Brome-Missisquoi (provincial electoral district)

Brome-Missisquoi

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Pierre Paradis Liberal
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2012
Demographics
Electors (2012)	54,977
Area (km²)	1,884.7
Census divisions	Brome-Missisquoi (all), La Haute-Yamaska (part)
Census subdivisions	Abercorn, Bedford (city), Bedford (township), Bolton-Ouest, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, Dunham, East Farnham, Farnham, Frelighsburg, Lac-Brome, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Pike River, Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Saint-Armand, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge, Sainte-Sabine, Shefford, Stanbridge East, Stanbridge Station, Sutton, Warden, Waterloo

Brome-Missisquoi is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the municipalities of Bromont, Cowansville, Frelighsburg, Sutton, Saint-Armand and Farnham.

It was created for the 1973 election from Brome and parts of Missisquoi and Shefford.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Austin, Bolton-Est, Bonsecours, Eastman, Lawrenceville, Potton, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Stukely-Sud to Orford electoral district, but gained Shefford, Warden, Waterloo from Shefford electoral district.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Glendon Pettes Brown, Liberal (1973–1976)
2. Armand Russell, Union Nationale (1976–1980)
3. Pierre Paradis, Liberal (1980–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,103	44.50
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Lemay	11,349	27.90
	Parti Québécois	René Beauregard	8,281	20.35
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Van Caloen	2,751	6.76
	Option nationale	Nicolas Pépin	199	0.49
Total valid votes			40,683	98.49
Total rejected ballots			623	1.51
Turnout			41,306	73.13
Electors on the lists			56,480	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	13,841	33.02	−16.22
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Benoit Legault	13,538	32.30	+15.65*
	Parti Québécois	Richard Leclerc	10,670	25.46	−1.86
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Van Caloen	1,944	4.64	+1.74
	Green	Louise Martineau	724	1.73	−1.59
	Option nationale	Patrick Melchior	490	1.17	–
	Conservative	Jacques Pipon	253	0.60	–
	Coalition pour la constituante	Dominique Favreau	184	0.44	–
	Independent	Jean-Pierre Dufault	141	0.34	–
	Independent	Gilles Alarie	127	0.30	–
Total valid votes			41,912	99.00	–
Total rejected ballots			425	1.00	–
Turnout			42,337	76.55	+16.16
Electors on the lists			55,304	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	15,006	49.24	+9.39
	Parti Québécois	Richard Leclerc	8,325	27.32	+6.98
	Action démocratique	Mario Charpentier	5,073	16.65	−14.88
	Green	Louise Martineau	1,012	3.32	−2.07
	Québec solidaire	Diane Cormier	884	2.90	-
	Independent	Jacques-Antoine Normandin	173	0.57
Total valid votes			30,473	98.45
Rejected and declined votes			480	1.55
Turnout			30,953	60.39	−11.49
Electors on the lists			51,255
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	14,182	39.85	−15.79
	Action démocratique	Jean L'Écuyer	11,221	31.53	+13.48
	Parti Québécois	Richard Leclerc	7,238	20.34	−3.94
	Green	Vanessa Thibodeau	1,917	5.39	–
	Québec solidaire	Lorraine Lasnier	1,032	2.90	+1.37
Total valid votes			35,590	99.17
Rejected and declined votes			298	0.83
Turnout			35,888	71.88	+1.44
Electors on the lists			49,928
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,546	55.64
	Parti Québécois	Lina Le Blanc	8,093	24.28
	Action démocratique	Pierre Plante	6,018	18.05
	UFP	Simon Gnocchini	509	1.53
	Equality	Lionel Albert	167	0.50
Total valid votes			33,333	98.67
Rejected and declined votes			448	1.33
Turnout			33,781	70.44
Electors on the lists			47,955
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,127	57.17	−3.95
	Parti Québécois	Raôul Duguay	9,789	30.87	+1.07
	Action démocratique	Eric Larivière	3,599	11.35	+4.58
	Natural Law	Jean-Charles Rouleau	194	0.61	−0.30
Total valid votes			31,709	99.19
Rejected and declined votes			258	0.82
Turnout			31,967	80.56	−3.51
Electors on the lists			39,680
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	21,530	61.68
	Oui	13,376	38.32

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,402	61.12	+6.94
	Parti Québécois	Marie-Paul Bourassa-Marois	8,972	29.80	+4.77
	Action démocratique	Benoit Trudeau	2,037	6.77	–
	Equality	Ross K. Ladd	423	1.40	−9.66
	Natural Law	Jean Cérigo	274	0.91	–
Total valid votes			30,108	98.51
Rejected and declined votes			456	1.49
Turnout			30,564	84.07	+8.15
Electors on the lists			36,354
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	16,271	55.85
	Oui	12,861	44.15

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	13,502	54.18
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Lavoie	6,238	25.03
	Unity	Graham Neil	2,756	11.06
	Independent	Heather Keith-Ryan	1,936	7.77
	Parti 51	Jean-Guy Péloquin	269	1.08
	Independent	Robin Lawrance	137	0.55
	Commonwealth of Canada	Maurice Boisclair	84	0.34
Total valid votes			24,922	98.01
Rejected and declined votes			507	1.99
Turnout			25,429	75.92
Electors on the lists			33,496
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	16,500	68.83	+6.26
	Parti Québécois	Wilfrid Laroche	6,456	26.93	−4.71
	New Democratic Party	Ron Marchand	880	3.67
	Christian Socialist	André Paré	136	0.57
Total valid votes			23,972	99.11
Rejected and declined votes			216	0.89
Turnout			24,188	74.47	−6.85
Electors on the lists			32,479
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	15,832	62.57
	Parti Québécois	Marie Harvey	8,005	31.63
	Union Nationale	Jean-Guy Péloquin	1,178	4.66	–
	Freedom of Choice	Blair McIntosh	289	1.14
Total valid votes			25,304	99.34
Rejected and declined votes			168	0.66
Turnout			25,472	81.32
Electors on the lists			31,325
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec provincial by-election, November 17, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	13,271	62.45	+38.85
	Parti Québécois	Gérard Comptois	5,962	28.06	+7.40
	Union Nationale	Pierre-Paul Ravenelle	1,909	8.98	−40.29
	United Social Credit	Joseph Ranger	107	0.50
Total valid votes			21,249
Rejected and declined votes			154
Turnout			21,403	68.29	−14.64
Electors on the lists			31,342
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	20,012	74.03
	Oui	7,022	25.97

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Armand Russell	11,380	49.27
	Liberal	Glendon P. Brown	5,450	23.60
	Parti Québécois	Gérard Comptois	4,772	20.66
	Ralliement créditiste	Normand Chouinard	1,087	4.71
	Parti national populaire	Jean-Gilles Chagnon	262	1.13
	Independent	Foster Wightman	100	0.43
	Independent	Maurice Juteau	47	0.20
Total valid votes			23,098	98.72
Rejected and declined votes			514	2.18
Turnout			23,612	82.93
Electors on the lists			28,473
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Glendon "Glen" Brown	12,999	62.02
	Parti créditiste	Georges Binette	3,312	15.80
	Parti Québécois	Paul Doucet	2,860	13.65
	Union Nationale	Jean-Guy Choinière	1,587	7.57
	Independent	Richard Paquette	202	0.96
Total valid votes			20,960	98.62
Rejected and declined votes			294	1.38
Turnout			21,254	78.27
Electors on the lists			27,153
Source: Elections Quebec

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Montérégie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011