Shefford — Canadian Federal Election Results

Shefford was won by Bloc Québécois at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 5,029 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Shefford from 1867 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1867–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal Liberal 1,317 57.1% Unknown (991) 326 (14.1 pts)
1872 Liberal Liberal 1,515 56.9% Unknown (1,149) 366 (13.7 pts)
1874 Liberal Liberal 1,618 58.0% Unknown (1,172) 446 (16.0 pts)
1878 Liberal Liberal 1,414 54.4% Unknown (1,186) 228 (8.8 pts)
1882 Independent Liberal Independent Liberal 1,581 52.2% Liberal (1,446) 135 (4.5 pts)
1887 Conservative Conservative 1,671 50.5% Independent Liberal (1,640) 31 (0.9 pts)
1891 Liberal Liberal 1,792 52.6% Conservative (1,615) 177 (5.2 pts)
1896 Liberal Liberal 2,191 55.9% Conservative (1,726) 465 (11.9 pts)
1900 Liberal Liberal 2,314 55.1% Conservative (1,884) 430 (10.2 pts)
1904 Liberal Liberal 2,347 57.6% Conservative (1,730) 617 (15.1 pts)
1908 Liberal Liberal 2,465 53.3% Conservative (2,158) 307 (6.6 pts)
1911 Liberal Liberal 2,271 50.3% Conservative (2,245) 26 (0.6 pts)
1917 Elected by acclamation (Opposition) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1921 Liberal Liberal 6,318 70.6% Independent (2,636) 3,682 (41.1 pts)
1925 Liberal Liberal 5,910 56.8% Conservative (4,499) 1,411 (13.6 pts)
1926 Liberal Liberal 6,374 63.9% Conservative (3,605) 2,769 (27.7 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 7,064 56.3% Liberal (5,478) 1,586 (12.6 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 6,925 51.6% Conservative (6,502) 423 (3.2 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 7,831 68.2% National Government (3,644) 4,187 (36.5 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 7,413 47.4% Bloc populaire (4,212) 3,201 (20.5 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 12,993 59.3% Progressive Conservative (8,017) 4,976 (22.7 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 15,409 68.1% Progressive Conservative (7,219) 8,190 (36.2 pts)
1957 Liberal Liberal 14,897 63.0% Progressive Conservative (8,760) 6,137 (25.9 pts)
1958 Liberal Liberal 13,001 50.1% Progressive Conservative (12,211) 790 (3.0 pts)
1962 Social Credit Social Credit 12,421 42.0% Liberal (9,570) 2,851 (9.6 pts)
1963 Social Credit Social Credit 9,989 37.8% Liberal (9,713) 276 (1.0 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 9,494 32.8% Progressive Conservative (9,467) 27 (0.1 pts)
1968 Social Credit Social Credit 12,633 40.6% Liberal (12,158) 475 (1.5 pts)
1972 Social Credit Social Credit 18,803 48.5% Liberal (12,928) 5,875 (15.2 pts)
1974 Social Credit Social Credit 15,512 41.6% Liberal (14,663) 849 (2.3 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 25,287 51.5% Progressive Conservative (11,567) 13,720 (27.9 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 32,449 68.5% Progressive Conservative (9,837) 22,612 (47.7 pts)
1984 Liberal Liberal 25,483 47.5% Progressive Conservative (23,028) 2,455 (4.6 pts)
1988 Liberal Liberal 23,943 48.2% Progressive Conservative (21,445) 2,498 (5.0 pts)
1993 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 27,125 55.7% Liberal (14,154) 12,971 (26.6 pts)
1997 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,897 36.9% Bloc Québécois (17,376) 521 (1.1 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 20,707 45.9% Bloc Québécois (19,816) 891 (2.0 pts)
2004 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 21,968 46.6% Liberal (18,725) 3,243 (6.9 pts)
2006 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 22,159 43.1% Conservative (12,734) 9,425 (18.3 pts)
2008 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 21,650 42.8% Liberal (10,810) 10,840 (21.4 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 27,575 51.1% Bloc Québécois (12,615) 14,960 (27.7 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 22,957 39.0% NDP (13,945) 9,012 (15.3 pts)
2019 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 23,503 38.6% Liberal (22,605) 898 (1.5 pts)
2021 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 24,997 41.9% Liberal (19,968) 5,029 (8.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,31757.1%
Unknown99142.9%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,51556.9%
Unknown1,14943.1%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,61858.0%
Unknown1,17242.0%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,41454.4%
Unknown1,18645.6%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Independent Liberal1,58152.2%
Liberal1,44647.8%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,67150.5%
Independent Liberal1,64049.5%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,79252.6%
Conservative1,61547.4%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,19155.9%
Conservative1,72644.1%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,31455.1%
Conservative1,88444.9%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,34757.6%
Conservative1,73042.4%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,46553.3%
Conservative2,15846.7%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,27150.3%
Conservative2,24549.7%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,31870.6%
Independent2,63629.4%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Liberal5,91056.8%
Conservative4,49943.2%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,37463.9%
Conservative3,60536.1%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative7,06456.3%
Liberal5,47843.7%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,92551.6%
Conservative6,50248.4%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,83168.2%
National Government3,64431.8%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,41347.4%
Bloc populaire4,21226.9%
Independent Conservative3,44622.0%
Social Credit5783.7%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,99359.3%
Progressive Conservative8,01736.6%
Union of Electors9064.1%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,40968.1%
Progressive Conservative7,21931.9%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,89763.0%
Progressive Conservative8,76037.0%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,00150.1%
Progressive Conservative12,21147.1%
CCF7392.8%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit12,42142.0%
Liberal9,57032.4%
Progressive Conservative7,56925.6%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit9,98937.8%
Liberal9,71336.8%
Progressive Conservative4,99118.9%
NDP1,7066.5%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,49432.8%
Progressive Conservative9,46732.7%
Social Credit9,44732.7%
Independent Liberal5181.8%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit12,63340.6%
Liberal12,15839.1%
Progressive Conservative5,71818.4%
NDP5741.8%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit18,80348.5%
Liberal12,92833.4%
Progressive Conservative6,22816.1%
NDP7862.0%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit15,51241.6%
Liberal14,66339.3%
Progressive Conservative6,19316.6%
NDP9032.4%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,28751.5%
Progressive Conservative11,56723.5%
Independent6,45413.1%
Social Credit3,9228.0%
NDP1,0082.1%
Rhinoceros7701.6%
Union Populaire1210.2%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal32,44968.5%
Progressive Conservative9,83720.8%
NDP3,7017.8%
Rhinoceros1,2742.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party1290.3%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,48347.5%
Progressive Conservative23,02842.9%
NDP3,5696.7%
Parti Nationaliste du Québec1,5522.9%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,94348.2%
Progressive Conservative21,44543.2%
NDP4,2428.5%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois27,12555.7%
Liberal14,15429.1%
Progressive Conservative5,83612.0%
Natural Law Party of Canada7631.6%
NDP6011.2%
Abolitionist Party of Canada2250.5%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,89736.9%
Bloc Québécois17,37635.8%
Liberal12,69926.2%
NDP5311.1%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,70745.9%
Bloc Québécois19,81644.0%
Canadian Alliance1,8674.1%
Progressive Conservative1,4983.3%
Marijuana Party8191.8%
NDP3800.8%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois21,96846.6%
Liberal18,72539.7%
Conservative3,7327.9%
Green1,5713.3%
NDP1,1462.4%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois22,15943.1%
Conservative12,73424.8%
Liberal12,04323.4%
NDP2,4314.7%
Green2,0614.0%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois21,65042.8%
Liberal10,81021.4%
Conservative9,92719.6%
NDP6,32312.5%
Green1,8483.7%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP27,57551.1%
Bloc Québécois12,61523.4%
Conservative7,90814.7%
Liberal4,8559.0%
Green1,0221.9%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,95739.0%
NDP13,94523.7%
Bloc Québécois13,09222.2%
Conservative7,52912.8%
Green1,3972.4%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois23,50338.6%
Liberal22,60537.1%
Conservative7,49512.3%
NDP3,7056.1%
Green2,8144.6%
People's Party4970.8%
Parti pour l'Indépendance du Québec2940.5%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois24,99741.9%
Liberal19,96833.5%
Conservative7,23412.1%
NDP3,1735.3%
People's Party2,0733.5%
Green1,0591.8%
Free Party Canada5991.0%
Marijuana Party2840.5%
Parti pour l'Indépendance du Québec2390.4%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal margin 14.1 pts 1872: Liberal margin 13.7 pts 1874: Liberal margin 16.0 pts 1878: Liberal margin 8.8 pts 1882: Independent Liberal margin 4.5 pts 1887: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1891: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1896: Liberal margin 11.9 pts 1900: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1904: Liberal margin 15.1 pts 1908: Liberal margin 6.6 pts 1911: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1921: Liberal margin 41.1 pts 1925: Liberal margin 13.6 pts 1926: Liberal margin 27.7 pts 1930: Conservative margin 12.6 pts 1935: Liberal margin 3.2 pts 1940: Liberal margin 36.5 pts 1945: Liberal margin 20.5 pts 1949: Liberal margin 22.7 pts 1953: Liberal margin 36.2 pts 1957: Liberal margin 25.9 pts 1958: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1962: Social Credit margin 9.6 pts 1963: Social Credit margin 1.0 pts 1965: Liberal margin 0.1 pts 1968: Social Credit margin 1.5 pts 1972: Social Credit margin 15.2 pts 1974: Social Credit margin 2.3 pts 1979: Liberal margin 27.9 pts 1980: Liberal margin 47.7 pts 1984: Liberal margin 4.6 pts 1988: Liberal margin 5.0 pts 1993: Bloc Québécois margin 26.6 pts 1997: Progressive Conservative margin 1.1 pts 2000: Liberal margin 2.0 pts 2004: Bloc Québécois margin 6.9 pts 2006: Bloc Québécois margin 18.3 pts 2008: Bloc Québécois margin 21.4 pts 2011: NDP margin 27.7 pts 2015: Liberal margin 15.3 pts 2019: Bloc Québécois margin 1.5 pts 2021: Bloc Québécois margin 8.4 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Shefford has been contested at 44 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Independent Liberal, Conservative, Opposition, Social Credit, Bloc Québécois, Progressive Conservative, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Shefford in the 2021 general election?

Bloc Québécois won Shefford in 2021 with 24,997 votes (41.9%), a margin of 5,029 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Shefford since 1867?

Since 1867, Shefford has been won by: Bloc Québécois, Conservative, Independent Liberal, Liberal, NDP, Opposition, Progressive Conservative, Social Credit.

What was the closest result in Shefford?

The closest contested result on record for Shefford was 1965, when Liberal beat Progressive Conservative by 27 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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