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% NoneMedian 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—des-Sources, Sherbrooke, and Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière.

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:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   Liberal 21,556 36.66   Bloc Québécois 17,941 30.51   Conservative 10,239 17.41   New Democratic 4,431 7.54   People's 2,212 3.76   Green 1,650 2.81   Free 585 0.99   Independent 186 0.32 Total valid votes 58,800 98.27 Rejected ballots 1,036 1.73 Registered voters/ estimated turnout 88,975 67.25

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   New Democratic 23,529 47.27   Bloc Québécois 13,155 26.43   Liberal 5,970 11.99   Conservative 5,901 11.86   Green 1,211 2.43   Others 5 0.01

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

2011 Results from Elections Canada Riding history from the Library of Parliament Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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