CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: SHEFFORD

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Bernard Brodeur

Liberal Party of Que

16391

46.28%

Jean-François de la Chevrotière

Parti Québécois

10073

28.44%

Sylvain Barré

Action démocratique

8114

22.91%

Dominic Thibeault

Bloc-pot

502

1.42%

Gilles Dumoulin

Union des Forces

340

0.96%

Last Updated Tue Apr 15 12:00:00 EDT 2003

193 of 193 polls reporting

SHEFFORD

Candidates:

PQ          Jean-François de la Chevrotière
LIB       x Bernard Brodeur
ADQ       Sylvain Barré
UFP       Gilles Dumoulin
BP         Dominic Thibeault

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1832 election.

1973, 1976 - LIB
1981, 1985, 1989 - PQ
1994 BY-EL, 1994, 1998 - LIB

1995 REF:  YES - 52.18%   NO - 47.82%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    3.8%
Franco:   95.1%
Allo:    1.1%

Shefford riding contains the following municipalities: Granby, Shefford, Warden and Waterloo.

Redistribution:
No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 91% of riding; 9% moved to Johnson;

lost to Shefford, area from north containing Roxton Pond, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford parish and the township of Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton (4698 electors).

Political History:

LIB RICHARD VERREAULT won in 1973 and 1976; defeated in 1981.

PQ ROGER PARE won in 1981, 1985 and 1989.

In by-el held on Feb. 28, 1994, LIB BERNARD BRODEUR defeated PQ ROGER NICOLET by 4,132 votes.

In 1994, LIB BRODEUR defeated PQ JEAN-MARC SAVOIE by 1,323 votes.

In 1998, LIB BRODEUR defeated PQ RENÉ MAROIS by 73 votes.