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Shefford

Federal riding · QC · No. 24071 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Shefford, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois
2025 result
Bloc Québécois hold by 571 votes
Turnout
70.3% of 96,387 electors
Population
115,920 2021 census
Area
1,434 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Closest race in Quebec: Won by 571 votes (0.8 pts) · 3rd of 78 in Quebec · 12th of 343 in Canada3rd
    Closest race in Quebec
    Won by 571 votes (0.8 pts) · 3rd of 78 in Quebec · 12th of 343 in Canada
  • Boundaries unchanged in 2023: Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area59
    Boundaries unchanged in 2023
    Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area
  • Population, largest first: 115,920 people, 2021 census · 116th of 343 in Canada116th
    Population, largest first
    115,920 people, 2021 census · 116th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Andréanne Larouche held the seat for the Bloc Québécoiss by 571 votes (+0.8 points).
  2. The boundaries did not change in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 59.6% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Share with French as a mother tongue is the 26th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Andréanne Larouche
Bloc Québécois · first elected 2019-10-21 · 3 terms
  • Member: Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
  • Member: Status of Women
  • Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
277 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Protecting Victims Act.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Shefford covers almost exactly the same ground as the Shefford riding it replaced.

How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Bloc Québécois hold
Elected
Andréanne Larouche
Bloc Québécois
26,726
40.1% of valid votes
Margin
571
votes · +0.8 pts
Runner-up
Felix Dionne
Liberal
26,155
39.3% of valid votes
Bloc Québécois 40.1% · Liberal 39.3% · Conservative 17.1% · New Democratic 2.3% · People's 1.2%
Turnout70.3% of 96,387 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Andréanne LaroucheBloc Québécois26,72640.1%41.0%−0.9
Felix DionneLiberal26,15539.3%32.7%+6.6
James SealeConservative11,40417.1%11.9%+5.2
Patrick JasminNew Democratic1,5572.3%5.2%−2.9
Susanne LefebvrePeople's7891.2%3.4%−2.2
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Swing needed to flip
0.4 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
11,404 votes
Conservative took more than the 571-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
55 of 233
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Bloc Québécoiss (176) · ■ won by another party (55) · ▨ tied (2).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 286 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Liberal — 0.4% of the 66,631 valid votes, 0.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Bloc Québécois26,726
Liberal26,155
Still Bloc Québécois by 571 votes. Actual margin: 571.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 59.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Bloc Québécois41.3%38.4%−2.9
Liberal34.4%46.4%+12.0
Conservative20.3%12.5%−7.8
New Democratic2.7%1.8%−0.9
People's1.4%0.9%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Shefford and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 24071QC · 2025
Shefford
Andréanne Larouche
Result
Bloc Québécois hold by 571
Turnout
70.3%
Population
115,920
Area
1,434 km²
Closest race in Quebec: Won by 571 votes (0.8 pts) · 3rd of 78 in Quebec · 12th of 343 in Canada3rdClosest race in QuebecBoundaries unchanged in 2023: Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area59Boundaries unchanged in 2023Population, largest first: 115,920 people, 2021 census · 116th of 343 in Canada116thPopulation, largest first
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