
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Blouin	307	0.61
Total valid votes			50,546	98.37
Total rejected ballots			835	1.63
Turnout			51,381	84.25
Electors on the lists			60,989	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Raynald Fréchette	19,915	50.11
	Liberal	Carrier Fortin	17,281	43.48
	RIN	Denis Brault	1,495	3.76
	Ralliement national	Philippe Lord	1,051	2.64
Total valid votes			39,472	98.56
Total rejected ballots			581	1.44
Turnout			40,323	74.58
Electors on the lists			54,064	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Carrier Fortin	18,539	52.46
	Union Nationale	Armand Nadeau	16,714	47.30
	Action provinciale	Claude Perreault	86	0.24
Total valid votes			35,339	98.56
Total rejected ballots			502	1.40
Turnout			35,841	81.29
Electors on the lists			44,089	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	17,661	51.02
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	16,265	46.98
	Independent UN	Charles Lemieux	692	2.00
Total valid votes			34,618	99.20
Total rejected ballots			279	0.80
Turnout			34,897	84.11
Electors on the lists			41,489	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	16,588	55.30
	Liberal	Gérard Bédard	13,150	43.84
	Labor–Progressive	Alfred Bilodeau	185	0.62
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul-Émile Jutras	73	0.24
Total valid votes			29,996	98.92
Total rejected ballots			328	1.08
Turnout			30,324	78.62
Electors on the lists			38,571	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	14,905	55.77
	Liberal	Jacques Lagassé	11,425	42.75
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Squire Blackshaw	395	1.48
Total valid votes			26,725	99.19
Total rejected ballots			217	0.81
Turnout			26,942	74.15
Electors on the lists			36,334	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	13,818	57.26
	Liberal	Donat Jacques	5,511	22.84
	Union des électeurs	Roméo Gauthier	4,525	18.75
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michel Bergeron	278	1.15
Total valid votes			24,132	99.02
Total rejected ballots			240	0.98
Turnout			24,372	77.15
Electors on the lists			31,589	–

Quebec general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	10,559	52.03
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	6,910	34.05
	Bloc populaire	J.-Antoine Rouleau	2,825	13.92
Total valid votes			20,294	98.75
Total rejected ballots			257	1.25
Turnout			20,551	74.64
Electors on the lists			27,534	–

Quebec general election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	3,914	46.90
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	3,816	45.73
	Action libérale nationale	J.-Eugène Choquette	615	7.37
Total valid votes			8,345	98.22
Total rejected ballots			151	1.78
Turnout			8,496	75.23
Electors on the lists			11,294	–

Quebec general election, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	John Samuel Bourque	4,987	60.77
	Liberal	Césaire Gervais	3,219	39.23
Total valid votes			8,206	99.65
Total rejected ballots			29	0.35
Turnout			8,235	76.59
Electors on the lists			10,752	–

Quebec general election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Action libérale nationale	John Samuel Bourque	4,777	60.68
	Liberal	Émery-Hector Fortier	3,096	39.32
Total valid votes			7,873	98.00
Total rejected ballots			161	2.00
Turnout			8,034	75.06
Electors on the lists			10,704	–

Quebec general election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émery-Hector Fortier	4,114	52.51
	Conservative	Armand-Charles Crépeau	3,720	47.49
Total valid votes			7,834	99.54
Total rejected ballots			36	0.46
Turnout			7,870	76.69
Electors on the lists			10,262	–

Quebec general election, 1927
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Armand-Charles Crépeau	3,149	53.45
	Liberal	Joseph-Cyrénus Morin	4,114	46.55
Total valid votes			5,892	99.63
Total rejected ballots			22	0.37
Turnout			5,914	71.48
Electors on the lists			8,274	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Armand-Charles Crépeau	2,586	52.04
	Liberal	Calixte-Émile Therrien	2,383	47.96
Total valid votes			4,969	97.32
Total rejected ballots			137	2.68
Turnout			5,106	67.75
Electors on the lists			7,537	–

Quebec general election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Moïse O'Bready	2,050	45.92
	Liberal	Ludger Forest	1,752	39.25
	Liberal	Charles-Clément Cabana	662	14.83
Total valid votes			4,464	98.00
Total rejected ballots			91	2.00
Turnout			4,555	60.44
Electors on the lists			7,537	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ludger Forest	Acclaimed

Quebec general election, 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Henri Lemay	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			7,411

Quebec general election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Calixte-Émile Therrien	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			6,432

Quebec general election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Calixte-Émile Therrien	2,377	54.72
	Conservative	Féliz-Herménégilde Hébert	1,967	45.28
Total valid votes			4,344	99.20
Total rejected ballots			35	0.80
Turnout			4,379	69.08
Electors on the lists			6,339	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Calixte-Émile Therrien	Acclaimed

Quebec general election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			5,270

Quebec general election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			4,800

Quebec general election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Marie-Joseph-Pantaléon Pelletier	1,662	51.41
	Conservative	Louis-Edmond Panneton	1,571	48.59
Total valid votes			3,233	99.08
Total rejected ballots			30	0.92
Turnout			3,263	73.19
Electors on the lists			4,458	–

Quebec general election, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Edmond Panneton	1,283	62.07
	Liberal	Louis-Charles Bélanger	784	37.93
Total valid votes			2,067	98.71
Total rejected ballots			27	1.29
Turnout			2,094	53.78
Electors on the lists			3,894	–

Quebec general election, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Edmond Panneton	809	35.17
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	797	34.65
	Liberal	John Sidney Broderick	694	30.17
Total valid votes			2,300	99.44
Total rejected ballots			13	0.56
Turnout			2,313	70.97
Electors on the lists			3,259	–

Quebec general election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	1,071	57.21
	Liberal	Louis-Charles Bélanger	801	42.79
Total valid votes			1,872	97.70
Total rejected ballots			44	2.30
Turnout			1,916	61.57
Electors on the lists			3,112	–

Quebec general election, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			2,092

Quebec provincial by-election, 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed

Quebec general election, 1881
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			2,054

Quebec provincial by-election, 1879
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	879	78.34
	Liberal	Alneas McMaster	243	21.66
Total valid votes			1,122	100.00
Turnout			1,122	54.84
Electors on the lists			2,046	–

Quebec general election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			2,037

Quebec general election, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			1,216

Quebec general election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			1,251

Quebec provincial by-election, 1869
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	Acclaimed

Quebec general election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Gibb Robertson	484	56.15
	Conservative	Richard William Heneker	378	43.85
Total valid votes			862	100.00
Turnout			862	69.63
Electors on the lists			1,238	–

References

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Coordinates: 45°24′N 71°54′W / 45.4°N 71.9°W / 45.4; -71.9

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Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Bonaventure Côte-du-Sud¹ Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Matane-Matapédia Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord	Chicoutimi Dubuc Duplessis Jonquière Lac-Saint-Jean René-Lévesque Roberval
Capitale-Nationale	Charlesbourg Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Chauveau Jean-Lesage Jean-Talon La Peltrie Louis-Hébert Montmorency Portneuf Taschereau Vanier-Les Rivières
Mauricie	Champlain Laviolette Maskinongé Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières
Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec	Arthabaska Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud Bellechasse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Côte-du-Sud¹ Drummond–Bois-Francs Johnson² Lévis Lotbinière-Frontenac Nicolet-Bécancour
Estrie (Eastern Townships)	Mégantic Orford Richmond Saint-François Sherbrooke
Eastern Montérégie	Borduas Brome-Missisquoi Chambly Granby Iberville Johnson² Richelieu Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Verchères
South Shore	Beauharnois Châteauguay Huntingdon La Pinière Laporte La Prairie Marie-Victorin Montarville Sanguinet Soulanges Taillon Vachon Vaudreuil
East Montreal	Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Mercier Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Viau
West Montreal	Acadie D'Arcy-McGee Jacques-Cartier Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Robert-Baldwin Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Verdun Westmount–Saint-Louis
Laval	Chomedey Fabre Laval-des-Rapides Mille-Îles Sainte-Rose Vimont
Lanaudière	Berthier Joliette L'Assomption Masson Repentigny Rousseau Terrebonne
Laurentides	Argenteuil Bertrand Blainville Deux-Montagnes Groulx Labelle Mirabel Saint-Jérôme
Outaouais	Chapleau Gatineau Hull Papineau Pontiac
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec	Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Ouest Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Ungava
Eliminated in the 2012 election:	Anjou Kamouraska-Témiscouata Matane Matapédia Rivière-du-Loup Charlevoix Vanier Drummond Frontenac Lotbinière Montmagny-L'Islet Nicolet-Yamaska Mégantic-Compton Shefford Marguerite-D'Youville Prévost
¹Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches ²Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie See also: 2014 election List of elections Politics of Quebec Federal electoral ridings in Quebec