Shefford (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Shefford (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Shefford (Province of Canada electoral district).
Shefford is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the cities of Granby and Waterloo.
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Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 2011 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 2008 |
Demographics | |
Electors (2008)[1] | 56,143 |
Area (km²)[2] | 292.68 |
Census division(s) | La Haute-Yamaska (part) |
Census subdivision(s) | Granby, Shefford, Warden, Waterloo |
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It was created for the 1867 election (and existed prior to that in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election. The western half became Granby, while most of the eastern portion joined Brome-Missisquoi.[3]