Shefford (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Shefford
province = Quebec


caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24069
fed-created = 1867
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1867
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Robert Vincent
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 100000
demo-electors = 78345
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 1428
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Granby, Shefford, Saint-Césaire, Waterloo, Roxton Pond, Saint-Alphonse, Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, Rougemont, Valcourtdn

Shefford is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 west to east between Montreal and Sherbrooke, 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 Canton, and Rougemont. The Area is 1,428 sq. km.

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#Hon. Lucius Seth Huntington, Liberal (1867-1882)
#Michel Auger, Ind. Liberal (1882-1887)
#Antoine Audet, Conservative (1887-1891)
#John Robbins Sanborn, Liberal (1891-1896)
#Charles Henry Parmelee, Liberal (1896-1908)
#Henry Edgarton Allen, Liberal (1908-1911)
#Georges Henri Boivin, Liberal (1911-1926)
#Pierre-Ernest Boivin, Liberal (1926-1930)
#J.-Eugène Tétreault, Conservative (1930-1935)
#Joseph-Hermas Leclerc, Liberal (1935-1945)
#Marcel Boivin, Liberal (1945-1962)
#Gilbert Rondeau, Social Credit (1962-1965)
#Louis-Paul Neveu, Liberal (1965-1968)
#Gilbert Rondeau, Social Credit (1968-1979)
#Jean Lapierre, Liberal/Bloc Québécois (1979-1993)
#Jean H. Leroux, Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)
#Diane St-Jacques, Progressive Conservative/Liberal (1997-2004)
#Robert Vincent, Bloc Québécois (2004-)

Election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=677 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament