Orford (electoral district)

Orford is a provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Magog, Orford, Stanstead and Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley.

Orford

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Gilles Bélanger Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2011)	50,395
Electors (2012)[1]	40,317
Area (km²)[2]	1,580.6
Pop. density (per km²)	31.9
Census division(s)	Le Val-Saint-François (part), Memphrémagog (all)
Census subdivision(s)	Austin, Ayer's Cliff, Bolton-Est, Bonsecours, Eastman, Hatley (township), Hatley (municipality), Lawrenceville, Magog, North Hatley, Ogden, Orford, Potton, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Stanstead (township), Stanstead (city), Stukely-Sud

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost the part of western Sherbrooke that it formerly had to the Richmond electoral district and the municipalities of Barnston-Ouest and Stanstead-Est to the Saint-François electoral district. However, it gained a number of municipalities from Brome-Missisquoi.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead
30th	1973–1976		Georges Vaillancourt	Liberal
31st	1976–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994		Robert Benoit
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007		Pierre Reid
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Gilles Bélanger	Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd	2022–Present

Election results

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gilles Bélanger	14,084	42.95	+2.90
	Québec solidaire	Kenza Sassi	5,298	16.16	-1.71
	Liberal	Vicki-May Hamm	4,917	14.99	-9.96
	Parti Québécois	Monique Allard	4,463	13.61	+1.23
	Conservative	Martin Lamontagne Lacasse	3,567	10.88	+9.74
	Canadian	Mark Gandey	354	1.08	–
	Démocratie directe	Joel Lacroix	109	0.33	–
Total valid votes			32,792	99.04	–
Total rejected ballots			319	0.96	–
Turnout			33,111	71.19
Electors on the lists			46,514	–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gilles Bélanger	12,117	40.05	+19.02
	Liberal	Guy Madore	7,548	24.95	-19.14
	Québec solidaire	Annabelle Lalumière-Ting	5,406	17.87	+10.13
	Parti Québécois	Maxime Leclerc	3,744	12.38	-13.85
	Green	Stéphanie Desmeules	881	2.91
	Conservative	Joseph Tremblay-Bonsens	344	1.14
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Tommy Poulin	211	0.7
Total valid votes			30,251	98.63
Total rejected ballots			420	1.37
Turnout			30,671	70.72
Eligible voters			43,367
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.08
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Reid	13,055	44.09	+7.51
	Parti Québécois	Michel Breton	7,767	26.23	-4.32
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Marc-Alexandre Bourget	6,227	21.03	-3.12
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Tremblay	2,291	7.74	+2.35
	Option nationale	Denis Spick	273	0.92	-0.22
Total valid votes			29,613	98.71	–
Total rejected ballots			387	1.29	–
Turnout			30,000	72.82	-5.28
Electors on the lists			41,195	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Reid	11,448	36.58	-9.96
	Parti Québécois	Michel Breton	9,560	30.55	-3.13
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean L'Écuyer	7,558	24.15	+11.12
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Tremblay	1,687	5.39	+1.79
	Green	Guillaume Corriveau	554	1.77	-1.30
	Option nationale	Marie-Hélène Martin	356	1.14	–
	Coalition pour la constituante	Serge Trottier	134	0.43	–
Total valid votes			31,297	99.08	–
Total rejected ballots			291	0.92	–
Turnout			31,588	78.10
Electors on the lists			40,443	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.41

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

v t e 2008 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Reid	14,709	43.40	+10.12
	Parti Québécois	Michel Breton	12,516	36.93	+8.47
	Action démocratique	Pierre Harvey	4,516	13.32	−16.77
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Tremblay	1,128	3.33	−0.25
	Green	Louis Hamel	1,026	3.03	−1.56
Total valid votes			33,895	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			425
Turnout			34,320	61.65	−12.43
Electors on the lists			55,668
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2007 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Reid	13,050	33.28	−16.20
	Action démocratique	Steve Bourassa	11,798	30.09	+12.53
	Parti Québécois	Michel Breton	11,158	28.46	−3.08
	Green	Louis Hamel	1,798	4.59	+3.17
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Tremblay	1,404	3.58
Total valid votes			39,208	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			344
Turnout			39,552	74.08	+2.66
Electors on the lists			53,391
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2003 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Reid	17,314	49.48
	Parti Québécois	Yvon Bélair	11,037	31.54
	Action démocratique	Steve Bourassa	6,145	17.56
	UFP	Véronique Grenier	498	1.42	–
Total valid votes			34,994	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			393
Turnout			35,387	71.42
Electors on the lists			49,547
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1998 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Benoit	21,164	50.96	−0.11
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Désilets	16,248	39.12	−1.81
	Action démocratique	René Forget	3,624	8.73	+2.16
	Socialist Democracy	Josué Côté	352	0.85
	Natural Law	Claire Desmeules	144	0.35	−0.43
Total valid votes			41,532	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			396
Turnout			41,928	81.32	−1.47
Electors on the lists			51,560
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	23,132	52.69
	Oui	20,773	47.31

v t e 1994 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Benoit	19,082	51.07	−6.41
	Parti Québécois	Ginette Therrien	15,295	40.93	+8.91
	Action démocratique	Michel Roy	2,454	6.57
	Natural Law	Jean-Paul Lapointe	293	0.78
	Parti économique	Carole Blouin	242	0.65
Total valid votes			37,366	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			554
Turnout			37,920	82.79	+8.59
Electors on the lists			45,802
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	19,164	53.66
	Oui	16,552	46.34

v t e 1989 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Benoit	17,236	57.48
	Parti Québécois	Henri Bourassa	9,601	32.02
	Unity	Claude-M. Ostiguy	1,696	5.66
	New Democratic	Denis Boissé	861	2.87
	Parti 51	André Perron	594	1.98
Total valid votes			29,988	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			760
Turnout			30,748	74.20
Electors on the lists			41,442
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 1981 Quebec general election: Orford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Georges Vaillancourt	15,828	54.40
	Parti Québécois	Yvon Bélair	12,186	41.88
	Union Nationale	Jacques E. Tardif	1,083	3.72	–
Total valid votes			29,097	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			226
Turnout			29,323
Electors on the lists			35,703
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	19,684	66.35
	Oui	9,983	33.65

1976 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Vaillancourt	8,321	32.90
	Parti Québécois	Laurent Bertrand	7,685	30.39
	Union Nationale	Kevin J. Danaher	6,979	27.60
	Ralliement créditiste	Alexandre Basque	2,077	8.21
	Parti national populaire	René Lavallée	228	0.90
Total valid votes			25,290	98.13
Total rejected ballots			481	1.87
Turnout			25,771	81.40
Electors on the lists			31,659	–

1973 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Vaillancourt	13,924	63.09
	Parti Québécois	Laurent Bertrand	3,797	17.20
	Ralliement créditiste	Maurice Théroux	3,574	16.19
	Union Nationale	Ghislain Pelletier	777	3.52
Total valid votes			22,072	98.82
Total rejected ballots			264	1.18
Turnout			22,336	81.23
Electors on the lists			27,497	–