Orford
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Gilles Bélanger
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1972
First contested1973
Last contested2022
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

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.

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

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 – –
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.

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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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 –

References

  1. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=123&section=population[dead link]
  2. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=123&section=superficie[dead link]

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