Shefford (provincial electoral district)

Shefford
Quebec electoral district
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 divisions La Haute-Yamaska (part)
Census subdivisions 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 and the successor electoral districts were Granby and Brome-Missisquoi.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratiqueFrançois Bonnardel 11,271 34.63
     Liberal Jean-Claude Tremblay 11,201 34.42
Parti QuébécoisJean-François Arseneault 8,019 24.64
Québec solidaireGinette Moreau 1,085 3.33
GreenMartin Giard 789 2.42
     Independent Lucie Piédalue 181 0.56

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Neighbouring electoral districts

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