 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 |
Madawaska Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution from the multi-member riding of Madawaska, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Madawaska | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Gérald Clavette | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée, Edmundston and Madawaska-les-Lacs | ||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 2,942 | 58.14 | -1.24 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Marmen | 1,706 | 33.72 | +0.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Marie St-Onge | 412 | 8.14 | +0.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,060 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.82 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 3,136 | 59.38 | -7.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Marmen | 1,759 | 33.31 | +5.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Morneault | 386 | 7.31 | +1.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,281 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.42 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 2,774 | 66.57 | +6.34 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Tremblay | 1,152 | 27.65 | -9.23 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rodolphe Martin | 241 | 5.78 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,167 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.78 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 2,208 | 60.23 | -4.05 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léonard Plourde | 1,352 | 36.88 | +1.16 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Aline Thérèse Gagnon | 106 | 2.89 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,666 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.60 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 2,046 | 64.28 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léonard Plourde | 1,137 | 35.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,183 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska went totally Liberal in the last election, with Gérald Clavette being one of three incumbents. | ||||||||
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