Stanstead (federal electoral district)

Stanstead was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

Stanstead
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1966
First contested1867
Last contested1965

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted initially of the Townships of Stanstead, Barnston, Hatley, Barford, and Magog East and West.

In 1924, it was redefined to exclude the part of the municipality of St. Herménégilde lying in the township of Hereford.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the county of Stanstead, (except the municipality and the village of St. Herménégilde), and the towns of Coaticook and Magog;
  • the town of Lennoxville and the south-eastern parts of the county of Sherbrooke, and the municipality of Compton and the villages of Compton and Waterville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Compton, Missisquoi, Shefford and Sherbrooke ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Stanstead
1st  1867–1872     Charles Carroll Colby Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1889
 1889–1891
7th  1891–1896     Timothy Byron Rider Liberal
8th  1896–1900     Alvin Head Moore Conservative
9th  1900–1904     Henry Lovell Liberal
10th  1904–1907
 1908–1908 Charles Henry Lovell
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     Willis Keith Baldwin Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935     John Thomas Hackett Conservative
18th  1935–1940     Robert Davidson Liberal
19th  1940–1943
 1943–1945     Joseph-Armand Choquette Bloc populaire
20th  1945–1949     John Thomas Hackett Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953     Louis-Édouard Roberge Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     René Létourneau Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965     Yves Forest Liberal
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Compton, Missisquoi, Shefford and Sherbrooke

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby814
UnknownAlbert Knight616
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colbyacclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colbyacclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby1,492
UnknownE.R. Johnson738
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby1,308
UnknownH.M. Rider1,013
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby1,844
LiberalH.M. Rider1,410
By-election on 18 December 1889

On Colby being appointed President of the
Privy Council, 28 November 1889

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colbyacclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalTimothy Byron Rider1,655
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby1,553
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAlvin Head Moore2,018
LiberalTimothy Byron Rider1,583
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Lovell1,783
ConservativeAlvin Head Moore1,618
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Lovell1,966
ConservativeMichael Felix Hackett1,693
By-election on 22 January 1908

On Lovell's death, 4 December 1907

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell2,189
ConservativeA.H. Moore1,916
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell2,211
ConservativeGeorge Waldo Paige2,048
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell2,310
ConservativeGeorge Waldo Paige2,106
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Willis Keith Baldwin3,047
Government (Unionist)William Lewis Shurtleff2,346
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin6,877
ConservativePorter Lloyd Baldwin3,104
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin5,520
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett4,326
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin5,135
ConservativeGeorge Garfield Fish3,740
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett5,804
LiberalCecil Lorne Brown3,900
Independent LiberalJean-Charles Samson1,584
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Davison5,676
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett5,553
ReconstructionJames Bert Reed434
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Davison5,112
Independent LiberalAlphonse Girard4,804
By-election on 9 August 1943

Election was declared void, 24 May 1943

Party Candidate Votes
Bloc populaireJoseph-Armand Choquette6,661
LiberalRobert Davison5,349
Co-operative CommonwealthPierre Albandia Thomas257
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett5,028
Bloc populaireJoseph-Armand Choquette4,553
LiberalToussaint-Russell Carrière3,545
Social CreditJoseph-Clément Bégin365
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Withall169
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge7,736
Progressive ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett7,251
Union des électeursArmand-Germain Bégin1,358
Liberal–LabourJoseph-Ernest Simard433
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge10,034
Progressive ConservativeCalixte Chamberland6,736
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge9,827
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau7,424
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau10,363
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge7,638
IndependentMaurice Théroux489
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau7,982
Social CreditRoméo Custeau6,448
LiberalBertrand Brassard4,944
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest7,649
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau6,394
Social CreditRoméo Custeau4,714
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest7,626
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau6,495
Ralliement créditisteHenri Brousseau2,854
New DemocraticFernand Comptois1,157

See also

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