Restigouche-Chaleur

Restigouche-Chaleur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is a redistribution of the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur.

History and geography

Nigadoo-Chaleur was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution as one of the five districts from the previous Gloucester district, defined as the parish of Beresford and the villages in that area of Gloucester County.^[1] It gained the remaining part of Belledune in Durham Parish from Restigouche East (which merged into Dalhousie-Restigouche East) and lost the area of parish of Beresford south of the Nigadoo River to Nepisiguit-Chaleur (now Nepisiguit) in the 1994 redistribution^[2] but did not change further in 2006.^[3] In the 2013 redistribution it lost Beresford to the new district of Bathurst West-Beresford but gained territory to its south running west of the Bathurst and Beresford municipal lines down to the Tetagouche river.

In its current form, it ranges from Belledune in the north, following the coast along the Chaleur Bay through the villages of Pointe-Verte, Petit-Rocher and Nigadoo to the boundary of Beresford, then turning south as far as the Tetagouche River

The riding is bordered by Bathurst West-Beresford to the south, Campbellton-Dalhousie and Restigouche West to the west, and Chaleur Bay to the northeast.

During the 53rd Legislative Assembly, Albert Doucet was removed from the Liberal cabinet on February 5, 1997^[4] and then was removed from caucus in March of that year, due to comments criticizing NB Power, the Liberals' efforts to help Northern New Brunswick, and then Premier Frank McKenna's leadership. He sat as an independent until January 30, 1998^[5] when he was accepted back into the Liberal fold.

Current Member of the Legislative Assembly

Roland Haché was MLA from 1999 until 2014, making him the most senior Liberal and tied with many Conservatives for second most senior MLA. Haché has announced he would not seek re-election in 2014. The current MLA for Restigouche-Chaleur is Daniel Guitard, elected in 2014.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years		Party
Nigadoo-Chaleur Riding created from Gloucester
48th	1974–1978	Roland Boudreau	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982	Pierre Godin	Liberal
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995	Albert Doucet	Liberal
53rd	1995–1997		Liberal
	1997–1998		Independent
	1998–1999		Liberal
54th	1999–2003	Roland Haché	Liberal
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Restigouche-Chaleur
58th	2014–Present	Daniel Guitard	Liberal

Riding associations

Party		CEO	HQ Address	Town
	New Brunswick Liberal Association	Conrad Pitre	811 Principale Street	Beresford

Election results

Nigadoo-Chaleur's popular vote percentages over time.

Nigadoo-Chaleur's poll-by-poll winners for the 2010 New Brunswick election.

Restigouche-Chaleur

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Daniel Guitard	4,069	53.92	+4.15
	New Democratic	Ray Godin	2,198	29.12	+19.49
	Progressive Conservative	Gilberte Boudreau	1,120	14.84	-23.32
	Green	Mario Comeau	160	2.12	-0.32
Total valid votes			7,547	100.0
Total rejected ballots			53	0.70
Turnout			7,600	66.68
Eligible voters			11,397
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-7.67
^[6]

Nigadoo-Chaleur

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roland Haché	3,649	49.77	-9.76	$27,451
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Albert	2,798	38.16	+2.30	$27,293
	New Democratic	Serge Beaubrun	706	9.63	+5.02	$124
	Green	Mathieu Laplante	179	2.44	–	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,332	100.0		$29,719
Total rejected ballots			90	0.84
Turnout			7,422	73.38	+1.78
Eligible voters			10,115
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.03
^[7]^[8]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roland Haché	4,311	59.53	+9.67	$27,175
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Albert	2,597	35.86	-9.41	$25,627
	New Democratic	Serge Beaubrun	334	4.61	-0.26	$191
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,242	100.0		$28,446
Total rejected ballots			74	0.72
Turnout			7,316	71.60	-3.19
Eligible voters			10,218
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.54
^[9]^[10]

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roland Haché	3,887	49.86	+4.94	$13,968
	Progressive Conservative	Hermel Vienneau	3,529	45.27	+7.84	$24,844
	New Democratic	Kate Heyward	380	4.87	-11.40	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,796	100.0		$25,467
Total rejected ballots			86	0.82
Turnout			7,882	74.79	-1.16
Eligible voters			10,539
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.45
^[11]^[12]

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roland Haché	3,435	44.92	-12.02	$16,763
	Progressive Conservative	Hermel Vienneau	2,862	37.43	+4.52	$18,280
	New Democratic	Raoul Charest	1,244	16.27	+7.74	$20,748
	Natural Law	Gilles Godin	106	1.39	-0.23	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,649	100.0		$23,603
Total rejected ballots			70	0.69
Turnout			7,719	75.97	-10.25
Eligible voters			10,160
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.27
^[13]^[14]

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Albert Doucet	4,421	56.94	-5.26	$19,503
	Progressive Conservative	Maxime Lejeune	2,555	32.91	+26.78	$16,434
	New Democratic	Ulric DeGrâce	662	8.53	-13.76	$2,517
	Natural Law	Gilles Godin	126	1.62	–	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,764	100.0		$22,444
Total rejected ballots			113	1.24
Turnout			7,877	86.22	+12.44
Eligible voters			9,136
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.94
^[15]^[16]

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Albert Doucet	4,732	62.20	-11.94	$14,660
	New Democratic	Raoul Charest	1,696	22.29	+14.88	$4,595
	Independent	Ulric DeGrâce	714	9.38	–	no return filed
	Progressive Conservative	David Boudreau	466	6.13	-12.29	no return filed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,608	100.0		$21,206
Total rejected ballots			95	0.91
Turnout			7,703	73.78	-8.18
Eligible voters			10,441
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.91
^[17]^[18]

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pierre Godin	5,953	74.17	+22.34	$15,394
	Progressive Conservative	Annonciade "Nancy" Arsenault	1,478	18.42	-14.81	$13,893
	New Democratic	John Gagnon	595	7.41	-5.31	$100
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,026	100.0		$16,993
Total rejected ballots			35	0.36
Turnout			8,061	81.96	-4.64
Eligible voters			9,835
	Liberal hold		Swing		+18.58
^[19]^[20]

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pierre Godin	4,057	51,83	+8.27	$10,598
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Comeau	2,601	33.23	-1.29	$12,142
	New Democratic	Rhéal Boudreau	996	12.72	+7.03	$1,365
	Parti acadien	André Blanchard	174	2.22	-14.01	$50
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,828	100.0		$13,605
Total rejected ballots			90	0.98
Turnout			7,918	86.60	+2.22
Eligible voters			9,143
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.78
^[21]^[22]

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pierre Godin	2,960	43.56	+4.71	$9,165
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Boudreau	2,346	34.52	-7.70	$10,208
	Parti acadien	Dr. Jean-Pierre Lanteigne	1,103	16.23	-2.70	$1,012
	New Democratic	Kevin O'Connell	387	5.69	–	$1,528
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,796	100.0		$12,091
Total rejected ballots			46	0.57
Turnout			6,842	84.38	+2.24
Eligible voters			8,109
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.21
^[23]^[24]

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Boudreau	2,255	42.22
	Liberal	J. Normand Arseneau	2,075	38.85
	Parti acadien	Euclide Chiasson	1,011	18.93
Total valid votes			5,341	100.0
Total rejected ballots			55	0.84
Turnout			5,396	82.14
Eligible voters			6,569
The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected five Liberals in the last election; one Progressive Conservative was elected in the 1972 by-election. None of the incumbents ran in this riding.
^[25]

References

↑ 1974 Report of the Representation and Electoral Boundaries Commission. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
↑ 1993 Final Report of the Representation and Electoral Boundaries Commission. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
↑ 2006 Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
↑ Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick - Journals. Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. February 5, 1997.
↑ Porter-Staff, Tim. (January 30, 1998.) "Doucet back on Liberal side: Rebel MLA returns to flock". Daily Gleaner. Retrieved June 7, 2011, from Canadian Newsstand Atlantic. (Document ID: 1572761801).
↑ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
↑ Thirty-Seventh General Election September 27, 2010 - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ 2010 Summary of Electoral Financial Returns (March 4, 2011. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
↑ 2006 Election Period Expenditures and Reimbursements - Unofficial. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirty-Fifth General Election, June 9, 2003 - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ 2003 Financial Activity, Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirty-Fourth General Election, June 7, 1999, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
↑ April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000, Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirty-Third General Election, September 11, 1995, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ April 1, 1995 to March 31, 1996, Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirty-Second General Election, September 23, 1991, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ April 1, 1991 to March 31, 1992, Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirty-First General Election, October 13, 1987, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ April 1, 1987 to March 31, 1988, Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Thirtieth General Election, October 12, 1982, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ April 1, 1982 to March 31, 1983, Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Twenty-ninth General Election, October 23, 1978, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ July 26, 1978 to March 31, 1979, The First Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing Under the Political Process Financing Act. Elections NB. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
↑ Twenty-eighth General Election, November 18, 1974 , Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Coordinates: 47°46′N 65°48′W / 47.77°N 65.80°W / 47.77; -65.80

New Brunswick provincial electoral districts

Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln

Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila

River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée

South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins

Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé

Defunct Districts

1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South

Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York

See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election

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