Sherbrooke (electoral district)

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

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Sherbrooke (provincial electoral district). For the New South Wales district, see Electoral district of Sherbrooke.
Sherbrooke
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Élisabeth Brière
Liberal
District created1924
First contested1925
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]107,988
Electors (2015)86,809
Area (km²)[2]105
Pop. density (per km²)1,028.5
Census division(s)Sherbrooke
Census subdivision(s)Sherbrooke

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.

History

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

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain and lose territory with Compton—Stanstead.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Sherbrooke
Riding created from Town of Sherbrooke and Richmond—Arthabaska
15th  1925–1926     Charles Benjamin Howard Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945 Maurice Gingues
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Maurice Allard Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Chapdelaine Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965     Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968     Maurice Allard Independent Progressive Conservative
28th  1968–1972     Paul Mullins Gervais Liberal
29th  1972–1974 Irénée Pelletier
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Jean Charest Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–1998
 1998–2000     Serge Cardin Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Pierre-Luc Dusseault New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–present     Élisabeth Brière Liberal

Election results
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalÉlisabeth Brière17,49029.3-0.5$41,211.61
New DemocraticPierre-Luc Dusseault16,88128.3-9.0$34,349.81
Bloc QuébécoisClaude Forgues15,47025.9+5.4
ConservativeDany Sévigny6,36210.6+1.2
GreenMathieu Morin2,7164.5+3.3$1,651.14
IndependentEdwin Moreno4710.8
RhinocerosSteve Côté2190.4
No affiliationHubert Richard1170.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,726100.0
Total rejected ballots 1,003
Turnout 60,72968.3
Eligible voters 88,936
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticPierre-Luc Dusseault21,37437.33-6.14$48,702.98
LiberalTom Allen17,07129.81+20.01$72,978.48
Bloc QuébécoisCaroline Bouchard11,71320.46-15.51$29,064.50
ConservativeMarc Dauphin5,3919.42+0.22$16,295.90
GreenSophie Malouin1,1431.20-0.55–
IndependentBenoit Huberdeau3030.53––
RhinocerosHubert Richard2620.46+0.03–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,257100.0   $227,049.95
Total rejected ballots –––
Turnout –––
Eligible voters 86,809
New Democratic hold Swing -12.98
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticPierre-Luc Dusseault22,34442.97+29.9
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin18,70335.97−14.1
LiberalÉric Deslauriers-Joannette4,9539.49−10.0
ConservativePierre Harvey4,8659.36−5.0
GreenJacques Laberge8901.71N/A
RhinocerosCrédible Berlingot Landry2240.43−0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51.999100.0%
New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +22.0

Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin25,50250.1%-2.2%$63,527
LiberalNathalie Goguen9,94719.5%+6.4%$12,688
ConservativeAndré Bachand8,33116.4%-4.3%$46,261
New DemocraticYves Mondoux6,67613.1%+4.2%$11,460
RhinocerosSébastien Côrriveau4670.9%–$180
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,923100.0% $86,493
Total rejected ballots 6071.2%
Turnout 51,530 62.9%
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin27,18552.2%-6.5%$64,825
ConservativeMarc Nadeau10,77220.7%+16.4%$68,472
LiberalRobert Pouliot6,86013.2%-17.8%$32,821
New DemocraticMartin Plaisance4,6458.9%+6.0%$3,008
GreenMichel Quirion2,2624.3%+1.3%$242
IndependentClaudia Laroche-Martel3210.6%–$138
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,045100.0% $81,158
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin29,32358.7%+12.2%$77,448
LiberalBruno-Marie Béchard15,48231.0%-10.8%$77,885
ConservativeRéal Leblanc2,1424.3%-4.1%$6,431
GreenJeffrey Champagne1,5093.0%–
New DemocraticPhilippe Dion1,4632.9%+1.6%$2,785
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,919100.0% $79,378

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%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin23,55946.53$70,552
LiberalJean-François Rouleau21,18241.84$69,566
AllianceMark Quinlan2,2844.51$7,089
Progressive ConservativeEric L'Heureux1,9553.86$493
New DemocraticCraig Wright6771.34none listed
Natural LawDaniel Jolicoeur4950.98none listed
IndependentSerge Bourassa-Lacombe2940.58$624
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle1860.37$10
Total valid votes 50,632 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,248
Turnout 51,880 63.58
Electors on the lists 81,592
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1998 by-election.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
By-election on September 14, 1998

Resignation of Jean Charest, May 1, 1998

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin16,14344.3%+14.6%
LiberalRobert Pouliot15,92343.7%+35.0%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Archambault2,3036.3%-53.2%
ReformMarcel Bolduc9342.6%
New DemocraticSébastien Goulet7202.0%+0.8%
GreenJacques Bousquet2540.7%
IndependentJohn Turmel970.3%
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle720.2%
Total valid votes 36,446 100.0%
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean Charest32,22859.5%+7.2%
Bloc QuébécoisJacques Blanchette16,08629.7%-8.2%
LiberalMartin Bureau4,7208.7%+0.9%
New DemocraticTom Vouloumanos6281.2%+0.4%
Natural LawChristian Simard4770.9%0.0%
Total valid votes 54,139 100.0%
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean Charest29,74052.3%−11.0%
Bloc QuébécoisGuy Boutin21,55937.9%
LiberalJean Paul Pelletier4,4627.9%-14.7%
Natural LawSerge Trépanier5160.9%
New DemocraticMartine Caouette4450.8%−10.9%
AbolitionistJean-Guy Trépanier910.2%
Total valid votes 56,813 100.0%
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean Charest34,53863.3%+11.8%
LiberalDennis Wood12,31422.6%-11.3%
New DemocraticAlain Poirier6,37311.7%+1.9%
RhinocerosBébé Sept Heures Pierre Granger1,0401.9%-0.5%
IndependentNormand Guy1480.3%
CommunistYves Lawler1430.3%0.0%
Total valid votes 54,556 100.0%
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean Charest22,23251.5%+42.2%
LiberalIrénée Pelletier14,60733.8%-38.0%
New DemocraticDaniel Berthold4,2309.8%-0.2%
RhinocerosGilbert Peupa Ash1,0542.4%-1.3%
Parti nationalisteLorraine Déry6871.6%
Social CreditFernand Bourret1970.5%-3.7%
CommunistYves Lawler920.2%–
Commonwealth of CanadaFrançoise Chanteau720.2%
Total valid votes 43,171 100.0%
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrénée Pelletier27,22471.8%+11.6%
New DemocraticYves Dubois3,77710.0%+7.1%
Progressive ConservativeMichel Beaudin3,5149.3%+0.1%
Social CreditAlphonse Ouellet1,5774.2%-21.2%
RhinocerosFernand Bédard9092.4%
RhinocerosViens Dorian Nadeau4921.3%
IndependentMaurice Grenier2000.5%
Union populaireJ. Gilles Marier900.2%+0.1%
CommunistYves Lawler790.2%-0.1%
Marxist–LeninistLouis Davignon600.2%-0.1%
Total valid votes 37,922 100.0%
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrénée Pelletier25,11060.1%+3.8%
Social CreditJacques Blanchette10,57325.3%-0.3%
Progressive ConservativeYves Comtois3,8099.1%-2.0%
New DemocraticRoger Muller1,1802.8%-2.5%
RhinocerosJeanne d'Arc Diane Ross6651.6%
IndependentAlphonse Ouellet1480.4%
CommunistYves Lawler1110.3%
Marxist–LeninistLouis Davignon880.2%-0.6%
Union populaireMichel English630.2%
Total valid votes 41,747 100.0%
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrénée Pelletier23,90356.4%+13.2%
Social CreditAndré G. Breton10,86425.6%-8.1%
Progressive ConservativeAlex Kindy4,71611.1%-2.9%
New DemocraticHubert Wallot2,2385.3%1.7%
Marxist–LeninistRita Viau3370.8%
IndependentCharley Lamarre3360.8%
Total valid votes 42,394 100.0%
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalIrénée Pelletier20,56943.2%+2.9%
Social CreditMaurice Couture16,07233.7%-6.2%
Progressive ConservativeAlex Kindy6,70014.1%-1.6%
New DemocraticRebecca Augenfeld1,7133.6%-0.5%
IndependentGérard Gosselin1,4233.0%
IndependentJean Simoneau9111.9%
IndependentJ. Johnny Teasdale2590.5%
Total valid votes 47,647 100.0%

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul-M. Gervais15,27040.2%6.7%
Ralliement créditisteAdélard Larose15,17240.0%+23.4%
Progressive ConservativeAlex Kindy5,94615.7%+14.2%
New DemocraticJean-Paul Blouin1,5634.1%–
Total valid votes 37,951 100.0%
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Independent PCMaurice Allard11,80835.5%
LiberalRoger Gingues11,15933.6%-4.6%
Ralliement créditistePhilippe Lord5,52216.6%-23.4%
IndependentGérard Chapdelaine2,8908.7%
New DemocraticLouis-Philippe Brousseau1,3564.1%+0.8%
Progressive ConservativeÉtienne Pellerin4991.5%-9.2%
Total valid votes 33,234 100.0%

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGérard Chapdelaine12,70840.1%-10.7%
LiberalSarto Roy12,10338.2%+16.6%
Progressive ConservativeRoger Perreault3,39010.7%-16.1%
IndependentLouis-Philippe Brousseau2,4697.8%
New DemocraticGustave Steenland1,0523.3%+2.4%
Total valid votes 31,722 100.0%
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGérard Chapdelaine16,67350.8%+51.9%
Progressive ConservativeMaurice Allard8,79126.8%-24.2%
LiberalFernand Joyal7,06621.5%-26.4%
New DemocraticGustave Steenland3110.9%
Total valid votes 32,841 100.0%
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMaurice Allard15,38351.0%+13.5%
LiberalMaurice Gingues14,45847.9%-61.4%
Social CreditGuillaume Racine3491.2%
Total valid votes 30,190 100.0%
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Gingues16,32462.5%-3.7%
Progressive ConservativeFrançois Thibault9,79137.5%+3.7%
Total valid votes 26,115 100.0%
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Gingues15,82766.2%+17.0%
Progressive ConservativeAntonio-Joseph Pinard8,08533.8%+7.3%
Total valid votes 23,912 100.0%
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Gingues12,11649.2%+8.8%
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Redmond Hayes6,52226.5%+0.4%
Independent LiberalAlphonse Trudeau3,06012.4%
Union des électeursRoméo Gauthier2,72811.1%
Co-operative CommonwealthThéode Bilodeau2170.9%
Total valid votes 24,643 100.0%
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Gingues9,55240.4%-21.4%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Bassett, Jr.6,15826.0%-3.1%
Bloc populaireValmore Olivier3,42714.5%
IndependentJoseph-François-Xavier Labrecque3,11013.2%
Social CreditRoméo-Ernest Gauthier1,1184.7%
Co-operative CommonwealthPhilippe Pépin2831.2%
Total valid votes 23,648 100.0%

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Gingues11,60261.8%+6.8%
National GovernmentTerence Gerard Walsh5,46529.1%-15.9%
IndependentJoseph-Ernest Coté1,6979.0%
Total valid votes 18,764 100.0%

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCharles Benjamin Howard9,80655.0%+3.5%
ConservativeWilliam Warren Lynch8,02945.0%-3.5%
Total valid votes 17,835 100.0%
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCharles Benjamin Howard8,54651.5%-10.5%
ConservativeWalter Harold Lynch8,04848.5%10.5%
Total valid votes 16,594 100.0%
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCharles Benjamin Howard7,58262.0%+7.4%
ConservativeAlbert Wyatt Reid4,64038.0%-7.4%
Total valid votes 12,222 100.0%
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalCharles Benjamin Howard6,56654.6%
ConservativeEdward Bruen Worthington5,44945.4%
Total valid votes 12,015 100.0%

See also

References
  • "(Code 24070) 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
  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Sherbrooke, 30 September 2015
  6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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