Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston

Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Francine Landry Liberal
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,676
Electors (2013)	11,132

Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs when New Brunswick moved from a system of bloc voting to the first past the post electoral system. It had previously been a part of the Madawaska County electoral district which returned three members.

It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006.

In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed.

It is one the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It has been held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Party which opposed official status for the French language). Its current MLA is Francine Landry of the Liberal Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Madawaska les Lacs
Riding created from Madawaska
48th	1974–1978		Jean-Pierre Ouellet	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991		Georges Corriveau	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1999		Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative
54th	1999–2003
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014		Yvon Bonenfant	Progressive Conservative
Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston
58th	2014–Present		Francine Landry	Liberal

Election results

Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Francine Landry	4,106	56.39	+24.57
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Bonenfant	2,616	35.92	-18.25
	New Democratic	Widler Jules	560	7.69	+4.02
Total valid votes			7,282	100.0
Total rejected ballots			91	1.23
Turnout			7,373	63.14
Eligible voters			11,677
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.41
[1]

Madawaska les Lacs

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Bonenfant	3,378	54.17	-9.08
	Liberal	Jocelyn Levesque	1,985	31.82	-2.21
	Independent	Jean-Marc Nadeau	644	10.33	–
	New Democratic	Nicole Therieault	229	3.67	+0.96
Total valid votes			6,236	100.0
Total rejected ballots			115	1.81
Turnout			6,351	70.88
Eligible voters			8,960
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.43
[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,271	63.25	+2.65
	Liberal	Elaine Albert	2,299	34.04	-2.50
	New Democratic	Jeff Thibodeau	183	2.71	-0.15
Total valid votes			6,753	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.58

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	3,965	60.60	-4.57
	Liberal	Louis Labrie	2,391	36.54	+4.05
	New Democratic	Jason Carney	187	2.86	+0.52
Total valid votes			6,543	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.31

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,289	65.17	+9.15
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	2,138	32.49	-10.07
	New Democratic	Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau	154	2.34	+0.92
Total valid votes			6,581	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.61

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,060	56.02	+17.35
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	3,085	42.56	-8.26
	New Democratic	John Nowlan	103	1.42	-9.09
Total valid votes			7,248	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.80

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	2,906	50.82	-11.70
	Progressive Conservative	Raoul Cyr	2,211	38.67	+7.19
	New Democratic	Gérard Caron	601	10.51	+4.51
Total valid votes			5,718	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.44

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	3,839	62.52	+18.58
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	1,933	31.48	-21.54
	New Democratic	Maurice Clavette	368	6.00	+2.96
Total valid votes			6,140	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+20.06

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	3,071	53.02	-4.06
	Liberal	Luc Daigle	2,545	43.94	+2.82
	New Democratic	Rino Pelletier	176	3.04	–
Total valid votes			5,792	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.44

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	2,876	57.08	+7.13
	Liberal	Nelson Bellefleur	2,071	41.12	-6.43
	Parti acadien	Yves C. LeClerc	90	1.79	-0.71
Total valid votes			5,037	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.78

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	1,976	49.95
	Liberal	Laurier Lévesque	1,881	47.55
	Parti acadien	Jean-Marie Nadeau	99	2.50
Total valid votes			3,956	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.