Madawaska South
Madawaska South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Madawaska in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Madawaska | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Daniel Daigle | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Héliodore Côté | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Percy Mockler | Progressive Conservative | |
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Pierrette Ringuette | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée | ||||
Election results
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 29 November 1993 On the resignation of Pierrette Ringuette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 2,590 | ||||||
| Liberal | Nicole Thériault | 2,182 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Noëlla T. Simard | 65 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 4,837 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain | Swing | {{{3}}} | ||||||
| Source: The Legislative Library of New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette | 2,843 | 59.64 | +7.70 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Théo Poitras | 1,715 | 35.98 | -9.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Julien Tardif | 209 | 4.38 | +1.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.58 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette | 2,597 | 51.94 | +7.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy P. Mockler | 2,272 | 45.44 | -8.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bosse | 131 | 2.62 | +0.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,000 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +8.02 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 2,561 | 53.85 | +19.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Héliodore Côté | 2,108 | 44.32 | -1.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Murphy | 87 | 1.83 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,756 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.16 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Héliodore Côté | 1,832 | 45.50 | -11.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Marc Violette | 1,398 | 34.72 | -5.29 | ||||
| Independent | Père Léo Theriault | 659 | 16.37 | – | ||||
| Parti acadien | Jacques Lapointe | 137 | 3.40 | +0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,026 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.97 | ||||||
| Independent candidate Léo Theriault lost 23.64 percentage points from his 1974 performance running as a Progressive Conservative. | ||||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Daniel Daigle | 1,893 | 56.73 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léo Theriault | 1,335 | 40.01 | |||||
| Parti acadien | Jeanne-D'Arc Fortin | 109 | 3.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,337 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Daniel Daigle being one of three incumbents. | ||||||||
References
- "Election Results for November 29, 1993". The Legislative Library of New Brunswick. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
External links
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