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Brome-Missisquoi

2008 Results

BROME-MISSISQUOI
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		216/216 polls
LIB	Pierre Paradis	14,926	49.11	Elected
PQ	Richard Leclerc	8,280	27.24
ADQ	Mario Charpentier	5,127	16.87
GRN	Louise Martineau	1,006	3.31
QS	Diane Cormier	884	2.91
IND	Jacques-Antoine Normandin	171	0.56

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Riding profile: Brome-Missisquoi is located in the Eastern Townships, and contains the following municipalities: Abercorn, Austin, Bedford, Bolton-East, Bolton-West, Bonsecours, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunham, East Farnham, Eastman, Farnham, Frelighsburg, Lac-Brome, Lawrenceville, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Potton, Saint-Alphonse, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Saint-Armand, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge, Saint-Pierre-de-Véronne-â-Pike-River, Sainte-Sabine, Stanbridge East, Stanbridge Station, Stukely-Sud and Sutton.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Brome-Missisquoi (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: New riding in 1973 election, created from Brome, Missisquoi and Shefford ridings.

In 2001 redistribution gained nine per cent of Iberville, adding in the northwest corner the town of Farnham (5,680 electors).

Political history: 1973 - LIB 1976 - Union Nationale Since 1980 byelection - LIB

1995 referendum: No - 61.68 per cent; Yes - 38.32 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 21 per cent French: 76.9 per cent Other: 2.1 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Glendon Brown, incumbent from Brome, defeated Parti Créditiste's Georges Binette by 9,687 votes.
1976	Union Nationale's Armand Russell defeated Liberal Brown by 5,930 votes. Russell was elected in Shefford 1956-1970 inclusive, but defeated in 1973. Between 1966-70, he was minister of Public Works and vice-president of Treasury Board. He resigned on Jan. 11, 1980 to run federally.
1980 byelection–2007 inclusive	In a by-election on Nov.17, 1980, Liberal Pierre Paradis defeated Parti Québécois's Gerard Comptois. Paradis was re-elected in 1981, 1985 and 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003 and 2007. Appointed minister of Manpower and Income Security and minister of Labour, Dec. 1985; minister of Municipal Affairs, June 23, 1988. Appointed minister of Environment, Oct. 11, 1989; government house leader, Nov. 12, 1992; minister of Environment and Wildlife and government house leader, Jan. - Sept. 1994. Served as opposition house leader, 1994–2004. Appointed chairman of the committee on agriculture, fisheries and food in 2007.

BROME-MISSISQUOI
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	220/220 polls
LIB	Pierre Paradis	13,986	39.81	Elected
ADQ	Jean L'Écuyer	11,029	31.39
PQ	Richard Leclerc	7,114	20.25
GRN	Vanessa Thibodeau	1,946	5.54
QS	Lorraine Lasnier	1,058	3.01

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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