Canadian federal election results in the Eastern Townships

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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.

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 1,046 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% Hubert Richard (Rhino.) 265 0.46%		Pierre-Luc Dusseault

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		Maxime Bernier 31,883		René Roy 5,270		Véronique Poulin 4,352		Nicolas Rochette 2,436				Maxime Bernier
Brome— Missisquoi		Christian Ouellet 17,582		Mark Quinlan 9,310		Denis Paradis 16,357		Christelle Bogosta 4,514		Pierre Brassard 1,784		David Marler (Ind.) 354		Christian Ouellet
Compton— Stanstead		France Bonsant 20,267		Michel Gagné 9,467		William Hogg 10,938		Jean Rousseau 5,498		Gary Caldwell 2,385				France Bonsant
Drummond		Roger Pomerleau 17,618		André Komlosy 11,490		Jean Courchesne 7,709		Annick Corriveau 7,465		Réginald Gagnon 1,144				Pauline Picard†
Mégantic— L'Érable		Pierre Turcotte 12,883		Christian Paradis 20,696		Nicole Champagne 6,185		Bruno Vézina 4,191		Jean Guernon 959				Christian Paradis
Richmond— Arthabaska		André Bellavance 23,913		Éric Lefebvre 15,085		Gwyneth Helen Grant 6,604		Stéphane Ricard 4,509		François Fillion 1,357		Jean Landry (Ind.) 526		André Bellavance
Saint-Hyacinthe— Bagot		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac 22,719		René Vincelette 10,203		Denise Tremblay 6,638		Brigitte Sansoucy 6,721		Jacques Tétreault 1,771				Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
Shefford		Robert Vincent 21,980		Jean Lambert 9,927		Bernard Demers 10,810		Simon Gnocchini-Messier 6,323		Michel Champagne 1,848				Robert Vincent
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 25,458		André Bachand 8,338		Nathalie Goguen 10,031		Yves Mondoux 6,674				Sébastien Corriveau (NeoRhino) 486		Serge Cardin

2006 - 39th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		BQ		Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Beauce		Patrice Moore 10,997		Jacques Lussier 4,364		Maxime Bernier 36,915		Cleo Chartier 1,405		Jean-Claude Roy 1,397				Claude Drouin†
Brome—Missisquoi		Christian Ouellet 18,596		Denis Paradis 13,569		David Marler 9,874		Josianne Jetté 2,839		Michel Champagne 1,721		Heward Grafftey (P.C.) 1,921		Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		France Bonsant 21,316		David Price 11,126		Gary Caldwell 12,131		Stéphane Bürgi 3,099		Gaétan Perreault 2,171				France Bonsant
Drummond		Pauline Picard 22,575		Éric Cardinal 7,437		Jean-Marie Pineault 10,134		François Choquette 2,870		Jean-Benjamin Milot 2,418				Pauline Picard
Mégantic—L'Érable		Marc Boulianne 15,410		Yvan Corriveau 4,912		Christian Paradis 23,550		Isabelle Tremblay 1,836		Jean-François Hamel 1,534				Marc Boulianne
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 24,466		Louis Mercier 5,294		Jean Landry 16,465		Isabelle Maguire 2,507		Laurier Busque 2,355				André Bellavance
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Yvan Loubier 27,838		Stéphane Deschênes 4,884		Huguette Guilhaumon 12,323		Joelle Chevrier 2,723		Jacques Tétreault 1,925				Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Robert Vincent 22,159		Diane St-Jacques 12,043		Jean Lambert 12,734		Paula Maundcote 2,431		Francine Brière 2,061				Robert Vincent
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 27,112		Robert Pouliot 6,863		Marc Nadeau 10,763		Martin Plaisance 4,646		Michel Quirion 2,238		Claudia Laroche-Martel (Ind.) 315		Serge Cardin

2004 - 38th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Liberal		BQ		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Beauce		Claude Drouin 19,592		Jean-François Barbe 17,168		Alain Guay 8,091		Philippe Giguère 1,443		Michel Binette 1,054				Claude Drouin
Brome—Missisquoi		Denis Paradis 18,609		Christian Ouellet 17,537		Peter Stastny 4,888		Piper Huggins 1,177		Louise Martineau 2,011				Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		David Price 15,752		France Bonsant 20,450		Gary Caldwell 4,589		Martin Baller 1,451		Laurier Busque 1,546				David Price
Drummond		Roger Gougeon 9,591		Pauline Picard 23,670		Lyne Boisvert 7,123		Blake Evans 745		Louis Lacroix 921				Pauline Picard
Mégantic—L'Érable		Gérard Binet 15,778		Marc Boulianne 19,264		Yves Mailly 4,916		Alexandre Côté 1,608		Bruno Vézina 1,489				Gérard Binet
Richmond—Arthabaska		Christine St-Pierre 12,809		André Bellavance 26,211		Pierre Poissant 4,925		Jason Noble 1,540		Lucie LaForest 1,699				André Bachand†
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Michel Gaudette 10,558		Yvan Loubier 29,789		Andrée Champagne 5,240		Joëlle Chevrier 1,204		Bruno Godbout 948				Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Diane St-Jacques 18,725		Robert Vincent 21,968		Jacques Parenteau 3,732		Sonia Bisson 1,146		Francine Brière 1,571				Diane St-Jacques
Sherbrooke		Bruno-Marie Béchard 15,482		Serge Cardin 29,323		Réal Leblanc 2,142		Philippe Dion 1,463		Jeffrey Champagne 1,509				Serge Cardin

1. ^ Bachand was former PC

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2000 - 37th General Election

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		BQ		Liberal		Canadian Alliance		NDP		PC		Other
Beauce		Gary Morin 12,323		Claude Drouin 26,033		Alain Guay 5,452		Pierre Malano 436		Gérard Parent 1,628		Louis Girard (NL) 611		Claude Drouin
Brome—Missisquoi		André Leroux 13,363		Denis Paradis 21,545		Jacques Loyer 1,977		Jeff Itcush 480		Heward Grafftey 5,502				Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead		Gaston Leroux 14,808		David Price 17,729		Marc Carrier 2,061		Christine Moore 580		Mary Ann Dewey-Plante 2,422		Marc Roy (NL) 476		David Price
Drummond		Pauline Picard 18,843		André Beliveau 14,285		Jacques Laurin 1,606		Julie Philion 424		Lyne Boisvert 6,593				Pauline Picard
Frontenac—Mégantic		Jean-Guy Chrétien 15,703		Gérard Binet 17,069		Stéphane Musial 1,751		Olivier Chalifoux 427		Nicole Massicotte 1,497		Pierre Luc Fournier (Mar.) 698		Jean-Guy Chrétien
Richmond—Arthabaska		André Bellavance 18,067		Aldéi Beaudoin 10,416		Phillippe Ardilliez 1,930		Vincent Bernier 319		André Bachand 18,430		Christian Simard (NL) 375		André Bachand
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Yvan Loubier 25,916		Michel Gaudette 16,265		Jacques Bousquet 2,161		Rachel Dicaire 499		Frédéric Mantha 1,932				Yvan Loubier
Shefford		Michel Benoit 19,816		Diane St-Jacques 20,707		Jean-Jacques Treyvaud 1,867		Elizabeth Morey 380		Audrey Castonguay 1,498		Nicholas Cousineau (Mar.) 819		Diane St-Jacques
Sherbrooke		Serge Cardin 23,559		Jean-François Rouleau 21,182		Mark Quinlan 2,284		Craig Wright 677		Eric L'Heureux 1,955		Daniel Jolicoeur (NL) 495 Joseph Bourassa-Lacombe (Ind.) 294 Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 186		Serge Cardin