Miramichi West (electoral district)

Miramichi West

New Brunswick electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Vacant
District created	2023
First contested	2024
Demographics
Census subdivision(s)	Big Hole Tract 8, Doaktown, Greater Miramichi Rural District, Miramichi River Valley, Red Bank 4, Upper Miramichi

Miramichi West (French : Miramichi-Ouest) is an provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. It was created out of the western portions of Miramichi Bay-Neguac and Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin.

District created

It was created in 2023 and will be first contested in the 2024 New Brunswick general election. It covers the western and more rural portions of Miramichi Bay-Neguac and Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin. The riding covers the northwestern and southern areas in the Greater Miramichi Rural District, the Miramichi River Valley, Doaktown, and Upper Miramichi. The riding also includes Eel Ground First Nation and Metepenagiag Miꞌkmaq Nation. ^[1]

Miramichi West (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Miramichi West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Miramichi Bay-Neguac and Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin
61st	2024–2025		Michael Dawson	Progressive Conservative

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, October 6, 2025 Resignation of Michael Dawson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Russell
	Liberal	Hannah Fulton Johnston
	Green	Genevieve MacRae
	New Democratic
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2024 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Dawson	3,814	57.08%	+9.58
	Liberal	Mark Hambrook	2,254	33.73%	+11.23
	Green	Genevieve MacRae	273	4.09%	+2.29
	People's Alliance	Rhonda L'Huillier	229	3.43%	-22.97
	Independent	Richard Sutherland	112	1.68%	–
Total valid votes			6,682
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.83
Source: Elections New Brunswick [2]

2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	47.5
	People's Alliance	26.4
	Liberal	22.5
	New Democratic Party	1.8
	Green	1.8

References

1. "Miramichi West Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-24.
2. https://globalnews.ca/news/10794795/new-brunswick-election-2024-results-miramichi-west/
3. "Miramichi West". 338Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2024.