Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

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Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (2023-).png
The riding of Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates: 47°23′35″N68°27′32″W / 47.393°N 68.459°W / 47.393; -68.459
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Francine Landry
Liberal
District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,676
Electors (2013)11,132

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

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The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs when New Brunswick moved from a system of bloc voting to the first past the post electoral system. It had previously been a part of the Madawaska County electoral district which returned three members.

It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006.

In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed.

It was formerly one of the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It was held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Party which opposed official status for the French language). Recently, it has elected Liberal MLAs. Its current MLA is Francine Landry of the Liberal Party.

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston Roads Map.png
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Madawaska les Lacs
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978   Jean-Pierre Ouellet Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Georges Corriveau Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1999   Jeannot Volpé Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014 Yvon Bonenfant
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
58th  2014–2018   Francine Landry Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2024
61st  2024–Present

Election results

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francine Landry4,58366.54+7.67
Progressive Conservative Marie-Eve Castonguay1,76325.60-0.05
Green Marie-Soleil Lussier5427.87-5.40
Total valid votes6,88899.24
Total rejected ballots530.76
Turnout6,94161.65
Eligible voters11,258
Liberal hold Swing +3.86
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francine Landry 4,19158.87+2.48
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 1,82625.65-10.27
Green Denis Boulet94513.27--
New Democratic Cécile Richard-Hébert1562.19-5.50
Total valid votes7,118100.0  
Total rejected ballots72
Turnout7,19063.20
Eligible voters11,377
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francine Landry 4,10656.39+24.57
Progressive Conservative Yvon Bonenfant 2,61635.92-18.25
New Democratic Widler Jules5607.69+4.02
Total valid votes7,282100.0  
Total rejected ballots911.23
Turnout7,37363.14
Eligible voters11,677
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +21.41
[1]

Madawaska les Lacs

2010 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Yvon Bonenfant 3,37854.17-9.08
Liberal Jocelyn Levesque1,98531.82-2.21
Independent Jean-Marc Nadeau64410.33
New Democratic Nicole Therieault2293.67+0.96
Total valid votes6,236100.0  
Total rejected ballots1151.81
Turnout6,35170.88
Eligible voters8,960
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.43
[2]
2006 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,27163.25+2.65
Liberal Elaine Albert2,29934.04-2.50
New Democratic Jeff Thibodeau1832.71-0.15
Total valid votes6,753100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.58
2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 3,96560.60-4.57
Liberal Louis Labrie2,39136.54+4.05
New Democratic Jason Carney1872.86+0.52
Total valid votes6,543100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.31
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,28965.17+9.15
Liberal Georges Corriveau 2,13832.49-10.07
New Democratic Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau1542.34+0.92
Total valid votes6,581100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.61
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,06056.02+17.35
Liberal Georges Corriveau 3,08542.56-8.26
New Democratic John Nowlan1031.42-9.09
Total valid votes7,248100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.80
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Georges Corriveau 2,90650.82-11.70
Progressive Conservative Raoul Cyr2,21138.67+7.19
New Democratic Gérard Caron60110.51+4.51
Total valid votes5,718100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -9.44
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Georges Corriveau 3,83962.52+18.58
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 1,93331.48-21.54
New Democratic Maurice Clavette3686.00+2.96
Total valid votes6,140100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.06
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 3,07153.02-4.06
Liberal Luc Daigle2,54543.94+2.82
New Democratic Rino Pelletier1763.04
Total valid votes5,792100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.44
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 2,87657.08+7.13
Liberal Nelson Bellefleur2,07141.12-6.43
Parti acadien Yves C. LeClerc901.79-0.71
Total valid votes5,037100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.78
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 1,97649.95
Liberal Laurier Lévesque 1,88147.55
Parti acadien Jean-Marie Nadeau992.50
Total valid votes3,956100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.

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References

  1. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.