Wikipedia

Compton—Stanstead

Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Compton—Stanstead
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Marie-Claude Bibeau
Liberal
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]105,459
Electors (2019)84,383
Area (km²)[2]4,815
Pop. density (per km²)21.9
Census division(s)Coaticook RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke, Le Val-Saint-François RCM
Census subdivision(s)Sherbrooke (part), Coaticook, Cookshire-Eaton, East-Angus, Ascot-Corner, Compton, Stanstead, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Weedon, Waterville

It was created in 1996 from Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead and Richmond—Wolfe ridings.

Geography

edit

The southern Quebec riding on the US border southeast of Sherbrooke is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of the RCMs of Coaticook and Le Haut-Saint-François, the eastern half of Memphrémagog, and parts of Le Val-Saint-François and the city of Sherbrooke.

Main towns include Coaticook, Lennoxville (now part of Sherbrooke), North Hatley, Stanstead, and Ayer's Cliff.

Neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi, Richmond—Arthabaska, Sherbrooke, and Mégantic—L'Érable.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding lose and gain territories with Sherbrooke.

Members of Parliament

edit

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Compton—Stanstead
Riding created from Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead and Richmond—Wolfe
36th  1997–2000     David Price Progressive Conservative
37th  2000–2004     Liberal
38th  2004–2006     France Bonsant Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Jean Rousseau New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019     Marie-Claude Bibeau Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

edit
2021 federal election redistributed results[3]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 21,556 36.66
  Bloc Québécois 17,941 30.51
  Conservative 10,239 17.41
  New Democratic 4,431 7.54
  People's 2,212 3.76
  Green 1,650 2.81
  Others 771 1.31
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marie-Claude Bibeau 21,188 36.66 -0.65 $63,618.47
Bloc Québécois Nathalie Bresse 17,688 30.60 -1.28 $19,787.30
Conservative Pierre Tremblay 10,087 17.45 +2.95 $42,471.76
New Democratic Geneva Allen 4,277 7.40 -2.23 $0.48
People's Yves Bourassa 2,167 3.75 +2.74 $0.00
Green Sylvain Dodier 1,626 2.81 -2.41 $3,785.22
Free Déitane Gendron 576 1.00 – $296.27
Independent Sylvain Longpré 187 0.32 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 57,796 – – $116,073.80
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 66.49 -3.26
Registered voters 86,926
Liberal hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Canada[4]


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marie-Claude Bibeau 21,731 37.31 +0.43 $58,382.52
Bloc Québécois David Benoît 18,571 31.89 +11.19 none listed
Conservative Jessy Mc Neil 8,446 14.50 +2.00 $12,725.62
New Democratic Naomie Mathieu Chauvette 5,607 9.63 -17.78 $1,786.21
Green Jean Rousseau 3,044 5.23 +3.29 none listed
People's Paul Reed 586 1.01 $677.99
Rhinoceros Jonathan Therrien 252 0.43 -0.13 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,237 98.33
Total rejected ballots 988 1.67
Turnout 59,225 69.75
Eligible voters 84,913
Liberal hold Swing -5.39
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marie-Claude Bibeau 20,582 36.88 +24.89 $30,817.38
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 15,300 27.41 -19.86 $22,398.05
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant 11,551 20.70 -5.73 $41,452.44
Conservative Gustavo Labrador 6,978 12.50 +0.65 $24,135.57
Green Korie Marshall 1,085 1.94 -0.49 –
Rhinoceros Kévin Côté 315 0.56 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,811 100.00   $218,288.13
Total rejected ballots 748 1.32 –
Turnout 56,559 69.09 –
Eligible voters 81,867
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +22.37
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 23,529 47.27
  Bloc Québécois 13,155 26.43
  Liberal 5,970 11.99
  Conservative 5,901 11.86
  Green 1,211 2.43
  Others 5 0.01
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 24,097 47.59 +36.31
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant 13,179 26.03 - 15.82
Liberal William Hogg 6,132 12.09 -10.44
Conservative Sandrine Gressard Bélanger 5,982 11.72 -7.72
Green Gary Caldwell 1,241 2.57 -2.30
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,631 100.00
Total rejected ballots 580 1.13 -0.03
Turnout 51,211 64.59 +2.61
Eligible voters 80,382 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant 20,332 41.85 -0.9 $42,534
Liberal William Hogg 10,946 22.53 +0.2 $17,476
Conservative Michel Gagné 9,445 19.44 -4.9 $57,862
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 5,483 11.28 +5.1 $1,820
Green Gary Caldwell 2,368 4.87 +0.5 $11,114
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,574 100.00 $84,153
Total rejected ballots 572 1.16
Turnout 49,146 62.97
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant 21,316 42.8 -3.9 $38,909
Conservative Gary Caldwell 12,131 24.3 +13.9 $44,452
Liberal David Price 11,126 22.3 -13.7 $56,653
New Democratic Stéphane Bürgi 3,099 6.2 +2.9 $1,674
Green Gaétan Perreault 2,171 4.4 +0.8 $310
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,843 100.0 $77,428
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant 20,450 46.7 +7.8 $36,450
Liberal David Price 15,752 36.0 -10.6 $55,575
Conservative Gary Caldwell 4,589 10.5 -1.3 $13,713
Green Laurier Busque 1,546 3.5 $540
New Democratic Martin Baller 1,451 3.3 +1.8
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,788 100.0 $75,354

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Price 17,729 46.6 +26.6
Bloc Québécois Gaston Leroux 14,808 38.9 +6.0
Progressive Conservative Mary Ann Dewey-Plante 2,422 6.4 -38.2
Alliance Marc Carrier 2,061 5.4
New Democratic Christine Moore 580 1.5 +0.1
Natural Law Marc Roy 476 1.3 +0.2
Total valid votes 38,076 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative David Price 18,125 44.6
Bloc Québécois Maurice Bernier 13,367 32.9
Liberal Gaétan Grenier 8,119 20.0
New Democratic Christine Moore 587 1.4
Natural Law Lisette Proulx 439 1.1
Total valid votes 40,637 100.0

See also

edit

References

edit
  • "Compton—Stanstead (Code 24017) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  3. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Compton—Stanstead". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Compton—Stanstead, 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

45°18′N 71°38′W / 45.300°N 71.633°W / 45.300; -71.633

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Compton—Stanstead&oldid=1247053356"