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.
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This article is about the former federal electoral district For the former provincial electoral district see Stanstead provincial electoral district For the pre Confederation electoral district see Stanstead Province of Canada 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 StansteadQuebec electoral districtDefunct federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsDistrict created1867District abolished1966First contested1867Last contested1965It 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 Hermenegilde 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 Hermenegilde 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 Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External linksMembers of Parliament editThis riding elected the following members of Parliament Parliament Years Member PartyStanstead1st 1867 1872 Charles Carroll Colby Liberal Conservative2nd 1872 18743rd 1874 18784th 1878 18825th 1882 18876th 1887 1889 1889 18917th 1891 1896 Timothy Byron Rider Liberal8th 1896 1900 Alvin Head Moore Conservative9th 1900 1904 Henry Lovell Liberal10th 1904 1907 1908 1908 Charles Henry Lovell11th 1908 191112th 1911 191713th 1917 1921 Willis Keith Baldwin Opposition Laurier Liberals 14th 1921 1925 Liberal15th 1925 192616th 1926 193017th 1930 1935 John Thomas Hackett Conservative18th 1935 1940 Robert Davidson Liberal19th 1940 1943 1943 1945 Joseph Armand Choquette Bloc populaire20th 1945 1949 John Thomas Hackett Progressive Conservative21st 1949 1953 Louis Edouard Roberge Liberal22nd 1953 195723rd 1957 195824th 1958 1962 Rene Letourneau Progressive Conservative25th 1962 196326th 1963 1965 Yves Forest Liberal27th 1965 1968Riding dissolved into Compton Missisquoi Shefford and SherbrookeElection results editvte1867 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 814Unknown Albert Knight 616vte1872 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimedSource Canadian Elections Database 1 This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message vte1874 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimedvte1878 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1 492Unknown E R Johnson 738vte1882 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1 308Unknown H M Rider 1 013vte1887 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1 844Liberal H M Rider 1 410By election on 18 December 1889 On Colby being appointed President of thePrivy Council 28 November 1889Party Candidate VotesLiberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby acclaimedvte1891 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Timothy Byron Rider 1 655Liberal Conservative Charles Carroll Colby 1 553vte1896 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesConservative Alvin Head Moore 2 018Liberal Timothy Byron Rider 1 583vte1900 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Henry Lovell 1 783Conservative Alvin Head Moore 1 618vte1904 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Henry Lovell 1 966Conservative Michael Felix Hackett 1 693By election on 22 January 1908 On Lovell s death 4 December 1907Party Candidate VotesLiberal Charles Henry Lovell 2 189Conservative A H Moore 1 916 vte1908 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Charles Henry Lovell 2 211Conservative George Waldo Paige 2 048vte1911 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Charles Henry Lovell 2 310Conservative George Waldo Paige 2 106vte1917 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesOpposition Laurier Liberals Willis Keith Baldwin 3 047Government Unionist William Lewis Shurtleff 2 346vte1921 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Willis Keith Baldwin 6 877Conservative Porter Lloyd Baldwin 3 104vte1925 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Willis Keith Baldwin 5 520Conservative John Thomas Hackett 4 326vte1926 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Willis Keith Baldwin 5 135Conservative George Garfield Fish 3 740vte1930 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesConservative John Thomas Hackett 5 804Liberal Cecil Lorne Brown 3 900Independent Liberal Jean Charles Samson 1 584vte1935 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Robert Davison 5 676Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5 553Reconstruction James Bert Reed 434vte1940 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Robert Davison 5 112Independent Liberal Alphonse Girard 4 804By election on 9 August 1943 Election was declared void 24 May 1943Party Candidate VotesBloc populaire Joseph Armand Choquette 6 661Liberal Robert Davison 5 349Co operative Commonwealth Pierre Albandia Thomas 257 vte1945 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesProgressive Conservative John Thomas Hackett 5 028Bloc populaire Joseph Armand Choquette 4 553Liberal Toussaint Russell Carriere 3 545Social Credit Joseph Clement Begin 365Co operative Commonwealth John Withall 169vte1949 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Louis Edouard Roberge 7 736Progressive Conservative John Thomas Hackett 7 251Union des electeurs Armand Germain Begin 1 358Liberal Labour Joseph Ernest Simard 433vte1953 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Louis Edouard Roberge 10 034Progressive Conservative Calixte Chamberland 6 736vte1957 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Louis Edouard Roberge 9 827Progressive Conservative Rene Letourneau 7 424vte1958 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesProgressive Conservative Rene Letourneau 10 363Liberal Louis Edouard Roberge 7 638Independent Maurice Theroux 489vte1962 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesProgressive Conservative Rene Letourneau 7 982Social Credit Romeo Custeau 6 448Liberal Bertrand Brassard 4 944vte1963 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Yves Forest 7 649Progressive Conservative Rene Letourneau 6 394Social Credit Romeo Custeau 4 714vte1965 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate VotesLiberal Yves Forest 7 626Progressive Conservative Rene Letourneau 6 495Ralliement creditiste Henri Brousseau 2 854New Democratic Fernand Comptois 1 157See also editList of Canadian federal electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of CanadaExternal links editRiding history from the Library of Parliament The Colbys of Stanstead Sayers Anthony M 1872 Federal Election Canadian Elections Database Archived from the original on 3 February 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stanstead federal electoral district amp oldid 1205408850, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
