Brome—Missisquoi

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Christian Ouellet BQ
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Population (2006)	92,591
Electors (2006)	74,088
Area (km²)	3,045
Pop. density (per km²)	30.4
Census divisions	Brome-Missisquoi RCM, Memphrémagog RCM
Census subdivisions	Bedford, Brigham, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunahm, Farnham, Lac-Brome, Magog

Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 1925.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Politics 4 Election results 4.1 Brome—Missisquoi, 1984 - present 4.2 Missisquoi, 1979 - 1984 4.3 Brome—Missisquoi, 1972 - 1979 4.4 Missisquoi, 1968 - 1972 4.5 Brome—Missisquoi, 1925 - 1968 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

This riding, in the south of the province, extends along the American border between Montreal and Sherbrooke, straddling the Quebec regions of Montérégie and Estrie. Its main towns are Cowansville, Magog, and Lac-Brome.

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brome, Iberville, Missisquoi and Saint-Jean prior to 1924
Brome—Missisquoi
15th	1925-1926		William Frederic Kay	Liberal
16th	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935		Follin Pickel	Conservative
18th	1935-1940		Louis Gosselin	Liberal
19th	1940-1945		Maurice Halle	Liberal
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1952		Henri Gosselin	Liberal
1952 By-election	1952-1953		Joseph-Léon Deslières	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962		Heward Grafftey 1st term	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
Missisquoi
28th	1968-1972		Yves Forest	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi
29th	1972-1974		Heward Grafftey 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974-1979
Missisquoi
31st	1979-1980		Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984		André Bachand	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi
33rd	1984-1988		Gabrielle Bertrand	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1994		Gaston Péloquin	Bloc Québécois
1995 By-election	1995-1997		Denis Paradis	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008		Christian Ouellet	Bloc Québécois

[edit] Politics

This riding can be described as traditionally Liberal, even though it voted for the Conservatives more often than most other Quebec ridings. The Bloc did well here in 2003.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Brome—Missisquoi, 1984 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	17,561	35.20%	-3.13
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	16,357	32.79%	+4.82
	Conservative	Mark Quinlan	9,309	18.66%	-1.69
	New Democrat	Christelle Bogosta	4,514	9.04%	+5.85
	Green	Pierre Brassard	1,784	3.57%	+0.02
	Independent	David Marler	354	0.70%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-4.0%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	18,596	38.33%	-1.33%
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	13,569	27.97%	-14.12%
	Conservative	David Marler	9,874	20.35%	9.30%
	New Democrat	Josianne Jetté	2,839	5.85%	3.19%
	Progressive Canadian	Heward Grafftey	1,921	3.96%	-
	Green	Michel Champagne	1,721	3.55%	-1.00%
Total			48,520	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	18,609	42.08%
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Ouellet	17,537	39.66%
	Conservative	Peter Stastny	4,888	11.05%
	Green	Louise Martineau	2,011	4.55%
	New Democrat	Piper Huggins	1,177	2.66%
Total			44,222	100.00%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	21,545
	Bloc Québécois	André Leroux	13,363
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	5,502
	Canadian Alliance	Jacques Loyer	1,977
	New Democrat	Jeff Itcush	480

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	19,261
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Boulard	12,770
	Bloc Québécois	Noël Lacasse	12,652
	New Democrat	Nicole Guillemet	781

By-election on 13 February 1995 Péloquin's death, 1 September 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Denis Paradis	19,078
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-François Bertrand	15,764
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Lever	1,235
	Reform	Line Maheux	517
	New Democrat	Paul Vachon	371
	Christian Heritage	Jean Blaquière	126
	Independent	Yvon V. Boulanger	107
	Green	Eric Ferland	101
	Natural Law	Michel Champagne	77
	Abolitionist	John H. Long	15

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Péloquin	17,894
	Liberal	Joan Kouri	16,243
	Progressive Conservative	Francine Vincelette	7,571
	Abolitionist	Jean Guy Peloquin	733
	Natural Law	Yves Décarie	566
	New Democrat	Sean Hutchinson	550
	Independent	Gary Wightman	381
	National	Edmond Séguin	154

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gabrielle Bertrand	22,540
	Liberal	André Bachand	13,733
	New Democrat	Paul Vachon	5,489

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gabrielle Bertrand	21,678
	Liberal	André Bachand	15,693
	New Democrat	Gordon J. Hamilton	2,271
	Nationaliste	Yvon Bélair	997
	Libertarian	David Chamberlain	116
	Commonwealth	Michel Boissonnault	96

[edit] Missisquoi, 1979 - 1984

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	André Bachand	20,022
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	15,413
	New Democrat	Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown	1,508
	Rhino	Pierre Screwdriver Gingras	687
	Marxist-Leninist	Myriam Portatia	89

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	18,198
	Liberal	Gisèle V. Noël	16,383
	Social Credit	Rolland Cordeau	2,097
	New Democrat	Gertrude Lefebvre-Brown	991
	Union Populaire	Marcel Forand	212

[edit] Brome—Missisquoi, 1972 - 1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	19,490
	Liberal	C. Peter Turner	13,506
	Social Credit	J.-Marc Duchesneau	3,597
	New Democrat	Brian Peters	1,172

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	15,593
	Liberal	Yves Forest	12,165
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Lasnier	9,038
	New Democrat	Jean-Guy Lewis	795

[edit] Missisquoi, 1968 - 1972

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yves Forest	12,905
	Progressive Conservative	Heward W. Grafftey	11,705
	Ralliement créditiste	Roméo Custeau	5,205
	New Democrat	Willie Fortin	803

[edit] Brome—Missisquoi, 1925 - 1968

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	9,662
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Cardin	7,512
	Ralliement créditiste	Hervé Lapointe	1,116
	New Democrat	James Walker Dawson	1,039

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	8,411
	Liberal	Léo Duquette	7,105
	Social Credit	Normand Ruel	2,468
	New Democrat	Giles Bisson	856

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	8,074
	Liberal	Marc Hudon	7,629
	Social Credit	Normand Ruel	3,598

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Heward Grafftey	11,361
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	7,093

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	9,255
	Progressive Conservative	William Heward Grafftey	8,605

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	9,362
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent de Lourdes Leonard	4,252
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philip Borgan	1,168

By-election on 26 May 1952 On Mr. Gosselin's death, 27 January 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières	8,394
	Progressive Conservative	Henri Demers	6,013
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philip Borgan	640

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri A. Gosselin	8,831
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent de Lourdes Leonard	6,266
	Union des électeurs	Georges-Aimé Chevalier	402
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Georges-M. St Amour	279

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	7,860
	Progressive Conservative	Floyd E. Johnson	4,169
	Bloc populaire canadien	Maurice Archambault	3,087
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Henry Freder Jones	246
	Unknown	Edward Vivian de Lér Orr	70

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Halle	8,302
	National Government	Daniel James Murphy	2,647

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Gosselin	8,007
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	7,024

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	8,070
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	6,584

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	7,126
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	6,005

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Frederic Kay	6,804
	Conservative	Follin Horace Pickel	5,196

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• (1924 - 1966)
• (1966 - 1970)
• (1970 - 1976)
• (1976 - 1983)
• (1983 - present)

v • d • e Federal ridings in the Eastern Townships Bloc Québécois Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke Conservative Beauce • Mégantic—L'Érable

v • d • e Federal ridings in Quebec Central Quebec Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières Côte-Nord and Saguenay Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Eastern Quebec Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques The Eastern Townships Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville Montreal (East, West, North & Laval) Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie Montérégie Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes Quebec City Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec