Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Shippagan-Lameque-Miscou in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Wilfred Roussel Liberal
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,506
Electors (2013)	11,274

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was previously named Shippagan-les-Îles from 1974 to 1995 and Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou from 1995 to 2014. Its boundaries were largely unchanged from its creation until the 2013 redistribution extended it inland to the Pokemouche area, taken from Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Shippagan-les-Îles
Riding created from Gloucester
48th	1974–1978		André Robichaud	Liberal
49th	1978–1982		Jean Gauvin	Progressive Conservative
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991		Aldéa Landry	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995		Jean Gauvin	Progressive Conservative
	1995–1995			Independent
Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
53rd	1995–1999		Jean-Camille DeGrâce	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
58th	2014–Present		Wilfred Roussel	Liberal

Electoral results

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Wilfred Roussel	4,014	46.10	+14.39
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	3,970	45.60	-13.29
	New Democratic	Juliette Paulin	497	5.71	-3.70
	Green	Tony Mallet	226	2.60	–
Total valid votes			8,707	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.34
Turnout			8,737	76.73
Eligible voters			11,387
	Liberal notional gain		Swing		+13.84
These results were declared after a judicial recount.
[1]

Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	4,270	58.89	+1.38
	Liberal	Alonzo Rail	2,299	31.71	-5.26
	New Democratic	Armel T. Chiasson	682	9.41	+3.88
Total valid votes			7,251	100.0
Total rejected ballots			116	1.57
Turnout			7,367	80.94
Eligible voters			9,102
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.32
[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	4,348	57.51	-2.57
	Liberal	Denis Roussel	2,795	36.97	+1.26
	New Democratic	Juliette Paulin	418	5.53	+1.33
Total valid votes			7,561	100.0
Total rejected ballots			82	1.07
Turnout			7,643	78.22
Eligible voters			9,771
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.92
[3]

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	4,788	60.08	-5.09
	Liberal	Denis Roussel	2,846	35.71	+7.45
	New Democratic	Jean-Baptiste Bezeau	335	4.20	-2.37
Total valid votes			7,969	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.27

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	5,910	65.17	+16.97
	Liberal	Jean-Camille DeGrâce	2,563	28.26	-20.27
	New Democratic	Denis Doiron	596	6.57	+3.96
Total valid votes			9,069	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.62

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Camille DeGrâce	4,124	48.53	-0.57
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Robichaud	4,096	48.20	-1.40
	New Democratic	Daniel Brindle	222	2.61	+1.31
	Independent	Gilles Godin	56	0.66	–
Total valid votes			8,498	100.0
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		+0.42

Shippagan-les-Îles

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	4,881	49.60	+8.41
	Liberal	Aldéa Landry	4,831	49.10	-8.68
	New Democratic	John Gagnon	128	1.30	+0.27
Total valid votes			9,840	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.54

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Aldéa Landry	5,601	57.78	+18.33
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	3,993	41.19	-18.08
	New Democratic	Charles Rail	100	1.03	–
Total valid votes			9,694	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+18.20

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	5,238	59.27	+17.54
	Liberal	André Robichaud	3,487	39.45	+5.27
	Parti acadien	Laval Auclair	113	1.28	-5.15
Total valid votes			8,838	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.14

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	3,023	41.73	+6.95
	Liberal	André Robichaud	2,476	34.18	-1.65
	Independent	Michel Haché	1,280	17.67	–
	Parti acadien	Laval Auclair	466	6.43	–
Total valid votes			7,245	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.30

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	André Robichaud	2,289	35.83
	Progressive Conservative	Jean C. Chiasson	2,222	34.78
	Independent	Gastien Godin	1,877	29.38
Total valid votes			6,388	100.0
This riding was created from the multi-member riding of Gloucester, which elected 5 (of 5) Liberal members in 1970. One of these seats was won by a Progressive Conservative in a 1972 by-election. André Robichaud was one of five incumbents.

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
3. Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick