Brome-Missisquoi (provincial electoral district)

Brome-Missisquoi (French pronunciation: [bʁɔm misiskwa]) is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Cowansville, Bromont, Farnham, Shefford and Lac-Brome

Brome-Missisquoi

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Isabelle Charest Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]	54,977
Area (km²)[2]	1,884.7
Census division(s)	Brome-Missisquoi (all), La Haute-Yamaska (part)
Census subdivision(s)	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

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Brome, Missisquoi and Shefford
30th	1973–1976		Glendon Brown	Liberal
31st	1976–1980		Armand Russell	Union Nationale
	1980–1981		Pierre Paradis	Liberal
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2017
	2017–2018			Independent
	2018–2018			Liberal
42nd	2018–2022		Isabelle Charest	Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd	2022–Present

Election results

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Isabelle Charest	20,576	45.87	+1.49
	Québec solidaire	Alexandre Legault	7,318	15.91	-1.37
	Parti Québécois	Guillaume Paquet	5,359	11.95	+1.23
	Liberal	Claude Vadeboncoeur	5,344	11.91	-12.29
	Conservative	Stéphanie Prévost	4,875	10.87	–
	Canadian	Lynn Moore	642	1.43	–
	Green	Caitlin Moynan	487	1.09	-1.27
	Independent	Sébastien Houle	209	0.47	–
	Climat Québec	Tommy Quirion-Bouchard	121	0.27	–
	Démocratie directe	Pierre Fontaine	105	0.23	–
Total valid votes			44,856	98.82	–
Total rejected ballots			537	1.18	–
Turnout			45,393	67.99
Electors on the lists			66,769

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Isabelle Charest	18,407	44.38	+16.48
	Liberal	Ingrid Marini	10,038	24.2	-20.3
	Québec solidaire	Alexandre Legault	7,167	17.28	+10.52
	Parti Québécois	Andréanne Larouche	4,446	10.72	-9.63
	Green	Elisabeth Dionne	978	2.36
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Manon Gamache	247	0.6
	Voie du peuple	Marc Alarie	190	0.46
Total valid votes			41,473	98.52
Total rejected ballots			623	1.48
Turnout			42,096	70.75
Eligible voters			59,503
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.39
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

v t e 2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,103	44.50	+11.48
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Lemay	11,349	27.90	-4.40
	Parti Québécois	René Beauregard	8,281	20.35	-5.11
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Van Caloen	2,751	6.76	+2.12
	Option nationale	Nicolas Pépin	199	0.49	-0.68
Total valid votes			40,683	98.49
Total rejected ballots			623	1.51
Turnout			41,306	73.13
Eligible Voters			56,480	–

v t e 2012 Quebec general election
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	–	–

v t e 2008 Quebec general election
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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			480	1.55%
Turnout			30,953	60.39	−11.49
Eligible voters			51,255
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2007 Quebec general election
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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			298	0.83%
Turnout			35,888	71.88	+1.44
Eligible voters			49,928
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2003 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	18,546	55.64	-1.53
	Parti Québécois	Lina Le Blanc	8,093	24.28	-6.59
	Action démocratique	Pierre Plante	6,018	18.05	+6.70
	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.

v t e 1998 Quebec general election
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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			258	0.82%
Turnout			31,967	80.56	-3.51
Eligible voters			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

v t e 1994 Quebec general election
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

v t e 1989 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	13,502	54.18	-14.65
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Lavoie	6,238	25.03	-1.90
	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
Total rejected ballots			507	1.99
Turnout			25,429	75.92
Eligible Voters			33,496
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1985 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	16,500	68.83	+6.26
	Parti Québécois	Wilfrid Laroche	6,456	26.93	−4.71
	New Democratic	Ron Marchand	880	3.67	–
	Christian Socialist	André Paré	136	0.57	–
Total valid votes			23,972	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			216	0.89%
Turnout			24,188	74.47	−6.85
Eligible voters			32,479
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1981 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Paradis	15,832	62.57	+0.12
	Parti Québécois	Marie Harvey	8,005	31.63	+3.57
	Union Nationale	Jean-Guy Péloquin	1,178	4.66	-4.32
	Freedom of Choice	Blair McIntosh	289	1.14	–
Total valid votes			25,304	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			168	0.66%
Turnout			25,472	81.32	+13.03
Eligible voters			31,325
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 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	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			154	0.72	–
Turnout			21,403	68.29	−14.64
Eligible voters			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

v t e 1976 Quebec general election
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

v t e 1973 Quebec general election
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