Miramichi—Grand Lake

Miramichi—Grand Lake was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.^[2] The riding was created in 2013 from parts of Miramichi (83%), Fredericton (10%), Beauséjour (6%), and Tobique—Mactaquac (1%).^[3]

History

The riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake was created in 2013 from the electoral districts of Miramichi, Fredericton, Beauséjour and Tobique—Mactaquac.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Miramichi—Grand Lake Riding created from Miramichi, Fredericton, Beauséjour and Tobique—Mactaquac
42nd	2015–Present		Pat Finnigan	Liberal

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pat Finnigan	17,202	47.31	+25.94	–
	Conservative	Tilly O'Neill-Gordon	12,476	34.31	-18.88	–
	New Democratic	Patrick Colford	5,588	15.37	-7.49	–
	Green	Matthew Ian Clark	1,098	3.02	+0.56	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,364	100.00		$201,429.03
Total rejected ballots			256	0.70	–
Turnout			36,620	76.04	–
Eligible voters			48,158
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.41
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,352	53.19
	New Democratic	7,888	22.86
	Liberal	7,373	21.37
	Green	850	2.46
	Others	41	0.12

Federal ridings in New Brunswick

Liberal	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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