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Federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
This article is about the current electoral district in New Brunswick. For the former one, see
Restigouche-Madawaska .
Madawaska—Restigouche electoral district Madawaska—Restigouche in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Coordinates: 47°39′18″N 67°24′47″W / 47.655°N 67.413°W / 47.655; -67.413 Legislature House of Commons MP René Arseneault Liberal District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2021 )[ 1] 60,184 Electors (2019)50,631 Area (km²)[ 2] 11,701 Pop. density (per km²) 5.1 Census division(s) Madawaska , Restigouche Census subdivision(s) Edmundston , Campbellton , Dalhousie , Addington , Saint-Quentin , Kedgwick
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 2021 was 60,184.
Political geography [ edit ] 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 .
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]
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Madawaska—Victoria and from Restigouche—Chaleur ridings. This riding gained a small amount of territory from Miramichi as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Graph of election results in Madawaska—Restigouche (1996-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal René Arseneault 16,854
55.22
+4.94
$38,339.96
Conservative Shawn Beaulieu
7,857
25.74
-2.69
$33,053.20
People's Nancy Mercier
1,889
6.19
–
$0.00
New Democratic Elizabeth MacDonald
1,859
6.09
-0.33
$0.00
Free Louis Berube
1,277
4.18
–
$0.00
Green Rebecca Blaevoet
786
2.58
-12.29
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
30,522 100.0 – $104,119.82
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
30,522 60.74 -8.37
Registered voters
50,252
Liberal hold
Swing
+3.82
Source: Elections Canada [ 4]
This riding gained some territory from Miramichi for the 42nd Canadian federal election .
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal René Arseneault 20,778
55.70
+20.91
$66,315.47
New Democratic Rosaire L'Italien 9,670
25.92
+6.58
$92,730.82
Conservative Bernard Valcourt 6,151
16.49
-23.99
$101,364.85
Green Françoise Aubin
707
1.90
+0.10
–
Total valid votes/expense limit
37,306 99.08 $199,271.58
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 [ 8] [ 9]
2011 Canadian federal election
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:[ 11] [ 12]
2008 Canadian federal election
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
2006 Canadian federal election
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
2004 Canadian federal election
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.
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