Orford (electoral district)

Orford

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Pierre Reid Liberal
District created	1972
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	53,391 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Orford is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1973 from parts of Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead. It includes western portions of the city of Sherbrooke, the townships of Orford and Hatley and the cities of Magog, North Hatley and Stanstead.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Georges Vaillancourt, Liberal (1973–1989)
2. Robert Benoît, Liberal (1989–2003)
3. Pierre Reid, Liberal (2003–present)

Election results

2008 Quebec provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)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 provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)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 provincial election : Orford edit
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 provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)Robert Benoît	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.

1994 Quebec provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)Robert Benoît	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.

1989 Quebec provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Robert Benoît	17,236	57.48
	Parti Québécois	Henri Bourassa	9,601	32.02
	Unity	Claude-M. Ostiguy	1,696	5.66
	New Democratic Party	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 provincial election : Orford edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)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.

References

• Election results
• Map of Orford
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts