Bernard Valcourt

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2015 Canadian federal election: Madawaska—Restigouche

The Honourable Bernard Valcourt PC KC
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
In office February 22, 2013 –November 3, 2015
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 [13] [14]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election : Madawaska—Restigouche
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: [15] [16]

1995 New Brunswick general election : Edmundston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	4,215	59.20	+38.41
	Liberal	Roland Beaulieu	2,803	39.37	−26.91
	New Democratic	Maureen Michaud	102	1.43	−11.50
Total valid votes			7,120	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+32.66

1993 Canadian federal election: Madawaska—Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierrette Ringuette	16,058	48.8	+5.0
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	15,045	45.7	−2.5
	Reform	Kimberly Spikings	955	2.9	+2.9
	New Democratic	Parise Martin	844	2.6	−5.4
Total			32,902

1988 Canadian federal election: Madawaska—Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	14,747	48.2	−3.7
	Liberal	Romeo Rossignol	13,385	43.8	+1.9
	New Democratic	Réal Couturier	2,441	8.0	+1.8
Total			30,573

1984 Canadian federal election: Madawaska—Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	16,411	51.9	+29.0
	Liberal	Gerald Clavette	13,245	41.9	−23.9
	New Democratic	Floranne McLaughlin-St-Amand	1,968	6.2	−5.1
Total			31,624

References

1. "Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation". Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
2. "No more Mr. Nice Guys?". The Globe and Mail . May 21, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
3. "New Brunswick's new top Tory set to make political sparks fly..." Toronto Star . May 15, 1995. Retrieved June 7, 2010.^{[ dead link ]}(subscription required)
4. "Valcourt resigns as leader of NB Tories Former high flyer had little..." Toronto Star . May 20, 1997. May 20, 1997. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2010.(subscription required)
5. "Valcourt plans political comeback in N.B. riding". CBC News. March 28, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
6. "Former Mulroney Tory cabinet minister attempting comeback in N.B. riding". Winnipeg Free Press . March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
7. "Valcourt's sister hopes to tap ex-MP's popularity". CBC News. September 9, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
8. Woods, Allan (July 4, 2012). "Julian Fantino to replace Bev Oda as international co-operation minister". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
9. "CBC news – Regional co-operation focus of energy meeting". CBC news. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
10. "Bernard Valcourt, new aboriginal affairs minister, a 'straight talker' who knows the file". Ottawa Citizen. February 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
11. "Canada's Aboriginal Minister Shrugs Off Responsibility for Youth Suicides on Reserves, Says It's Parents' Problem". VICE NEws. VICE News. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
12. "Madawaska-Restigouche elects Liberal René Arseneault". CBC News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Madawaska—Restigouche, 30 September 2015
14. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
15. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
16. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 20, 2011)
• Profile at House of Commons of Canada
• Bernard Valcourt – Parliament of Canada biography
• Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca

Political offices
Preceded by Danny Cameron	Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 1995–1997	Succeeded by Elvy Robichaud
Party political offices
Preceded by Dennis Cochrane	Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 1995–1997	Succeeded by Bernard Lord
Party political offices
Preceded by James Moore	Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development 2013–2015	Succeeded by Carolyn Bennett