Tracadie (electoral district)

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Tracadie
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 contested1994

Tracadie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was superseded by the Tracadie-Sheila district in 1995.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
RIding created from Gloucester
48th  1974–1978   Adjutor Ferguson Liberal
49th  1978–1982   Doug Young Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1988
 1988–1991   Denis Losier Liberal
52nd  1991–1994
 1994–1995   Elvy Robichaud Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Tracadie-Sheila and Centre-Péninsule

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1994
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Elvy Robichaud 5,60556.45+35.22
Liberal Aquila Comeau4,24942.79-21.57
Confederation of Regions Gisèle Blanchard750.76
New Democratic nilwithdrawn
Total valid votes9,929100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +28.40
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Denis Losier 6,37464.36-18.53
Progressive Conservative Colette McGraw2,10321.23
New Democratic Pierre Cousineau1,42714.41
Total valid votes9,904100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -19.88
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 14 November 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Denis Losier 5,35982.89+24.29
Independent Yvon T. McGraw1,10617.11
Total valid votes6,465100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.59
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Douglas M. Young 5,78758.60+1.17
Progressive Conservative Colette McGraw3,08131.20-6.02
New Democratic Serge Robichaud8238.33
Independent Fernand Losier1841.86-0.23
Total valid votes9,875100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.60
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Doug Young 5,30857.43+0.40
Progressive Conservative Henri Thomas3,44037.22+4.76
Parti acadien Michael Blanchard3013.26-7.25
Independent Fernand Losier1932.09
Total valid votes9,242100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.18
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Douglas M. Young 4,37457.03+0.26
Progressive Conservative George McLaughlin2,49032.46-4.40
Parti acadien Alyre Morais80610.51+4.14
Total valid votes7,670100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.33
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 3,50156.77
Progressive Conservative Paul Boudreau2,27336.86
Parti acadien Réjean Comeau3936.37
Total valid votes6,167100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected 5 (of 5) Liberals in the last election, and one Progressive Conservative member was elected in the 1972 by-election. Adjutor Ferguson was one of five incumbents.

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