Canadian federal election results in the Eastern Townships

Electoral history

Year	Results
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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in the Eastern Townships.

Regional Profile

In 1988 and 1984 this area was nearly swept by the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney, winning all but one seat in 1988 (Shefford) and two in 1984 (Shefford and Richmond-Wolfe). Previously, the Tories only had one riding won in either 1979 or 1980, and that was in Missisquoi in 1979. The Social Credit party also won a seat here in 1979, in Beauce. By the following election in 1993, Mulroney had left office and support for the Tories all across Quebec moved to the Bloc Québécois. Locally, the Bloc won all but two seats; the exceptions were in Beauce, which was won by former Conservative Gilles Bernier who ran as an independent, and in Sherbrooke, where Jean Charest was one of only two PC candidates to win in all of Canada. By 1997, he was PC leader and local candidates running on his coattails did well, resulting in a split between the Progressive Conservatives (four seats) the Bloc Québécois (three seats) and the Liberals (two seats). However, in 1998, Charest moved to provincial politics as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (which is independent of the federal Liberals, despite the similarity of names), and without him local support for the PCs declined. By the 2000 election two of the PC members, David Price and Diane St-Jacques, had left the party and joined the federal Liberals. André Bachand remained with the PCs in 2000 and was re-elected, but declined to join the newly merged Conservatives and retired from politics in 2004. Traditional Bloc support in this region is concentrated in the northwest part, and in the Frontenac-Megantic region. Nonetheless, Bloc support weakened across the board here in 2006, primarily to the Conservatives.

In 2011, the New Democratic surge cost the Bloc six of its seven seats in the region; the two Conservatives retained their seats. Four years later, the Conservatives picked up a seat at the expense of the Bloc while Liberal support climbed enough for them to steal three seats from the New Democrats.

2015 - 42nd General Election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Conservative		NDP		Liberal		BQ		Green		Other
Beauce		Maxime Bernier 32,910 58.89%		Daniel Royer 5,443 9.74%		Adam Veilleux 12,442 22.26%		Stéphane Trudel 4,144 7.42%		Céline Brown MacDonald 943 1.69%				Maxime Bernier
Brome—Missisquoi		Charles Poulin 6,724 11.46%		Catherine Lusson 14,383 24.51%		Denis Paradis 25,744 43.88%		Patrick Melchior 10,252 17.47%		Cindy Moynan 1,377 2.35%		Patrick Paine (SD) 195 0.33%		Pierre Jacob†
Compton—Stanstead		Gustavo Labrador 6,978 12.50%		Jean Rousseau 15,300 27.41%		Marie-Claude Bibeau 20,582 36.88%		France Bonsant 11,551 20.70%		Korie Marshall 1,085 1.94%		Kévin Côté (Rhino.) 315 0.56%		Jean Rousseau
Drummond		Pascale Déry 9,221 17.74%		François Choquette 15,833 30.46%		Pierre Côté 13,793 26.54%		Diane Bourgeois 11,862 22.82%		Émile Coderre 1,270 2.44%				François Choquette
Mégantic—L'Érable		Luc Berthold 16,749 35.42%		Jean-François Delisle 10,386 21.96%		David Berthiaume 13,308 28.14%		Virginie Provost 5,838 12.35%		Justin Gervais 1,006 2.13%				Christian Paradis†
Richmond—Arthabaska		Alain Rayes 18,505 31.57%		Myriam Beaulieu 14,213 24.25%		Marc Desmarais 14,463 24.67%		Olivier Nolin 10,068 17.18%		Laurier Busque 984 1.68%		Antoine Dubois (Rhino.) 384 0.66%		André Bellavance†
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Réjean Léveillé 9,098 16.73%		Brigitte Sansoucy 15,578 28.65%		René Vincelette 14,980 27.55%		Michel Filion 13,200 24.28%		Lise Durand 1,243 2.29%		Ugo Ménard (Ind.) 270 0.50%		Marie-Claude Morin†
Shefford		Sylvie Fontaine 7,529 12.78%		Claire Mailhot 13,945 23.67%		Pierre Breton 22,957 38.96%		Jocelyn Beaudoin 13,092 22.22%		Simon McMillan 1,397 2.37%				Réjean Genest†
Sherbrooke		Marc Dauphin 5,391 9.41%		Pierre-Luc Dusseault 21,410 37.36%		Thomas "Tom" Allen 17,071 29.79%		Caroline Bouchard 11,717 20.45%		Sophie Malouin 1,143 1.99%		Benoit Huberdeau (Ind.) 303 0.53%		Pierre-Luc Dusseault
												Hubert Richard (Rhino.) 265 0.46%

2011 - 41st General Election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	BQ		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Beauce		Sylvio Morin 3,535 6.69%		Maxime Bernier 26,799 50.71%		Claude Morin 5,833 11.04%		Serge Bergeron 15,831 29.95%		Etienne Doyon Lessard 852 1.61%				Maxime Bernier
Brome—Missisquoi		Christelle Bogosta 11,173 21.26%		Nolan LeBlanc-Bauerle 6,256 11.91%		Denis Paradis 11,589 22.06%		Pierre Jacob 22,407 42.64%		Benoit Lambert 1,120 2.13%				Christian Ouellet†
Compton—Stanstead		France Bonsant 13,179 26.03%		Sandrine Gressard Bélanger 5,982 11.81%		William Hogg 6,132 12.11%		Jean Rousseau 24,097 47.59%		Gary Caldwell 1,241 2.45%				France Bonsant
Drummond		Roger Pomerleau 10,410 21.95%		Normand W. Bernier 7,555 15.93%		Pierre Côté 3,979 8.39%		François Choquette 24,489 51.64%		Robin Fortin 987 2.08%				Roger Pomerleau
Mégantic—L'Érable		Pierre Turcotte 7,481 16.76%		Christian Paradis 21,931 49.14%		René Roy 2,601 5.83%		Cheryl Voisine 11,716 26.25%		Wyatt Tessari 655 1.47%		Alain Bergeron (CAP) 250 0.56%		Christian Paradis
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 18,033 33.83%		Jean-Philippe Bachand 13,145 24.66%		Marie-Josée Talbot 3,711 6.96%		Isabelle Maguire 17,316 32.49%		Tomy Bombardier 1,098 2.06%				André Bellavance
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac 12,651 24.57%		Jean-Guy Dagenais 8,108 15.74%		Denis Vallée 2,784 5.41%		Marie-Claude Morin 26,963 52.36%		Johany Beaudoin-Bussières 994 1.93%				Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
Shefford		Robert Vincent 12,615 23.37%		Mélisa Leclerc 7,908 14.65%		Bernard Demers 4,855 8.99%		Réjean Genest 27,575 51.09%		Patrick Daoust 1,022 1.89%				Robert Vincent
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 18,665 35.89%		Pierre Harvey 4,784 9.20%		Éric Deslauriers 5,020 9.65%		Pierre-Luc Dusseault 22,415 43.10%		Jacques Laberge 894 1.72%		Crédible Berlingot Landry (Rhino) 233 0.45%		Serge Cardin

2008 - 40th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	BQ		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Beauce		André Côté 7,143 13.98%		Maxime Bernier 31,883 62.41%		René Roy 5,270 10.32%		Véronique Poulin 4,352 8.52%		Nicolas Rochette 2,436 4.77%				Maxime Bernier
Brome—Missisquoi		Christian Ouellet 17,561 35.21%		Mark Quinlan 9,309 18.66%		Denis Paradis 16,357 32.79%		Christelle Bogosta 4,514 9.05%		Pierre Brassard 1,784 3.58%		David Marler (Ind.) 354 0.71%		Christian Ouellet
Compton—Stanstead		France Bonsant 20,332 41.86%		Michel Gagné 9,445 19.44%		William Hogg 10,946 22.53%		Jean Rousseau 5,483 11.29%		Gary Caldwell 2,368 4.88%				France Bonsant
Drummond		Roger Pomerleau 17,613 38.79%		André Komlosy 11,490 25.31%		Jean Courchesne 7,697 16.95%		Annick Corriveau 7,460 16.43%		Réginald Gagnon 1,144 2.52%				Pauline Picard†
Mégantic—L'Érable		Pierre Turcotte 12,283 27.72%		Christian Paradis 20,697 46.70%		Nicole Champagne 6,185 13.96%		Bruno Vézina 4,191 9.46%		Jean-R. Guernon 959 2.16%				Christian Paradis
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 23,913 46.02%		Éric Lefebvre 15,080 29.02%		Gwyneth Helen Grant 6,599 12.70%		Stéphane Ricard 4,509 8.68%		François Fillion 1,337 2.57%		Jean Landry (Ind.) 526 1.01%		André Bellavance
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac 22,719 47.36%		René Vincelette 10,195 21.25%		Denise Tremblay 6,649 13.86%		Brigitte Sansoucy 6,721 14.01%		Jacques Tétreault 1,682 3.51%				Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
Shefford		Robert Vincent 21,650 42.82%		Jean Lambert 9,927 19.63%		Bernard Demers 10,810 21.38%		Simon Gnocchini Messier 6,323 12.51%		Michel.M. Champagne 1,848 3.66%				Robert Vincent
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 25,502 50.08%		André Bachand 8,331 16.36%		Nathalie Goguen 9,947 19.53%		Yves Mondoux 6,676 13.11%				Sébastien Côrriveau (Rhino.) 467 0.92%		Serge Cardin

2006 - 39th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	BQ		Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Beauce		Patrice Moore 10,997 19.97%		Jacques Lussier 4,364 7.92%		Maxime Bernier 36,915 67.02%		Cléo Chartier 1,405 2.55%		Jean-Claude Roy 1,397 2.54%				Claude Drouin†
Brome—Missisquoi		Christian Ouellet 18,596 38.33%		Denis Paradis 13,569 27.97%		David Marler 9,874 20.35%		Josianne Jetté 2,839 5.85%		Michel Champagne 1,721 3.55%		Heward Grafftey (PC) 1,921 3.96%		Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		France Bonsant 21,316 42.77%		David Price 11,126 22.32%		Gary Caldwell 12,131 24.34%		Stéphane Bürgi 3,099 6.22%		Gaétan Perreault 2,171 4.36%				France Bonsant
Drummond		Pauline Picard 22,575 49.69%		Éric Cardinal 7,437 16.37%		Jean-Marie Pineault 10,134 22.30%		François Choquette 2,870 6.32%		Jean-Benjamin Milot 2,418 5.32%				Pauline Picard
Mégantic—L'Érable		Marc Boulianne 15,410 32.62%		Yvan Corriveau 4,912 10.40%		Christian Paradis 23,550 49.85%		Isabelle Tremblay 1,836 3.89%		Jean François Hamel 1,534 3.25%				Marc Boulianne
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 24,466 47.89%		Louis Napoléon Mercier 5,294 10.36%		Jean Landry 16,465 32.23%		Isabelle Maguire 2,507 4.91%		Laurier Busque 2,355 4.61%				André Bellavance
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Yvan Loubier 27,838 56.02%		Stéphane Deschênes 4,884 9.83%		Huguette Guilhaumon 12,323 24.80%		Joëlle Chevrier 2,723 5.48%		Jacques Tétreault 1,925 3.87%				Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Robert Vincent 22,159 43.09%		Diane St-Jacques 12,043 23.42%		Jean Lambert 12,734 24.76%		Paula Maundcote 2,431 4.73%		Francine Brière 2,061 4.01%				Robert Vincent
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 27,112 52.20%		Robert Pouliot 6,863 13.21%		Marc Nadeau 10,763 20.72%		Martin Plaisance 4,646 8.95%		Michel Quirion 2,238 4.31%		Claudia Laroche-Martel (Ind.) 315 0.61%		Serge Cardin

2004 - 38th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		BQ		Conservative		NDP		Green
Beauce		Claude Drouin 19,592 41.38%		Jean-François Barbe 17,168 36.26%		Alain Guay 8,091 17.09%		Philippe Giguère 1,443 3.05%		Michel Binette 1,054 2.23%		Claude Drouin
Brome—Missisquoi		Denis Paradis 18,609 42.08%		Christian Ouellet 17,537 39.66%		Peter Stastny 4,888 11.05%		Piper Huggins 1,177 2.66%		Louise Martineau 2,011 4.55%		Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		David Price 15,752 35.97%		France Bonsant 20,450 46.70%		Gary Caldwell 4,589 10.48%		Martin Baller 1,451 3.31%		Laurier Busque 1,546 3.53%		David Price
Drummond		Roger Gougeon 9,591 22.81%		Pauline Picard 23,670 56.29%		Lyne Boisvert 7,123 16.94%		Blake Evans 745 1.77%		Louis Lacroix 921 2.19%		Pauline Picard
Mégantic—L'Érable		Gérard Binet 15,778 36.65%		Marc Boulianne 19,264 44.74%		Yves Mailly 4,916 11.42%		Alexandre Côté 1,608 3.73%		Bruno Vézina 1,489 3.46%		Gérard Binet Frontenac—Mégantic
Richmond—Arthabaska		Christine St-Pierre 12,809 27.15%		André Bellavance 26,211 55.55%		Pierre Poissant 4,925 10.44%		Jason S. Noble 1,540 3.26%		Lucie Laforest 1,699 3.60%		André Bachand†1
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Michel Gaudette 10,558 22.12%		Yvan Loubier 29,789 62.40%		Andrée Champagne 5,240 10.98%		Joëlle Chevrier 1,204 2.52%		Bruno Godbout 948 1.99%		Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Diane St-Jacques 18,725 39.72%		Robert Vincent 21,968 46.60%		Jacques Parenteau 3,732 7.92%		Sonia Bisson 1,146 2.43%		Francine Brière 1,571 3.33%		Diane St-Jacques
Sherbrooke		Bruno-Marie Béchard 15,482 31.01%		Serge Cardin 29,323 58.74%		Réal Leblanc 2,142 4.29%		Philippe Dion 1,463 2.93%		Jeffrey Champagne 1,509 3.02%		Serge Cardin

¹ Bachand was formerly a PC

Beauce Brome-Mississquoi Compton-Stanstead Drummond Mégantic-L'Érable Richmond-Arthabaska Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot Shefford Sherbrooke
Key map	Bloc Québécois
Conservative Party of Canada	Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada	New Democratic Party

2000 - 37th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	BQ		Liberal		Canadian Alliance		NDP		PC		Other
Beauce		Gary Morin 12,323 26.51%		Claude Drouin 26,033 56.01%		Alain Guay 5,452 11.73%		Pierre Malano 436 0.94%		Gérard Parent 1,628 3.50%		Louis Girard (NLP) 611 1.31%		Claude Drouin
Brome—Missisquoi		André Leroux 13,363 31.17%		Denis Paradis 21,545 50.26%		Jacques Loyer 1,977 4.61%		Jeff Itcush 480 1.12%		Heward Grafftey 5,502 12.84%				Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		Gaston Leroux 14,808 38.89%		David Price 17,729 46.56%		Marc Carrier 2,061 5.41%		Christine Moore 580 1.52%		Mary Ann Dewey-Plante 2,422 6.36%		Marc Roy (NLP) 476 1.25%		David Price
Drummond		Pauline Picard 18,970 45.27%		André Béliveau 14,335 34.21%		Jacques Laurin 1,621 3.87%		Julie Philion 423 1.01%		Lyne Boisvert 6,559 15.65%				Pauline Picard
Frontenac—Mégantic		Jean-Guy Chrétien 15,703 42.27%		Gérard Binet 17,069 45.95%		Stéphane Musial 1,751 4.71%		Olivier Chalifoux 427 1.15%		Nicole Massicotte 1,497 4.03%		Pierre Luc Fournier (Mar.) 698 1.88%		Jean-Guy Chrétien
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 18,067 36.47%		Aldéi Beaudoin 10,416 21.03%		Philippe Ardilliez 1,930 3.90%		Vincent Bernier 319 0.64%		André Bachand 18,430 37.20%		Christian Simard (NLP) 375 0.76%		André Bachand
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Yvan Loubier 25,916 55.41%		Michel Gaudette 16,265 34.77%		Jacques Bousquet 2,161 4.62%		Rachel Dicaire 499 1.07%		Frédéric Mantha 1,932 4.13%				Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Michel Benoit 19,816 43.95%		Diane St-Jacques 20,707 45.93%		Jean-Jacques Treyvaud 1,867 4.14%		Elizabeth Morey 380 0.84%		Audrey Castonguay 1,498 3.32%		Nicholas Cousineau (Mar.) 819 1.82%		Diane St-Jacques
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 23,559 46.53%		Jean-François Rouleau 21,182 41.84%		Mark Quinlan 2,284 4.51%		Craig Wright 677 1.34%		Eric L'Heureux 1,955 3.86%		Joseph Adrien Serge Bourassa-Lacombe (Ind.) 294 0.58% Daniel Jolicoeur (NLP) 495 0.98% Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 186 0.37%		Serge Cardin