Sherbrooke

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Serge Cardin BQ
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	101,681
Electors (2006)	81,896
Area (km²)	173
Pop. density (per km²)	587.8
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of most of the city of Sherbrooke, other than certain areas to the north and south.

The neighbouring ridings are Richmond—Arthabaska and Compton—Stanstead.

[edit] History

It was created in 1924 from parts of Sherbrooke (Town of) and Richmond—Arthabaska ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. Charles Howard, Liberal (1925-1940)
2. Maurice Gingues, Liberal (1940-1958)
3. Maurice Allard (first term), Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
4. Gérard Chapdelaine, Ralliement créditiste (1962-1965)
5. Maurice Allard (second term), Independent Progressive Conservative (1965-1968)
6. Paul Mullins Gervais, Liberal (1968-1972)
7. Irénée Pelletier, Liberal (1972-1984)
8. Jean Charest, Progressive Conservative (1984-1998)
9. Serge Cardin, Bloc Québécois (1998-present)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	25,502	50.1%
	Liberal	Nathalie Goguen	9,947	19.5%
	Conservative	André Bachand	8,331	16.4%
	New Democrat	Yves Mondoux	6,676	13.1%
	Neorhino.ca	Sébastien Côrriveau	467	0.9%
Total valid votes			50,923
Total rejected ballots			607
Turnout			51,530	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	27,185	52.2%
	Conservative	Marc Nadeau	10,772	20.7%
	Liberal	Robert Pouliot	6,860	13.2%
	New Democrat	Martin Plaisance	4,645	8.9%
	Green	Michel Quirion	2,262	4.3%
	Independent	Claudia Laroche-Martel	321	0.6%
Total valid votes			52,045

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	29,323
	Liberal	Bruno-Marie Béchard	15,482
	Conservative	Réal Leblanc	2,142
	Green	Jeffrey Champagne	1,509
	New Democrat	Philippe Dion	1,463

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	23,559
	Liberal	Jean-François Rouleau	21,182
	Canadian Alliance	Mark Quinlan	2,284
	Progressive Conservative	Eric L'Heureux	1,955
	New Democrat	Craig Wright	677
	Natural Law	Daniel Jolicoeur	495
	Independent	Joseph Adrien Serge Bourassa-Lacombe	294
	Marxist-Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	186

By-election on 14 September 1998 Resignation of Jean J. Charest, 1 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Serge Cardin	16,143
	Liberal	Robert Pouliot	15,923
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Archambault	2,303
	Reform	Marcel Bolduc	934
	New Democrat	Sébastien Goulet	720
	Green	Jacques Bousquet	254
	Independent	John C. Turmel	97
	Marxist-Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	72

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	32,228
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Blanchette	16,086
	Liberal	Martin Bureau	4,720
	New Democrat	Tom Vouloumanos	628
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	477

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	29,740
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Boutin	21,559
	Liberal	Jean Paul Pelletier	4,462
	Natural Law	Serge Trépanier	516
	New Democrat	Martine Caouette	445
	Abolitionist	Jean-Guy Trépanier	91

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	34,538
	Liberal	Dennis Wood	12,314
	New Democrat	Alain Poirier	6,373
	Rhino	Bébé Sept Heures Pierre Granger	1,040
	Not affiliated	Normand Guy	148
	Communist	Yves Lawler	143

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	22,232
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	14,607
	New Democrat	Daniel Berthold	4,230
	Rhino	Gilbert Peupa Ash	1,054
	Nationaliste	Lorraine Déry	687
	Social Credit	Fernand Bourret	197
	Communist	Yves Lawler	92
	Commonwealth	Françoise Chanteau	72

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	27,224
	New Democrat	Yves Dubois	3,777
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Beaudin	3,514
	Social Credit	Alphonse Ouellet	1,577
	Rhino	Fernand Bédard	909
	Rhino	Viens Dorian Nadeau	492
	Independent	Maurice Grenier	200
	Union Populaire	J. Gilles Marier	90
	Communist	Yves Lawler	79
	Marxist-Leninist	Louis Davignon	60

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	25,110
	Social Credit	Jacques Blanchette	10,573
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Comtois	3,809
	New Democrat	Roger Muller	1,180
	Rhino	Jeanne d'Arc Diane Ross	665
	Independent	Alphonse Ouellet	148
	Communist	Yves Lawler	111
	Marxist-Leninist	Louis Davignon	88
	Union Populaire	Michel English	63

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	23,903
	Social Credit	André G. Breton	10,864
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	4,716
	New Democrat	Hubert Wallot	2,238
	Marxist-Leninist	Rita Viau	337
	Independent	Charley Lamarre	336

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	20,569
	Social Credit	Maurice Couture	16,072
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	6,700
	New Democrat	Rebecca Augenfeld	1,713
	Independent	Gérard Gosselin	1,423
	Not affiliated	Jean Simoneau	911
	Independent	J. Johnny Teasdale	259

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-M. Gervais	15,270
	Ralliement créditiste	Adélard Larose	15,172
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	5,946
	New Democrat	Jean-Paul Blouin	1,563

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes}}
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	11,808
	Liberal	Roger Gingues	11,159
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Lord	5,522
	Independent	Gérard Chapdelaine	2,890
	New Democrat	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	1,356
	Progressive Conservative	Étienne Pellerin	499

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Chapdelaine	12,708
	Liberal	Sarto Roy	12,103
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Perreault	3,390
	Independent	Louis-Philippe Brousseau	2,469
	New Democrat	Gustave Steenland	1,052

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Chapdelaine	16,673
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	8,791
	Liberal	Fernand Joyal	7,066
	New Democrat	Gustave Steenland	311

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Allard	15,383
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	14,458
	Social Credit	Guillaume Racine	349

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	16,324
	Progressive Conservative	François Thibault	9,791

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	15,827
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio-Joseph Pinard	8,085

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	12,116
	Progressive Conservative	William Redmond Hayes	6,522
	Independent Liberal	Alphonse Trudeau	3,060
	Union des électeurs	Roméo Gauthier	2,728
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Théode Bilodeau	217

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	9,552
	Progressive Conservative	John Jr. Bassett	6,158
	Bloc populaire canadien	Valmore Olivier	3,427
	Independent	Joseph-François-Xavier Labrecque	3,110
	Social Credit	Roméo-Ernest Gauthier	1,118
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Philippe Pépin	283

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Gingues	11,602
	National Government	Terence Gerard Walsh	5,465
	Independent	Joseph-Ernest Coté	1,697

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	9,806
	Conservative	William Warren Lynch	8,029

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Benjamin Howard	8,546
	Conservative	Walter Harold Lynch	8,048

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles B. Howard	7,582
	Conservative	Albert Wyatt Reid	4,640

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles B. Howard	6,566
	Conservative	Edward Bruen Worthington	5,449

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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