# Orford (electoral district)

Orford is a provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Magog, Orford, Stanstead and Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley.
It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead electoral districts.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost the part of western Sherbrooke that it formerly had to the Richmond electoral district and the municipalities of Barnston-Ouest and Stanstead-Est to the Saint-François electoral district. However, it gained a number of municipalities from Brome-Missisquoi.

## Members of the National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead |||||
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Georges Vaillancourt | Liberal |
| 31st | 1976–1981 | Georges Vaillancourt | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Georges Vaillancourt | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Georges Vaillancourt | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Robert Benoit | Liberal |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Robert Benoit | Liberal |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Robert Benoit | Liberal |
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Pierre Reid | Liberal |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Pierre Reid | Liberal |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Pierre Reid | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Pierre Reid | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Pierre Reid | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Gilles Bélanger | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Gilles Bélanger | Coalition Avenir Québec |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Gilles Bélanger | 14,084 | 42.95 | +2.90 |
| | Québec solidaire | Kenza Sassi | 5,298 | 16.16 | -1.71 |
| | Liberal | Vicki-May Hamm | 4,917 | 14.99 | -9.96 |
| | Parti Québécois | Monique Allard | 4,463 | 13.61 | +1.23 |
| | Conservative | Martin Lamontagne Lacasse | 3,567 | 10.88 | +9.74 |
| | Canadian | Mark Gandey | 354 | 1.08 | – |
| | Démocratie directe | Joel Lacroix | 109 | 0.33 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,792 | 99.04 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 319 | 0.96 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,111 | 71.19 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,514 | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Gilles Bélanger | 12,117 | 40.05 | +19.02 |
| | Liberal | Guy Madore | 7,548 | 24.95 | -19.14 |
| | Québec solidaire | Annabelle Lalumière-Ting | 5,406 | 17.87 | +10.13 |
| | Parti Québécois | Maxime Leclerc | 3,744 | 12.38 | -13.85 |
| | Green | Stéphanie Desmeules | 881 | 2.91 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Tremblay-Bonsens | 344 | 1.14 | |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Tommy Poulin | 211 | 0.7 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,251 | 98.63 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 420 | 1.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,671 | 70.72 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 43,367 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +19.08 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pierre Reid | 13,055 | 44.09 | +7.51 |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Breton | 7,767 | 26.23 | -4.32 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Marc-Alexandre Bourget | 6,227 | 21.03 | -3.12 |
| | Québec solidaire | Patricia Tremblay | 2,291 | 7.74 | +2.35 |
| | Option nationale | Denis Spick | 273 | 0.92 | -0.22 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,613 | 98.71 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 387 | 1.29 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,000 | 72.82 | -5.28 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 41,195 | – | – |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pierre Reid | 11,448 | 36.58 | -9.96 |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Breton | 9,560 | 30.55 | -3.13 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean L'Écuyer | 7,558 | 24.15 | +11.12 |
| | Québec solidaire | Patricia Tremblay | 1,687 | 5.39 | +1.79 |
| | Green | Guillaume Corriveau | 554 | 1.77 | -1.30 |
| | Option nationale | Marie-Hélène Martin | 356 | 1.14 | – |
| | Coalition pour la constituante | Serge Trottier | 134 | 0.43 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,297 | 99.08 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 291 | 0.92 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,588 | 78.10 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 40,443 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -3.41 |
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
vte2008 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,895 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 425 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,320 | 61.65 | −12.43 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 55,668 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte2007 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,208 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 344 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,552 | 74.08 | +2.66 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 53,391 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte2003 Quebec general election: Orford :
| 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,994 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 393 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,387 | 71.42 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 49,547 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte1998 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Benoit | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,532 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 396 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,928 | 81.32 | −1.47 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 51,560 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 23,132 | 52.69 |
| | Oui | 20,773 | 47.31 |
vte1994 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Benoit | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,366 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 554 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,920 | 82.79 | +8.59 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 45,802 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 19,164 | 53.66 |
| | Oui | 16,552 | 46.34 |
vte1989 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Benoit | 17,236 | 57.48 |
| | Parti Québécois | Henri Bourassa | 9,601 | 32.02 |
| | Unity | Claude-M. Ostiguy | 1,696 | 5.66 |
| | New Democratic | Denis Boissé | 861 | 2.87 |
| | Parti 51 | André Perron | 594 | 1.98 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,988 | 100.00 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 760 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,748 | 74.20 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 41,442 |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte1981 Quebec general election: Orford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,097 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 226 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,323 | | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 35,703 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 19,684 | 66.35 |
| | Oui | 9,983 | 33.65 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Georges Vaillancourt | 8,321 | 32.90 |
| | Parti Québécois | Laurent Bertrand | 7,685 | 30.39 |
| | Union Nationale | Kevin J. Danaher | 6,979 | 27.60 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Alexandre Basque | 2,077 | 8.21 |
| | Parti national populaire | René Lavallée | 228 | 0.90 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,290 | 98.13 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 481 | 1.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,771 | 81.40 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 31,659 | – |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Georges Vaillancourt | 13,924 | 63.09 |
| | Parti Québécois | Laurent Bertrand | 3,797 | 17.20 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Maurice Théroux | 3,574 | 16.19 |
| | Union Nationale | Ghislain Pelletier | 777 | 3.52 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,072 | 98.82 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 264 | 1.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,336 | 81.23 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 27,497 | – |