Campbellton-Dalhousie

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Campbellton-Dalhousie
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
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The riding of Campbellton-Dalhousie in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates: 48°02′02″N66°26′56″W / 48.034°N 66.449°W / 48.034; -66.449
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Guy Arseneault
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2014
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)14,942
Electors (2013)11,760
Census division(s) Restigouche
Census subdivision(s) Campbellton, Dalhousie

Campbellton-Dalhousie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries by combining portions of the Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East electoral districts. The election was won by Donald Arseneault of the Liberal party.

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The district is the geographically smallest in predominantly rural Northern New Brunswick, consisting of the city of Campbellton, the town of Dalhousie and communities along a 20 km stretch of road between them.

The seat was vacated November 30, 2017; Arsenault was given an ultimatum by Liberal Leader Brian Gallant in reference to a perceived conflict of interest. [1] This was not the first time he held the spotlight in controversy; in an infamous deal, over $70 million of taxpayer money (known as the Atcon Scanda [2] ) was lost through the decision making of the Liberal Caucus of which he was part (2009). The seat was won by Guy Arseneault on September 24, 2018.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Dalhousie-Restigouche East
and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
58th  2014–2017   Donald Arseneault Liberal
59th  2018–2020 Guy Arseneault
60th  2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Guy Arseneault 4,54065.20+14.91
Progressive Conservative Charles Stewart1,36919.66-4.15
Green Marie-Christine Allard1,05415.14+6.53
Total valid votes6,963100.00
Total rejected ballots420.60-0.06
Turnout7,00564.29-2.63
Eligible voters10,896
Liberal hold Swing +9.53
Source: Elections New Brunswick [3]
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Guy Arseneault 3,72050.29-11.96
Progressive Conservative Diane Cyr1,76123.81-0.46
New Democratic Thérèse Tremblay7219.75-0.09
Green Annie Thériault6378.61+4.97
People's Alliance Robert Boudreau5587.54--
Total valid votes7,397100.00
Total rejected ballots490.66
Turnout7,44666.92
Eligible voters11,127
Liberal hold Swing -5.75
Source: Elections NB [4]
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Donald Arseneault 4,82062.25
Progressive Conservative Joe. G. Elias1,87924.27
New Democratic Jamie O'Rourke7629.84
Green Heather Wood2823.64
Total valid votes7,743100.00
Total rejected ballots490.63
Turnout7,79266.93
Eligible voters11,642
This riding was created from parts of Dalhousie-Restigouche East and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Donald Arseneault was the incumbent from Dalhousie-Restigouche East.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "N.B. MLA Donald Arseneault resigns seat amid conflict of interest controversy | Globalnews.ca".
  2. ↑ "New Brunswick on hook for $70M in Atcon deal - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". Global News . Archived from the original on January 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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