Brome—Missisquoi
Brome—Missisquoi (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.
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 Brome—Missisquoi in relation to other Eastern Townships ridings | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1924 | ||
| First contested | 1925 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 103,457 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 84,274 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 2,783.46 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 37.2 | ||
| Census divisions | Brome-Missisquoi RCM, Memphrémagog RCM | ||
| Census subdivisions | Bedford, Brigham, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunham, Farnham, Lac-Brome, Magog | ||
Geography
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, Saint-Georges-de-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.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Brome—Missisquoi, 1984 - present
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lyne Bessette | 23,450 | 38.2 | |||||
| Bloc Québécois | Monique Allard | 21,152 | 34.4 | |||||
| Conservative | Bruno Côté | 7,697 | 12.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sylvie Jetté | 4,887 | 8.0 | |||||
| Green | Normand Dallaire | 3,302 | 5.4 | |||||
| People's | François Poulin | 456 | 0.7 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Steeve Cloutier | 310 | 0.5 | |||||
| Veterans Coalition | Lawrence Cotton | 187 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,441 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 962 | |||||||
| Turnout | 62,403 | 70.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,071 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 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[5][6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Jacob | 22,407 | 42.64 | +33.59 | ||||
| Liberal | Denis Paradis | 11,589 | 22.06 | -10.73 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Christelle Bogosta | 11,173 | 21.26 | -13.95 | ||||
| Conservative | Nolan LeBlanc-Bauerle | 6,256 | 11.91 | -6.75 | ||||
| Green | Benoit Lambert | 1,120 | 2.13 | -1.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,545 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 588 | 1.05 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 53,133 | 66.30 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,137 | – | – | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +23.77 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Ouellet | 18,596 | 38.33 | -1.33 | $66,756 | |||
| Liberal | Denis Paradis | 13,569 | 27.97 | -14.12 | $58,065 | |||
| Conservative | David Marler | 9,874 | 20.35 | +9.30 | $70,771 | |||
| New Democratic | Josianne Jetté | 2,839 | 5.85 | +3.19 | $1,497 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Heward Grafftey | 1,921 | 3.96 | – | $69,065 | |||
| Green | Michel Champagne | 1,721 | 3.55 | -1.00 | $2,460 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,520 | 100.00 | $76,646 | |||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.40 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Denis Paradis | 18,609 | 42.08 | -8.18 | $56,786 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Ouellet | 17,537 | 39.66 | +8.49 | $29,221 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Stastny | 4,888 | 11.05 | -6.40 | $20,193 | |||
| Green | Louise Martineau | 2,011 | 4.55 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Piper Huggins | 1,177 | 2.66 | +1.54 | $5 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,222 | 100.00 | $74,138 | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8.34 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Denis Paradis | 21,545 | 50.26 | +7.89 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | André Leroux | 13,363 | 31.17 | +3.34 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 5,502 | 12.84 | -15.25 | ||||
| Alliance | Jacques Loyer | 1,977 | 4.61 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jeff Itcush | 480 | 1.12 | -0.60 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,867 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.28 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabrielle Bertrand | 22,540 | 53.97 | +0.91 | ||||
| Liberal | André Bachand | 13,733 | 32.88 | -5.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Vachon | 5,489 | 13.14 | +7.58 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,762 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabrielle Bertrand | 21,678 | 53.07 | +12.20 | ||||
| Liberal | André Bachand | 15,693 | 38.42 | -14.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon J. Hamilton | 2,271 | 5.56 | +1.56 | ||||
| Parti nationaliste | Yvon Bélair | 997 | 2.44 | |||||
| Libertarian | David Chamberlain | 116 | 0.28 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Michel Boissonnault | 96 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,851 | 100.00 | ||||||
Missisquoi, 1979 - 1984
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | André Bachand | 20,022 | 53.08 | +9.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 15,413 | 40.86 | -7.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown | 1,508 | 4.00 | +1.38 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Pierre Screwdriver Gingras | 687 | 1.82 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Myriam Portatia | 89 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,719 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 18,198 | 48.04 | -3.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Gisèle V. Noël | 16,383 | 43.25 | +7.49 | ||||
| Social Credit | Rolland Cordeau | 2,097 | 5.54 | -3.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown | 991 | 2.62 | -0.49 | ||||
| Union populaire | Marcel Forand | 212 | 0.56 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,881 | 100.00 | ||||||
Brome—Missisquoi, 1972 - 1979
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 19,490 | 51.61 | +10.13 | ||||
| Liberal | C. Peter Turner | 13,506 | 35.76 | +3.40 | ||||
| Social Credit | J.-Marc Duchesneau | 3,597 | 9.52 | -14.52 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Peters | 1,172 | 3.10 | +0.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,765 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 15,593 | 41.48 | +3.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Yves Forest | 12,165 | 32.36 | -9.79 | ||||
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Lasnier | 9,038 | 24.04 | -14.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Guy Lewis | 795 | 2.11 | -14.88 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,591 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Missisquoi, 1968 - 1972
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Yves Forest | 12,905 | 42.15 | +3.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward W. Grafftey | 11,705 | 38.23 | -11.76 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Roméo Custeau | 5,205 | 17.00 | +11.23 | ||||
| New Democratic | Willie Fortin | 803 | 2.62 | -2.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 30,618 | 100.00 | ||||||
Brome—Missisquoi, 1925 - 1968
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 9,662 | 49.99 | +5.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Louis Cardin | 7,512 | 38.86 | +1.15 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Hervé Lapointe | 1,116 | 5.77 | -7.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | James Walker Dawson | 1,039 | 5.38 | +0.83 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,329 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 8,411 | 44.64 | +2.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Léo Duquette | 7,105 | 37.71 | -1.81 | ||||
| Social Credit | Normand Ruel | 2,468 | 13.10 | -5.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Giles Bisson | 856 | 4.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,840 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 8,074 | 41.83 | -19.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Hudon | 7,629 | 39.53 | +1.09 | ||||
| Social Credit | Normand Ruel | 3,598 | 18.64 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,301 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heward Grafftey | 11,361 | 61.56 | +13.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Halle | 7,093 | 38.44 | -13.38 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,454 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Léon Deslières | 9,255 | 51.82 | -11.51 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William Heward Grafftey | 8,605 | 48.18 | +19.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,860 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Léon Deslières | 9,362 | 63.33 | +7.55 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent de Lourdes Leonard | 4,252 | 28.76 | -11.20 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Philip Borgan | 1,168 | 7.90 | +3.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,782 | 100.00 | ||||||
| By-election on 26 May 1952
On Mr. Gosselin's death, 27 January 1952 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Joseph-Léon Deslières | 8,394 | 55.79 | -0.19 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Demers | 6,013 | 39.96 | +0.25 | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Philip Borgan | 640 | 4.25 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,047 | 100.00 | ||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Henri A. Gosselin | 8,831 | 55.97 | +5.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vincent de Lourdes Leonard | 6,266 | 39.71 | +12.70 | ||||
| Union des électeurs | Georges-Aimé Chevalier | 402 | 2.55 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Georges-M. St Amour | 279 | 1.77 | +0.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,778 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Halle | 7,860 | 50.93 | -24.89 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Floyd E. Johnson | 4,169 | 27.02 | +2.84 | ||||
| Bloc populaire | Maurice Archambault | 3,087 | 20.00 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Henry Freder Jones | 246 | 1.59 | |||||
| Unknown | Edward Vivian de Lér Orr | 70 | 0.45 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 15,432 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Halle | 8,302 | 75.82 | +22.55 | ||||
| National Government | Daniel James Murphy | 2,647 | 24.18 | -22.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,949 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Gosselin | 8,007 | 53.27 | +8.34 | ||||
| Conservative | Follin Horace Pickel | 7,024 | 46.73 | -8.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,031 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Follin Horace Pickel | 8,070 | 55.07 | +9.34 | ||||
| Liberal | William Frederic Kay | 6,584 | 44.93 | -9.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,654 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William Frederic Kay | 7,126 | 54.27 | -2.43 | ||||
| Conservative | Follin Horace Pickel | 6,005 | 45.73 | +2.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,131 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | William Frederic Kay | 6,804 | 56.70 | |||||
| Conservative | Follin Horace Pickel | 5,196 | 43.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,000 | 100.00 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
- "(Code 24010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2017
- Statistics Canada: 2017
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brome—Missisquoi, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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