Madawaska South

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Madawaska South
Flag of New Brunswick.svg 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 South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Madawaska in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978   Daniel Daigle Liberal
49th  1978–1982   Héliodore Côté Liberal
50th  1982–1987   Percy Mockler Progressive Conservative
51st  1987–1991   Pierrette Ringuette Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 29 November 1993
On the resignation of Pierrette Ringuette
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Percy Mockler 2,590
Liberal Nicole Thériault2,182
New Democratic Noëlla T. Simard65
Total valid votes4,837
Progressive Conservative gain Swing {{{3}}}
Source: The Legislative Library of New Brunswick [1]
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pierrette Ringuette 2,84359.64+7.70
Progressive Conservative Théo Poitras1,71535.98-9.46
New Democratic Julien Tardif2094.38+1.76
Total valid votes4,767100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +8.58
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pierrette Ringuette 2,59751.94+7.62
Progressive Conservative Percy P. Mockler 2,27245.44-8.41
New Democratic Jean-Claude Bosse1312.62+0.79
Total valid votes5,000100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.02
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Mockler 2,56153.85+19.13
Liberal Héliodore Côté 2,10844.32-1.18
New Democratic Paul Murphy871.83
Total valid votes4,756100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.16
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Héliodore Côté 1,83245.50-11.23
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Violette1,39834.72-5.29
Independent Père Léo Theriault65916.37
Parti acadien Jacques Lapointe1373.40+0.13
Total valid votes4,026100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.97
Independent candidate Léo Theriault lost 23.64 percentage points from his 1974 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Daniel Daigle 1,89356.73
Progressive Conservative Léo Theriault1,33540.01
Parti acadien Jeanne-D'Arc Fortin1093.27
Total valid votes3,337100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Daniel Daigle being one of three incumbents.

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References

  1. "Election Results for November 29, 1993". The Legislative Library of New Brunswick. Retrieved December 7, 2021.