Madawaska—Restigouche

Madawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 65,877.

Geography

The district includes all of the County of Madawaska (except Saint-André) and all of the County of Restigouche except the extreme eastern part.

The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi, Tobique—Mactaquac, Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	65,877	—
2006	62,593	−5.0%
2011	61,106	−2.4%

Political geography

In 2008, Liberal support was focused in the eastern and central parts of the riding, particularly in Edmundston, Campbellton, and Dalhousie. Support for the Conservatives was centered in the western part of the riding, in a strip of land bordering both Maine and Quebec. There was also a pocket of Tory support outside Saint-Leonard. The NDP won six polls in the riding, all in the Dalhousie area, a community they won.^[3]

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Madawaska—Victoria and from Restigouche—Chaleur ridings. This riding will gain a small amount territory from Miramichi as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Madawaska—Restigouche Riding created from Madawaska—Victoria and Restigouche—Chaleur
36th	1997–2000	Jean F. Dubé	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Jeannot Castonguay	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Jean-Claude D'Amours
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Bernard Valcourt	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present	René Arseneault	Liberal

Election results

Madawaska—Restigouche, 2013 Representation Order

This riding will gain some territory from Miramichi for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	René Arseneault	20,778	55.70	+20.91	–
	New Democratic	Rosaire L'Italien	9,670	25.92	+6.58	–
	Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	6,151	16.49	-23.99	–
	Green	Françoise Aubin	707	1.90	+0.10	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,306	100.00		$198,575.82
Total rejected ballots			348	0.92	–
Turnout			37,654	74.02	–
Eligible voters			50,871
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.45
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	14,541	40.48
	Liberal	12,497	34.79
	New Democratic	6,948	19.34
	Others	1,290	3.59
	Green	646	1.80

Madawasha—Restigouche, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	14,224	40.64	+7.41	$52,308.15
	Liberal	Jean-Claude D'Amours	12,309	35.17	-12.23	$60,570.18
	New Democratic	Wilder Jules	6,562	18.75	+3.13	$6,934.01
	Independent	Louis Bérubé	1,290	3.69	–	$113.00
	Green	Lynn Morrison	612	1.75	-2.00	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,997	100.0		$81,731.56
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			577	1.62	+0.04
Turnout			35,574	69.80	+3.03
Eligible voters			50,966
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.82
Sources:^[7]^[8]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude D'Amours	16,266	47.40	+9.06	$77,108.64
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	11,402	33.23	-2.18	$75,285.92
	New Democratic	Thérèse Tremblay-Philippe	5,361	15.62	-7.29	$16,027.58
	Green	André Arpin	1,287	3.75	+0.40	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,316	100.0		$79,516
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			551	1.58	-0.74
Turnout			34,867	66.77	-2.70
Eligible voters			52,222
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.62

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude D'Amours	13,734	38.02	-6.64	$65,465.20
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	12,849	35.57	+11.56	$65,196.27
	New Democratic	Rodolphe Martin	8,322	23.04	-4.55	$45,462.27
	Green	Irka Laplante	1,220	3.38	-0.36	$99.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,125	100.0		$74,283
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			857	2.32
Turnout			36,982	69.47
Eligible voters			53,233
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.10

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude D'Amours	14,144	44.66	-7.75	$62,057.16
	New Democratic	Rodolphe Martin	8,737	27.59	+23.18	$16,654.06
	Conservative	Benoît Violette	7,605	24.01	-19.61	$39,459.04
	Green	Jovette Cyr	1,185	3.74	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,671	100.0		$72,739
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,268	3.85
Turnout			32,939	60.58	-5.24
Eligible voters			54,369
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-15.46
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	%
	Liberal	18,311	52.41
	Progressive Conservative	13,519	38.70
	Alliance	1,639	4.92
	New Democratic	1,467	4.41

Madawaska—Restigouche, 1996 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jeannot Castonguay	19,913	52.27	+15.29
	Progressive Conservative	Jean F. Dubé	14,417	37.84	-12.46
	Alliance	Scott Chedore	1,958	5.14
	New Democratic	Claude Albert	1,811	4.75	-5.66
Total valid votes			38,099	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean F. Dubé	20,343	50.30
	Liberal	Guy Arseneault	14,957	36.98
	New Democratic	André Carrier	4,211	10.41
	Natural Law	Laurent Maltais	933	2.31
Total valid votes			40,444	100.00

References

"(Code 13005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

External links

Federal ridings in New Brunswick

Liberal	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

Historical federal ridings in New Brunswick

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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