Shefford (provincial Electoral District)
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Shefford is a former provincial electoral district in the
Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. ...
region of
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,
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. 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 The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...
). Its final election was in
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. It disappeared in the 2012 election. The western half became Granby, while most of the eastern portion joined Brome-Missisquoi.


Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

* Michel-Adrien Bessette,
Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...
(1867–1871) * Maurice Laframboise,
Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...
(1871–1878) * Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1878–1881) * Isidore Frégeau, Conservative Party (1881–1886) * Thomas Brassard, Liberal (1886–1887) * Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1888–1892) * Adolphe-François Savaria, Conservative Party (1892–1897) * Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1897–1903) * Auguste Mathieu, Liberal (1904) * Ludger-Pierre Bernard, Conservative Party (1904–1912) * William Stephen Bullock, Liberal (1912–1931) * Robert-Raoul Bachand, Liberal (1931–1935) * Hector Choquette,
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- Union Nationale (1935–1939) * Charles Munson Bullock, Liberal (1939–1944) * Hector Choquette, Union Nationale (1944–1952) * Gaston Ledoux, Liberal (1952–1956) *
Armand Russell Armand Russell (June 23, 1921 – October 1, 2012) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. Background He was born on June 23, 1921, in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Quebec. Town politics Russell served as City Councillor in 1949 and 1950 and ...
, Union Nationale (1956–1973) * Richard Verreault, Liberal (1973–1981) * Roger Paré,
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(1981–1994) * Bernard Brodeur, Liberal (1994–2007) *
François Bonnardel François Bonnardel (born November 8, 1967) is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, for the Electoral district (Canada), riding of Granby (electoral district), Granby. H ...
, ADQ (2007–2012), CAQ (2012)


Election results

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Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...
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Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...
, Lucie Piédalue , align="right", 181 , align="right", 0.56 , align="right",


References


External links

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Electoral map of Montérégie region
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Quebec electoral map, 2001
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