Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 2011 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 2008 |
Demographics | |
Electors (2008)[1] | 56,143 |
Area (km²)[2] | 292.68 |
Census division(s) | La Haute-Yamaska (part) |
Census subdivision(s) | Granby, Shefford, Warden, Waterloo |
Shefford is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the cities of Granby and Waterloo.
It was created for the 1867 election (and existed prior to that in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election. The western half became Granby, while most of the eastern portion joined Brome-Missisquoi.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Action démocratique | François Bonnardel | 11,271 | 34.63 | ||
Liberal | Jean-Claude Tremblay | 11,201 | 34.42 | ||
Parti Québécois | Jean-François Arseneault | 8,019 | 24.64 | ||
Québec solidaire | Ginette Moreau | 1,085 | 3.33 | ||
Green | Martin Giard | 789 | 2.42 | – | |
Independent | Lucie Piédalue | 181 | 0.56 |