Compton—Stanstead
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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::summary Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| province | Quebec |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election |
| fed-status | active |
| fed-district-number | 24023 |
| fed-created | 1996 |
| fed-election-first | 1997 |
| fed-election-last | 2025 |
| fed-rep | Marianne Dandurand |
| fed-rep-party | Liberal |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| demo-census-date | 2016 |
| demo-pop | 105459 |
| demo-electors | 84,383 |
| demo-electors-date | 2019 |
| demo-area | 4815 |
| demo-cd | Coaticook RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke, Le Val-Saint-François RCM |
| demo-csd | Sherbrooke (part), Coaticook, Cookshire-Eaton, East-Angus, Ascot-Corner, Compton, Stanstead, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Weedon, Waterville |
| :: |
| province = Quebec | image = | caption = Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | fed-status = active | fed-district-number = 24023 | fed-created = 1996 | fed-abolished = | fed-election-first = 1997 | fed-election-last = 2025 | fed-rep = Marianne Dandurand | fed-rep-party = Liberal | fed-rep-party-link = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2016 | demo-pop = 105459 | demo-electors = 84,383 | demo-electors-date = 2019 | demo-area = 4815 | demo-cd = Coaticook RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke, Le Val-Saint-François RCM | demo-csd = Sherbrooke (part), Coaticook, Cookshire-Eaton, East-Angus, Ascot-Corner, Compton, Stanstead, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Weedon, Waterville
Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
It was created in 1996 from Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead and Richmond—Wolfe ridings.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Race: 94.6% White, 2.0% Indigenous
Languages: 87.4% French, 11.5% English
Religions: 68.3% Christian (58.3% Catholic, 1.5% Anglican, 1.0% United Church, 7.5% Other) 30.3% None Median income: $41,200 (2020) Average income: $48,960 (2020)
Geography
The southern Quebec riding on the US border southeast of Sherbrooke is located in the Quebec region of Estrie. It consists of the RCMs of Coaticook and Le Haut-Saint-François, the eastern half of Memphrémagog, and parts of Le Val-Saint-François and the city of Sherbrooke.
Main towns include Coaticook, Lennoxville (now part of Sherbrooke), North Hatley, Stanstead, and Ayer's Cliff.
Neighbouring ridings are Brome—Missisquoi, Richmond—Arthabaska, Sherbrooke, and Mégantic—L'Érable.
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding lose and gain territories with Sherbrooke.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Parc-Belvédère area from Sherbrooke.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| FromYr = 1997 | ToYr = 2000 | Assembly# = 36 | CanParty = PC | RepName = David Price | RepLink = David Price (Canadian politician) | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 2000 | ToYr = 2004 | Assembly# = 37 | CanParty = Liberal | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 2004 | ToYr = 2006 | Assembly# = 38 | CanParty = BQ | RepName = France Bonsant | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2008 | Assembly# = 39 | FromYr = 2008 | ToYr = 2011 | Assembly# = 40 | FromYr = 2011 | ToYr = 2015 | Assembly# = 41 | CanParty = NDP | RepName = Jean Rousseau | RepLink = Jean Rousseau (politician) | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 42 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Marie-Claude Bibeau | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 43 | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 44 | FromYr = 2025 | ToYr = present | Assembly# = 45 | RepName = Marianne Dandurand | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1
Election results
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 21,556 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | 17,941 | ||
| Conservative | 10,239 | ||
| New Democratic | 4,431 | ||
| People's | 2,212 | ||
| Green | 1,650 | ||
| Free | 585 | ||
| Independent | 186 | ||
| Total valid votes | 58,800 | 98.27 | |
| Rejected ballots | 1,036 | 1.73 | |
| Registered voters/ estimated turnout | 88,975 | 67.25 | |
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| 2011 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | 23,529 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | 13,155 | ||
| Liberal | 5,970 | ||
| Conservative | 5,901 | ||
| Green | 1,211 | ||
| Others | 5 | ||
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
References
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
References
- [[#2016fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2016
- [[#2016fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2016
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2024-08-02). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Compton--Stanstead [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Quebec".
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".
- [http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24023&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Compton—Stanstead, 30 September 2015]
- link. (August 15, 2015)
- [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1891 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
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