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Party |
Vote Count |
Vote Share |
Elected |
| France Bonsant |
BQ |
20450 |
46.6%
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| David Price |
LIB |
15752 |
35.88%
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| Gary Caldwell |
CON |
4589 |
10.46%
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| Martin Baller |
NDP |
1451 |
3.31%
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| Laurier Busque |
GRN |
1546 |
3.53%
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| Last Update: June 29, 5:38:24 AM EDT |
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of 220 polls reporting |
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Ridings
049 Compton-Stanstead
2004 Candidates
Riding Profile
This southern Quebec riding has the Canada/U.S. border as its southern and eastern boundary. In the west, it forms the southern, eastern and western boundaries of the Sherbrooke riding. The riding contains part of the city of Sherbrooke, the regional county municipalities of Coaticook and Le Haut-St-François, and part of Memphrémagog. The city of Stanstead, the villages of Ayer's Cliff and North Hatley and the municipalities of Hatley, Ogden, Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley and Stoke fall in the riding, as well as Hatley and Stanstead townships.
Industries in riding include manufacturing, small business and agriculture.
According to 2001 census, 13 per cent of the population have English as their mother tongue and 83 per cent are francophone. The average family income is $53,679 and unemployment is 6.3 per cent.
In 2004, seven per cent of Frontenac-Mégantic, three per cent of Richmond-Arthabaska and four per cent of Sherbrooke have been added. The riding of Compton existed from 1867 to 1947 and 1966 to 1976. The riding of Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead was established in 1976. Compton-Stanstead was established in the 1996 redistribution from 68 per cent of Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead and 27 per cent of Richmond-Wolfe.
Population: 94,096
Political History
In 2000, Liberal David Price defeated the Bloc Québécois's Gaston Leroux. Price was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1997 in the newly created riding, but left the PC caucus and joined the Liberals in 2000.
Compton and Compton-Frontenac riding was Liberal from 1935 to 1957 inclusive and PC in 1958. Voters sent Social Credit and Ralliement Créditiste MPs to Ottawa in the 1960s and the 1972 election. In 1974, Liberal Claude Tessier was elected. He won in Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead in 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984. PC François Gérin was elected in 1984 and 1988. Gérin quit the PC Caucus and was a founding member of the BQ in 1990. In 1993, BQ Maurice Bernier defeated Liberal Eugene Naylor in this riding.
1979, 1980: LIB
1984, 1988: PC
1993: BQ
1997: PC
2000: LIB
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Candidate Profiles
David Price
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth Date: June 2, 1945
Age: 59
Birthplace: Sherbrooke
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Education: Diploma from Corp of Master Electricians of Quebec. Certificates in business administration and electric heating
from Master Electrician Development Institute.
Profession:
Career Background: Electrician by trade. President of Price Electrique Inc., from 1964.
Municipal:
Sat on the boards of directors of the Sherbrooke Regional
Development Corporation and the Municipal Transportation
Corporation, as well as those of a number of health-related
foundations. VP, Sherbrooke Regional Sewage Treatment Corp.
Community:
Member of Compton Fishing Club; Quebec Water Quality Association;
Lennoxville Optimist Club; Eastern Townships Agricultural Association.
Founding vice-president of Lennox-Ascot Chamber of Commerce; Sherbrooke
Geriatric Institute.
Past president of Corps of Master Electricians.
Military Service: Former member of the Sherbrooke Air Cadets and later went on to become a member of the Sherbrooke Regiment/Sherbrooke Hussars Army Reserve Unit from 1959 to 1965.
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Helga
Children: Kevin
Political History
Party: Sat on executive of PC Association in Sherbrooke.
Municipal: Councillor in Lennoxville from 1989-93; mayor from
1993-97.
Federal: Elected as PC in Compton-Stanstead in 1997; won as Liberal
in 2000.
Political History (Federal/Provincial)
Parliamentary Secretary:
To the Minister of National Defence with special emphasis on the Role of the Reserves (Dec. 12, 2003).
Committees:
Former chair of Defence and Security Sub-Committee On Future
Security and Defence Capabilities.
Former vice-chair of National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
Former member of Citizenship and Immigration; Environment and
Sustainable Development; Sub-committee on Private Members'
Business; Special Joint Committee to amend Section 93 of the
Constitution Act, 1867 concerning the Quebec School System;
Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament
Member: National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
Caucus: PC defence critic, Question Period Co-ordinator (1997).
PC Citizenship and Immigration critic (1999-2000).
Joined Liberal Party in September 2000; now member of Liberal Rural Caucus.
Office Address:
1-4777 boul Bourque
Rock Forest, Que
819-573-5200
Capital Address:
Room 158 Confed
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ont
613-995-2024
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France Bonsant
Party: Bloc Québécois
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Education: Courses in human resources, Université TELUQ
(2003); courses in graphic design.
Career Background:
Assistant at Bell Canada (since 1976); Bell
Canada representative, le Fonds des Oeuvres Communautaires des employés de
Bell (since 1976).
Political and Community:
Volunteer for Société SERABEC, participating in the aerial search
for missing persons.
Volunteer and organizer of a volleyball team for several years.
President of the executive in Compton-Stanstead riding; organizer for many election campaigns at the municipal,
provincial and federal levels.
Political History
Municipal: Municipal councillor, 1991-1999. Director of the Police
Board for seven years.
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Gary Caldwell
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
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University Degree: Yes
Education: Diploma from York University, Toronto. Masters degree from
Laval University.
Career Background:
Teacher at Bishop's University and researcher at the Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture for a nine-year span.
President and CEO of Caldwell Bio Fermentation
Canada Inc. since 1998.
In addition, he writes for many magazines, and in 2001
published La culture publique commune: Les règles du jeu de la
vie publique au Québec et les fondements de ces règles (Nota Bene).
Working on a new literary work, The Shared Public Culture in
Canada.
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Martin Baller
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
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Laurier Busque
Party: The Green Party of Canada
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