Shefford (provincial electoral district)

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District created 1867 Last contested 2008 Area (km²) 292.68 District abolished 2011		First contested 1867 Electors (2008) 56,143 Province Québec Elector 56,143
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec Census divisions La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (part)

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Michel-Adrien Bessette, Conservative Party (1867–1871)

Maurice Laframboise, Liberal (1871–1878)

Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1878–1881)

Isidore Frégeau, Conservative Party (1881–1886)

Thomas Brassard, Liberal (1886–1887)

Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1888–1892)

Adolphe-François Savaria, Conservative Party (1892–1897)

Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois, Liberal (1897–1903)

Auguste Mathieu, Liberal (1904)

Ludger-Pierre Bernard, Conservative Party (1904–1912)

William Stephen Bullock, Liberal (1912–1931)

Robert-Raoul Bachand, Liberal (1931–1935)

Hector Choquette, Action liberale nationale - Union Nationale (1935–1939)

Charles Munson Bullock, Liberal (1939–1944)

Hector Choquette, Union Nationale (1944–1952)

Gaston Ledoux, Liberal (1952–1956)

Armand Russell, Union Nationale (1956–1973)

Richard Verreault, Liberal (1973–1981)

Roger Paré, Parti Québécois (1981–1994)

Bernard Brodeur, Liberal (1994–2007)

François Bonnardel, ADQ (2007–2012), CAQ (2012)

References

Shefford (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia

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