Stanstead (electoral district)

Stanstead
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished 1966
First contested 1867
Last contested 1965

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

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 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

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby 814
UnknownKnight 616
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby 1,492
UnknownE.R. Johnson 738
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby 1,308
UnknownH.M. Rider 1,013
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby 1,844
LiberalH.M. Rider 1,410
By-election on 18 December 1889

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

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalTimothy Byron Rider 1,655
Liberal–ConservativeCharles Carroll Colby 1,553
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAlvin Head Moore 2,018
LiberalTimothy Byron Rider 1,583
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Lovell 1,783
ConservativeAlvin Head Moore 1,618
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHenry Lovell 1,966
ConservativeMichael Felix Hackett 1,693
By-election on 22 January 1908

On Lovell's death, 4 December 1907

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell 2,189
ConservativeA.H. Moore 1,916
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell 2,211
ConservativeGeorge Waldo Paige 2,048
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Henry Lovell 2,310
ConservativeGeorge Waldo Paige 2,106
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Willis Keith Baldwin 3,047
Government (Unionist)William Lewis Shurtleff 2,346
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin 6,877
ConservativePorter Lloyd Baldwin 3,104
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin 5,520
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett 4,326
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWillis Keith Baldwin 5,135
ConservativeGeorge Garfield Fish 3,740
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett 5,804
LiberalCecil Lorne Brown 3,900
Independent LiberalJean-Charles Samson 1,584
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Greig Davidson 5,676
ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett 5,553
ReconstructionJames Bert Reed 434
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRobert Greig Davidson 5,112
Independent LiberalAlphonse Girard 4,804
By-election on 9 August 1943

Election was declared void, 24 May 1943

Party Candidate Votes
Bloc populaireJoseph-Armand Choquette 6,661
LiberalRobert Greig Davidson 5,349
Co-operative CommonwealthPierre Albandia Thomas 257
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett 5,028
Bloc populaireJoseph-Armand Choquette 4,553
LiberalToussaint-Russell Carrière 3,545
Social CreditJoseph-Clément Bégin 365
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Withall 169
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge 7,736
Progressive ConservativeJohn Thomas Hackett 7,251
Union des électeursArmand-Germain Bégin 1,358
Liberal–LabourJoseph-Ernest Simard 433
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge 10,034
Progressive ConservativeCalixte Chamberland 6,736
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge 9,827
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau 7,424
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau 10,363
LiberalLouis-Édouard Roberge 7,638
IndependentMaurice Théroux 489
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau 7,982
Social CreditRoméo Custeau 6,448
LiberalBertrand Brassard 4,944
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest 7,649
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau 6,394
Social CreditRoméo Custeau 4,714
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest 7,626
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau 6,495
Ralliement créditisteHenri Brousseau 2,854
New DemocraticFernand Comptois 1,157

See also

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