Acadie—Bathurst

Acadie—Bathurst

New Brunswick electoral district
Acadie—Bathurst in relation to other New Brunswick ridings (2005 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Serge Cormier Liberal
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	79,340
Electors (2015)	66,594
Area (km²)[1]	5,183
Pop. density (per km²)	15.3
Census divisions	Gloucester, Restigouche
Census subdivisions	Cities: Bathurst Towns: Beresford Caraquet Lamèque Shippagan Tracadie–Sheila Villages: Bas-Caraquet, Belledune, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, Le Goulet, Maisonnette, New Bandon-Salmon Beach, Nigadoo, Paquetville, Petit-Rocher, Pointe-Verte, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Léolin, Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël Parishes: Allardville, Bathurst, Beresford, Caraquet, Colborne, Durham, Inkerman, Paquetville, Saint-Isidore, Saumarez, Shippagan First Nations reserves: Pabineau 11, Pokemouche 13

Acadie—Bathurst (formerly Gloucester) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867.

Until 1997, the riding was largely held by the Liberal Party thanks to strong support from the francophone Acadian population. There is also a notable Red Tory tendency in the riding that enabled the former Progressive Conservative Party to win on occasion. In the 1997 federal election, the New Democratic Party's Yvon Godin won an unexpected victory over powerful Liberal cabinet minister Doug Young, mostly due to his Union connections and EI recipients' reaction to Liberal cuts to Employment Insurance. Godin held the riding until his retirement as of the 2015 federal election, at which point the Liberals reclaimed the riding as part of their sweep of Atlantic Canada.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	76,392	—
2006	78,948	+3.3%
2011 (2005 rep.)	77,792	−1.5%
2011 (2013 rep.)	79,340	+2.0%

Geography

The district includes eastern Gloucester County, and the communities along Nepisiguit Bay. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi (electoral district) and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Political geography

MP Yvon Godin's personal popularity ensured dominance throughout the riding for the NDP. His long-time experience as a Union organizer possibly helped since he was otherwise not well known in Bathurst before the election, having moved in from the Acadian Peninsula where he was from. The Conservatives won just two polls in the Bathurst area and while the Liberals won most of the mobile polls, they won just one non-mobile poll, in Inkerman.^[2]

History

The electoral district was created at confederation in 1867, and was known as "Gloucester" until its name was changed in 1990.

In 2004, there were some legal problems regarding the 2003 boundaries. The following is from the Elections Canada website:

In May 2004, the Federal Court of Canada made its decision in Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General), concerning a portion of the electoral boundary between the ridings of Miramichi and Acadie–Bathurst. The Court held that, in transferring certain parts of parishes from the riding of Acadie–Bathurst to Miramichi, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick erred in its application of the rules governing the preparation of its recommendations. The new boundaries commission was created under Part I of the Inquiries Act in response to this court decision.

The current boundaries reverted to the ones used in the 1996 representation after the 2006 election. As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained a small territory from what was part of Miramichi.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Gloucester
1st	1867–1872		Timothy Anglin	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1877
	1877–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Kennedy Francis Burns	Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1894
	1894–1896		Théotime Blanchard
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Onésiphore Turgeon	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921
14th	1921–1922
	1922–1925		Jean George Robichaud
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1926		Peter Veniot
	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1936
	1936–1940		Clarence Joseph Veniot
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Clovis-Thomas Richard
21st	1949–1952
	1952–1953		Albany Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957		Hédard Robichaud	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1966
28th	1968–1972		Herb Breau
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Roger Clinch	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Doug Young	Liberal
Acadie—Bathurst
35th	1993–1997		Doug Young	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Yvon Godin	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present		Serge Cormier	Liberal

Election results

Acadie—Bathurst, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Serge Cormier	25,845	50.71	+36.40	–
	New Democratic	Jason Godin	20,079	39.40	-29.68	–
	Conservative	Riba Girouard-Riordon	3,852	7.56	-8.98	–
	Green	Dominique Breau	1,187	2.33	+2.26	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,963	100.00		$200,454.20
Total rejected ballots			336	0.65
Turnout			51,299	77.03
Eligible voters			66,594
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+33.04
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	32,361	69.08
	Conservative	7,749	16.54
	Liberal	6,705	14.31
	Green	31	0.07

Acadie—Bathurst, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	32,067	69.69	+12.27	$59,706.29
	Conservative	Louis Robichaud	7,456	16.20	-2.39	$30,447.79
	Liberal	Jean Marie Gionet	6,491	14.11	-7.86	$50,735.74
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,014	100.0		$82,556.86
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			595	1.33	+0.21
Turnout			46,609	70.30	+1.98
Eligible voters			66,298
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+7.33
Sources:[6][7]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	25,849	57.53	+7.63	$57,376.65
	Liberal	Odette Robichaud	9,850	21.92	-8.79	$32,225.33
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Dubé	8,331	18.54	+1.68	$67,790.01
	Green	Michelle Aubin	904	2.01	+0.63	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,934	100.0		$80,066
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			507	1.12	+0.09
Turnout			45,441	68.32	-7.14
Eligible voters			66,509
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.21

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	25,195	49.90	-4.03	$69,502.02
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	15,504	30.71	-1.96	$65,035.20
	Conservative	Serge Savoie	8,513	16.86	+5.92	$54,729.58
	Green	Philippe Rouselle	699	1.38	-1.07	$774.79
	Independent	Eric Landry	362	0.72	–	$2,613.63
	Independent	Ulric Degrâce	219	0.43	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,492	100.0		$74,710
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			523	1.03	-0.15
Turnout			51,015	75.46	+5.08
Eligible voters			67,608
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.04

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	23,857	53.93	+7.26	$61,745.98
	Liberal	Serge Rousselle	14,452	32.67	-7.75	$60,252.15
	Conservative	Joel Bernard	4,841	10.94	-1.97	$51,943.73
	Green	Mario Lanteigne	1,085	2.45	–	$7,040.66
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,235	100.0		$71,582
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			527	1.18	-0.04
Turnout			44,762	70.38	-4.99
Eligible voters			63,603
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		+7.50
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,490	46.67
	Liberal	18,613	40.42
	Progressive Conservative	3,923	8.52
	Alliance	2,021	4.39

Acadie—Bathurst, previous elections

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	23,568	46.61	+6.08	$57,177
	Liberal	Bernard Thériault	20,362	40.27	+4.91	$58,623
	Progressive Conservative	Alcide Leger	4,321	8.55	-15.56	$36,600
	Alliance	Jean Gauvin	2,314	4.58	–	$45,973
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,565	100.00	$63,209
Total rejected ballots			624	1.22	-1.25
Turnout			51,189	75.37	-3.28
Electors on the lists			67,918	–	–
	NDP hold		Swing	+0.59

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	21,113	40.53	+34.57	$56,390
	Liberal	Doug Young	18,421	35.36	-30.99	$53,440
	Progressive Conservative	Norma Landry	12,560	24.11	-3.58	$51,562
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,094	100.00	$60,877
Total rejected ballots			1,318	2.47	–
Turnout			53,412	78.65	–
Electors on the lists			67,912	–	–
	NDP gain from Liberal		Swing	+32.8

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Young	26,782	66.35	+14.60	$45,888
	Progressive Conservative	Luce-Andrée Gauthier	11,175	27.69	-15.04	$53,402
	New Democratic	Kim Gallant	2,406	5.96	+0.43	$1,508
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,363	100.00	$53,496
	Liberal hold		Swing	+14.8

Gloucester

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Doug Young	20,251	51.75	+13.37
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	16,721	42.73	-12.39
	New Democratic	Serge Robichaud	2,163	5.53	+0.40
Total valid votes			39,135	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative.		Swing	+12.88

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Clinch	23,524	55.12	+35.51
	Liberal	Herb Breau	16,378	38.38	-25.29
	New Democratic	Valentine Ward	2,188	5.13	-7.71
	Independent	Fernand Losier	584	1.37
Total valid votes			42,674	100.00
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+30.40

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	22,229	63.67	+12.06
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Savoie	6,846	19.61	-19.33
	New Democratic	Kevin O'Connell	4,484	12.84	+3.39
	Rhinoceros	Jules César Boudreau	736	2.11
	Rhinoceros	Amédé "le Terrible" Boucher	362	1.04
	Independent	Rose-Hélène Aubé	197	0.56
	Marxist–Leninist	Gary Zatzman	59	0.17
Total valid votes			34,913	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	+15.7%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	18,387	51.61	-5.44
	Progressive Conservative	Gastien Godin	13,872	38.94	+15.79
	New Democratic	Kevin O'Connell	3,366	9.45	+3.51
Total valid votes			35,625	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	16,195	57.05	+6.44
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Arseneau	6,571	23.15	-1.47
	Social Credit	Lomer Basque	3,935	13.86	-2.12
	New Democratic	Yvon Guignard	1,685	5.94	+4.08
Total valid votes			28,386	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	14,212	50.61	-4.42
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Duval	6,914	24.62	-15.81
	Social Credit	Lomer Basque	4,487	15.98	Ø
	Independent	Percy W. Cormier	1,109	3.95
	Independent	Mathilda Blanchard	839	2.99
	New Democratic	Joe Corbin	521	1.86	-2.68
Total valid votes			28,082	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	12,196	55.03	-5.58
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Arsenault	,8960	40.43	+13.17
	New Democratic	Florian Robichaud	1,007	4.54	-7.59
Total valid votes			22,163	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	14,121	60.61	+3.15
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	6,351	27.26	+7.82
	New Democratic	Martin Kierans	2,826	12.13
Total valid votes			23,298	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13,344	57.46	+0.40
	Social Credit	Joseph Dubé	5,365	23.10
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Ferguson	4,515	19.44	-23.50
Total valid votes			23,224	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13,519	57.06	+4.23
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Robichaud	10,174	42.94	-4.23
Total valid votes			23,693	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13,112	52.83	-5.04
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	11,705	47.17	+5.04
Total valid votes			24,817	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13,052	57.87	+0.28
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	9,502	42.13	+0.91
Total valid votes			22,554	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13,330	57.59	+9.89
	Progressive Conservative	Albany Robichaud	9,542	41.22	-11.08
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alphonse Landry	276	1.19
Total valid votes			23,148	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 26 May 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On Clovis-Thomas Richard's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 March 1952
	Progressive Conservative	Albany Robichaud	11,245	52.30	+22.08
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	10,256	47.70	-22.08
Total valid votes			21,501	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Clovis-Thomas Richard	14,759	69.78	+7.35
	Progressive Conservative	J.L. Albert Robichaud	6,391	30.22	-4.10
Total valid votes			21,150	100.00

Change for Progressive Conservative candidate Albany Robichaud from 1945 are based on his results running as an Independent.

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Clovis-Thomas Richard	11,683	62.43	-3.31
	Independent	Albany Robichaud	6,423	34.32	+0.09
	Co-operative Commonwealth	François-Xavier Blanchard	609	3.25
Total valid votes			18,715	100.00

Change for Independent candidate Albany Robichaud from 1940 are based on his results running as a National Government candidate.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot	10,451	65.74	-9.22
	National Government	Albany Robichaud	5,447	34.26	+15.47
Total valid votes			15,898	100.00

The "National Government" was the temporary name of the Conservative Party for the 1940 elections, and changes from 1935 are based on the results of the Conservative Party.

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1935 general election.

By-election on 17 August 1936 On Peter Veniot's death, 6 July 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	11,816	74.96	+24.12
	Conservative	Albany Robichaud	2,962	18.79	-30.37
	Reconstruction	Hector Poirier	985	6.25
Total valid votes			15,763	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	7,716	50.84	-4.95
	Conservative	Albany Robichaud	7,460	49.16	+4.95
Total valid votes			15,176	100.00

By-election on 2 November 1926 On Peter Veniot's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	7,992	55.79	+1.53
	Conservative	Joseph S. Dumas	6,333	44.21	-1.53
Total valid votes			14,325	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean George Robichaud	6,254	54.26	-18.71
	Conservative	Joseph Benoît Hachey	5,272	45.74	+18.71
Total valid votes			11,526	100.00

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1921 general election.

By-election on 20 November 1922 On Onésiphore Turgeon's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 26 October 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean George Robichaud	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	7,671	72.97
	Conservative	Joseph Edward de Grace	2,842	27.03
Total valid votes			10,513	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Onésiphore Turgeon	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	3,172	59.27	+4.06
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2,180	40.73	-4.06
Total valid votes			5,352	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,581	55.21	-8.53
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2,094	44.79	+8.53
Total valid votes			4,675	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,705	63.74	+3.78
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1,539	36.26	+2.14
Total valid votes			4,244	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,311	59.96	+30.14
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1,315	34.12	-16.81
	Independent	R. Carr Harris	228	5.92
Total valid votes			3,854	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1,947	50.93	-4.36
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	1,140	29.82	-14.89
	Independent	Robert Young	736	19.25
Total valid votes			3,823	100.00

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1891 general election.

By-election on 5 May 1894 On Kennedy Burns being called to the Senate, 21 March 1893
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1,943	55.29	-0.83
	Liberal	W.A. Landry	1,571	44.71	+0.83
Total valid votes			,3514	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1,908	56.12	+3.93
	Liberal	Narc A. Landry	1,492	43.88	+20.49
Total valid votes			3,400	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1,205	52.19
	Unknown	Onésiphore Turgeon	564	24.43
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	540	23.39
Total valid votes			2,309	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	acclaimed

Canadian federal by-election, 2 July 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1,185	58.00
	Unknown	Onésiphore Turgeon	858	42.00
Total valid votes			2,043	100.00
Called upon Timothy Anglin's resignation.

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1,436	80.81	+19.55
	Unknown	? DesBrisay	339	19.08
	Unknown	? MacKay	2	0.11
Total valid votes			1,777	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1,061	61.26
	Unknown	John Mehan	671	38.74
Total valid votes			1,732	100.00

Student Vote results

2011 election

In 2011, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Canadian schools to parallel the 2011 Canadian federal election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.^[8]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	1,000	66.80
	Liberal	Jean Marie Gionet	283	18.90
	Conservative	Louis Robichaud	214	14.30
Total valid votes			1,497	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 13001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
• Riding history for Gloucester from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Acadie-Bathurst from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expenses from Elections Canada website

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. "Riding « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections". Punditsguide.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
3. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Acadie—Bathurst (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
4. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
5. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
6. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
7. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2013.