Restigouche (electoral district)

Restigouche (also known as Restigouche—Chaleur) was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1968 to 1997.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Restigouche. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Restigouche—Madawaska riding.

It was re-created in 1966 from Restigouche—Madawaska, consisting of the county of Restigouche and the parish of Beresford in the county of Gloucester. It was renamed "Restigouche—Chaleur" in 1989. The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Madawaska—Restigouche.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1867 - 1917

1. John McMillan, Liberal (1867–1868)
2. William Murray Caldwell, Liberal (1868–1870)
3. George Moffat, Conservative (1870–1877)
4. George Haddow, Independent (1877–1882)
5. Robert Moffat, Conservative (1882–1887)
6. George Moffat, Conservative (1887–1891)
7. John McAlister, Liberal-Conservative (1891–1900)
8. James Reid, Liberal (1900–1917)

1968 - 1997

1. Jean-Eudes Dubé, Liberal (1968–1975)
2. Maurice Harquail, Liberal (1975–1984)
3. Al Girard, Progressive Conservative (1984–1988)
4. Guy Arsenault, Liberal (1988–1997)

Election results

1968 - 1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Arseneault	21,008	70.5	+21.1
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce MacIntosh	5,913	19.8	-20.2
	New Democratic Party	Nancy Quigley	2,051	6.9	-3.7
	Natural Law	Laurent Maltais	824	2.8	+2.8
Total			29,796

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Arseneault	15,252	49.4	+9.7
	Progressive Conservative	Al Girard	12,366	40.0	-5.6
	New Democratic Party	Nancy Quigley	3,272	10.6	-4.1
Total			30,890

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Al Girard	14,089	45.6	+26.7
	Liberal	Maurice Harquail	12,250	39.7	-21.6
	New Democratic Party	Gilles Halley	4,526	14.7	-1.8
Total			30,865

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Harquail	16,560	61.3	+5.4
	Progressive Conservative	D. Bennett MacDonald	5,119	18.9	-6.5
	New Democratic Party	Aurele Ferlatte	4,457	16.5	-1.3
	Rhinoceros	Arthur Doucet	692	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	André Dumont	207	0.8	+0.8
Total			27,035

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Harquail	14,840	55.9	+4.3
	Progressive Conservative	J. Roger Pichette	7,009	26.4	-7.7
	New Democratic Party	Gail Walsh	4,718	17.8	+10.0
Total			26,567

By-election, October 14, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Harquail	9,158	51.6	-3.9
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Caron	6,059	34.1	+13.2
	New Democratic Party	Edgar Dugas	1,392	7.8	-2.3
	Social Credit	Laurence Audet	1,140	6.4	-7.2
Total			17,749

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	12,492	55.5	+6.8
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Laviolette	4,695	20.9	-1.9
	Social Credit	Benoit Castonguay	3,053	13.6	+13.6
	New Democratic Party	Edgar Dugas	2,262	10.1	+5.5
Total			22,502

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	11,650	48.7	-2.4
	Independent	Alexander Sandy MacLean	5,698	23.8	+23.8
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Laviolette	5,450	22.8	-13.2
	New Democratic Party	Edgar Dugas	1,110	4.6	+0.8
Total			23,908

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	9,991	51.1	*
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Arseneault	7,049	36.0	*
	Ralliement créditiste	André Boudreau	1,769	9.0	*
	New Democratic Party	Bruce Peacock	748	3.8	*
Total			19,557

1867 - 1917

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	REID, James	1,512
	Conservative	MONTGOMERY, William Scott	1,170

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	REID, James	1,256
	Conservative	MOTT, William Albert	1,123

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	REID, James	1,274
	Conservative	MOTT, Wm. Albert	836

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	REID, James	1,221
	Conservative	MCALLISTER, John	744

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	MCALISTER, John	794
	Liberal	HADOW, G.	750

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	MCALISTER, John	735
	Conservative	MOFFATT, George	519

By-election: On Mr. Moffatt's death, 25 April 1887

By-election on 21 May 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MOFFATT, George	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Moffat	420
	Independent	George Haddow	293
	Unknown	J. McAlister	277

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Moffat	452
	Unknown	J. McAlister	181
	Independent	George Haddow	135
	Unknown	D. Ritchie	88

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	George Haddow	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Moffatt's resignation, Dec. 1877

By-election on 12 January 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	George Haddow	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	593
	Unknown	A. McKenzie	144
	Unknown	J.C. Barberie	25

By-election: On Mr. Caldwell's death, 29 September 1870

By-election on 29 November 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	411
	Unknown	A.C. Des Brisay	233

By-election: On Mr. McMillan being appointed Inspector of Post Offices in New Brunswick, and on his subsequent resignation

By-election on 13 March 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Murray Caldwell	353
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	306

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McMillan	370
	Unknown	John Phillips	259

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• (1867 - 1914)
• (1966 - 1989)
• RESTIGOUCHE--CHALEUR, New Brunswick (1989 - 1996)