Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

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Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

Canadian Federal electoral district
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in relation to the other New Brunswick ridings.
Member of Parliament		Brian Murphy Liberal
Population (2001)	83 191
Electors (2006)	72 386
Area (km²)	200
Pop. density (per km²)	416.0
Riding created	1966, from Westmorland
Census divisions	Albert County Westmorland County
Subdivisions	Cities: Dieppe (part) Moncton Towns: Riverview (part)

Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe (formerly known as Moncton) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 83,191.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe 3.2 Moncton 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the entire city of Moncton and most of the towns of Riverview and Dieppe.

The neighbouring ridings are Beauséjour and Fundy Royal.

[edit] History

The riding of Moncton was created in 1966 when the district of Westmorland was split. The other riding is now called Beausejour. The riding's initial area consisted of the city of Moncton and town of Dieppe, two parishes in Westmorland County (Moncton and Salisbury), and the Parish of Coverdale in Albert County.

As the Moncton area grew in population, the riding shrank. The area of Albert County outside the town of Riverview was removed in 1976, a large area north of Moncton was removed in 1987, and the Petitcodiac and Salisbury areas were removed in 1997, to the point where the riding no longer has any largely rural areas. In 1998, Riverview and Dieppe were added to the riding's name.

Moncton has elected some well-known and controversial Members of Parliament. Former mayor Leonard Jones, who took a tough stance against French language education, won the Progressive Conservative Party nomination for the 1974 election, but party leader Robert Stanfield refused to sign his nomination papers because of Jones' opposition to party policy on Official bilingualism. Jones ran and won as an independent candidate.

Dennis Cochrane, later the leader of the New Brunswick PC Party, represented the city for one term in the 1980s, and Liberal Brian Murphy is the riding's current representative in the House of Commons.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Westmorland prior to 1968
Moncton
28th	1968-1972		Charlie Thomas	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979		Leonard Jones	Independent
31st	1979-1980		Gary McCauley	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Dennis Cochrane	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		George Rideout	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
36th	1997-2000		Claudette Bradshaw	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-		Brian Murphy	Liberal

[edit] Election results

[edit] Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Murphy	22,918	47.7	-11.6
	Conservative	Charles Doucet	14,464	30.1	+6.6
	New Democrat	David Hackett	9,095	18.9	+6.4
	Green	Camille Labchuk	1,409	2.9	-1.8
	Canadian Action	Ron Pomerleau	150	0.3	+0.3

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claudette Bradshaw	25,266	59.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Jean LeBlanc	10,003	23.5	-10.2
	New Democrat	Hélène LaPointe	5,344	12.5	+5.6
	Green	Judith Hamel	1,998	4.7	*

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claudette Bradshaw	26,545	58.7	+14.1
	Canadian Alliance	Kathryn Barnes	8,130	18.0	+5.0
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Landry	7,082	15.7	-9.8
	New Democrat	Hélène Lapointe	3,139	6.9	-9.1
	Natural Law	Laurent Maltais	297	0.7	-0.2

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claudette Bradshaw	20,860	44.6	-21.9
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Eaton	11,931	25.5	+11.3
	New Democrat	Tom Barron	7,510	16.0	+11.1
	Reform	Brent Steeves	6,073	13.0	+0.6
	Natural Law	John Hogan	424	0.9	-0.1

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Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Rideout	33,790	66.5	+19.6
	Progressive Conservative	Bernadette LeBlanc	7,199	14.2	-19.8
	Reform	Clyde Woodworth	6,294	12.4	*
	New Democrat	Gérard Snow	2,503	4.9	-3.8
	Christian Heritage	Isaac Legere	561	1.1	-0.7
	Natural Law	Ronald Openshaw	491	1.0	*

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Rideout	23,823	46.9	+19.1
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Cochrane	17,267	34.0	-23.2
	New Democrat	Terry Boudreau	4,904	9.7	-4.9
	Confederation of Regions	Robert Hyslop	3,703	7.3	*
	Christian Heritage	David Little	909	1.8	*
	Not affiliated	John Robert Gallant	175	0.3	*

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Cochrane	29,936	57.2	+22.3
	Liberal	Gary McCauley	14,557	27.8	-20.2
	New Democrat	Gregory Murphy	7,629	14.6	-2.1
	Independent	Bob Kirk	243	0.5	*

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary McCauley	22,365	48.0	+4.7
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Lockhart	16,277	34.9	-3.2
	New Democrat	Gregory Murphy	7,791	16.7	-1.8
	Not affiliated	Raymond Léger	146	0.3	*
	Marxist-Leninist	Nancy DesRosiers	51	0.1	*

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary McCauley	20,940	43.3	+7.5
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Wheeler	18,446	38.1	+23.8
	New Democrat	Gregory Murphy	8,936	18.5	+15.2

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leonard Jones	20,671	45.8	*
	Liberal	Léonide Cyr	16,199	35.8	-4.0
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	6,456	14.3	-38.3
	New Democrat	David Britton	1,501	3.3	-1.4
	Social Credit	Bob Taylor	343	0.8	-2.2

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	22,657	52.6	+2.5
	Liberal	Myron Mitton	17,124	39.8	-2.1
	New Democrat	Morrie Baum	2,003	4.7	-1.8
	Social Credit	Bob Taylor	1,273	3.0	*

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	17,969	50.1
	Liberal	Margaret Rideout	15,013	41.9
	New Democrat	Barrie N. Hould	2,332	6.5
	Independent	R.F. Robinson	553	1.5

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Moncton 1966-1998
• Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe 1998-present

Federal Ridings in New Brunswick
Liberal	Beauséjour | Fredericton | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | Saint John
Conservative	Fundy Royal | New Brunswick Southwest | Tobique—Mactaquac
New Democrat	Acadie—Bathurst

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon | Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan | Charlottetown | Egmont | Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso | Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sackville—Eastern Shore | South Shore—St. Margaret's | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst | Beauséjour | Fredericton | Fundy Royal | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | New Brunswick Southwest | Saint John | Tobique—Mactaquac