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%∆%
LiberalFrancine Landry 4,106 56.39 +24.57
Progressive ConservativeYvon Bonenfant 2,616 35.92 -18.25
New DemocraticWidler Jules 560 7.69 +4.02
Total valid votes 7,282100.0  
Total rejected ballots 911.23
Turnout 7,37363.14
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 ConservativeYvon Bonenfant 3,378 54.17 -9.08
LiberalJocelyn Levesque 1,985 31.82 -2.21
IndependentJean-Marc Nadeau 644 10.33 –
New DemocraticNicole Therieault 229 3.67 +0.96
Total valid votes 6,236100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1151.81
Turnout 6,35170.88
Eligible voters 8,960
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.43
[2]
New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé 4,271 63.25 +2.65
LiberalElaine Albert 2,299 34.04 -2.50
New DemocraticJeff Thibodeau 183 2.71 -0.15
Total valid votes 6,753100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.58
New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé 3,965 60.60 -4.57
LiberalLouis Labrie 2,391 36.54 +4.05
New DemocraticJason Carney 187 2.86 +0.52
Total valid votes 6,543100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.31
New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé 4,289 65.17 +9.15
LiberalGeorges Corriveau 2,138 32.49 -10.07
New DemocraticMarie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau 154 2.34 +0.92
Total valid votes 6,581100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.61
New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé 4,060 56.02 +17.35
LiberalGeorges Corriveau 3,085 42.56 -8.26
New DemocraticJohn Nowlan 103 1.42 -9.09
Total valid votes 7,248100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.80
New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGeorges Corriveau 2,906 50.82 -11.70
Progressive ConservativeRaoul Cyr 2,211 38.67 +7.19
New DemocraticGérard Caron 601 10.51 +4.51
Total valid votes 5,718100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -9.44
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGeorges Corriveau 3,839 62.52 +18.58
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet 1,933 31.48 -21.54
New DemocraticMaurice Clavette 368 6.00 +2.96
Total valid votes 6,140100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.06
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet 3,071 53.02 -4.06
LiberalLuc Daigle 2,545 43.94 +2.82
New DemocraticRino Pelletier 176 3.04 –
Total valid votes 5,792100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.44
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet 2,876 57.08 +7.13
LiberalNelson Bellefleur 2,071 41.12 -6.43
Parti acadienYves C. LeClerc 90 1.79 -0.71
Total valid votes 5,037100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.78
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet 1,976 49.95
LiberalLaurier Lévesque 1,881 47.55
Parti acadienJean-Marie Nadeau 99 2.50
Total valid votes 3,956100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.

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.

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