Compton—Stanstead

Compton—Stanstead

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jean Rousseau NDP
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	105,626
Electors (2011)	78,050
Area (km²)	4,498.75
Pop. density (per km²)	23.5
Census divisions	Coaticook RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke, Le Val-Saint-François RCM
Census subdivisions	Ascot Corner, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire-Eaton, East Angus, Sherbrooke (part), Stanstead, Stoke, Weedon

Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke ridings.

Geography

The southern Quebec riding on the US border southeast of Sherbrooke is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of the RCMs of Coaticook and Le Haut-Saint-François, the eastern half of Memphrémagog, and parts of Le Val-Saint-François and the city of Sherbrooke.

Main towns include Coaticook, Lennoxville (now part of Sherbrooke), North Hatley, Stanstead, and Ayer's Cliff.

Neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi, Richmond—Arthabaska, Sherbrooke, and Mégantic—L'Érable.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000		David Price	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004			Liberal
38th	2004–2006		France Bonsant	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Jean Rousseau	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	24,097	47.59	+36.31
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	13,179	26.03	- 15.82
	Liberal	William Hogg	6,132	12.09	-10.44
	Conservative	Sandrine Gressard Bélanger	5,982	11.72	-7.72
	Green	Gary Caldwell	1,241	2.57	-2.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580	1.13
Turnout			51,211	64.59
Eligible voters			80,382	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,332	41.85	-0.9	$42,534
	Liberal	William Hogg	10,946	22.53	+0.2	$17,476
	Conservative	Michel Gagné	9,445	19.44	-4.9	$57,862
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	5,483	11.28	+5.1	$1,820
	Green	Gary Caldwell	2,368	4.87	+0.5	$11,114
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,574	100.00	$84,153
Total rejected ballots			572	1.16
Turnout			49,146	62.97

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	21,316	42.8	-3.9	$38,909
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	12,131	24.3	+13.9	$44,452
	Liberal	David Price	11,126	22.3	-13.7	$56,653
	New Democratic	Stéphane Bürgi	3,099	6.2	+2.9	$1,674
	Green	Gaétan Perreault	2,171	4.4	+0.8	$310
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,843	100.0	$77,428

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,450	46.7	+7.8	$36,450
	Liberal	David Price	15,752	36.0	-10.6	$55,575
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	4,589	10.5	-1.3	$13,713
	Green	Laurier Busque	1,546	3.5	$540
	New Democratic	Martin Baller	1,451	3.3	+1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,788	100.0	$75,354

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Price	17,729	46.6	+6.6
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	14,808	38.9	+6.0
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann Dewey-Plante	2,422	6.4	-38.2
	Alliance	Marc Carrier	2,061	5.4
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	580	1.5	+0.1
	Natural Law	Marc Roy	476	1.3	+0.2
Total valid votes			38,076	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Price	18,125	44.6
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Bernier	13,367	32.9
	Liberal	Gaétan Grenier	8,119	20.0
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	587	1.4
	Natural Law	Lisette Proulx	439	1.1
Total valid votes			40,637	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 24017) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=24017&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada