Beauséjour (electoral district)

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Beauséjour

New Brunswick electoral district
Beauséjour in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Dominic LeBlanc Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	76,259
Electors (2006)	62,291
Area (km²)	6,820
Pop. density (per km²)	11.2
Census divisions	Kent, Westmorland
Census subdivisions	Dieppe, Bouctouche, Richibucto, Sackville, Shediac, Memramcook, Moncton, Dundas, Beaubassin East

Beauséjour riding (formerly known as Beauséjour—Petitcodiac) is a federal electoral district in eastern New Brunswick, Canada, which has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It replaced Westmorland—Kent, which was represented from 1968 to 1988.

Beauséjour is largely Acadian and Francophone, with a significant Anglophone section in the southern section of the riding.

The riding consists of most of Westmorland County to the east and north of Moncton; and almost all of Kent County. Major towns in the riding include Shediac, Cap-Pele, Sackville, Bouctouche and Richibucto. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi, Fredericton, Fundy Royal, Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, and Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley in Nova Scotia; it is connected to the riding of Malpeque on Prince Edward Island by the Confederation Bridge.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Beauséjour 2003-present 2.2 Beauséjour—Petitcodiac 1997-2003 2.3 Beauséjour 1987-1997 2.4 Westmorland—Kent 1966-1987 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

Westmorland—Kent was created in 1966 from Kent, and part of Westmorland that was not included in the Moncton riding. It was abolished when it was incorporated into the new riding of Beauséjour in 1987.

Beauséjour was created in 1987 primarily from Westmorland—Kent, incorporating parts of Moncton and Northumberland—Miramichi ridings.

In 1997, it was renamed "Beauséjour—Petitcodiac", and expanded to include most of Albert County and the Petitcodiac area of western Westmorland County. This created a "doughnut" around Greater Moncton, which was a separate district.

In 2003, Beauséjour—Petitcodiac was abolished when it was redistributed into a new Beauséjour riding and into Fundy riding.

The new Beauséjour riding was created primarily from Beauséjour—Petitcodiac, incorporating parts of Miramichi and Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe ridings.

The riding has voted Liberal in every election except 1997, when it elected a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament (MP) in what was mostly seen as a protest vote. Angela Vautour switched to the Progressive Conservatives midway through her term, and was defeated in 2000.

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien represented Beauséjour for a short time in the early 1990s after he won the Liberal leadership. The sitting MP stepped down to allow him to have a seat in the House of Commons. Former Governor-General of Canada Roméo LeBlanc also held a seat in Beauséjour for a time, and his son Dominic LeBlanc is its current MP.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kent and Westmorland prior to 1968
Westmorland—Kent
28th	1968-1972		Guy F. Crossman	Liberal
29th	1972-1974		Roméo LeBlanc	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Fernand Robichaud 1st term	Liberal
Beauséjour
34th	1988-1990		Fernand Robichaud	Liberal
1990 By-election	1990-1993		Jean Chrétien	Liberal
35th	1993-1997		Fernand Robichaud 2nd term	Liberal
Beauséjour—Petitcodiac
36th	1997-1999		Angela Vautour	New Democrat
	1999-2000			Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2004		Dominic LeBlanc	Liberal
Beauséjour
38th	2004-2006		Dominic LeBlanc	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] Beauséjour 2003-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	22 012	47.55	-5.73
	Conservative	Omer Léger	14 919	32.23	+4.04
	New Democrat	Neil Gardner	7717	16.67	+1.96
	Green	Anna Girouard	1290	2.79	-1.03
	Independent	Frank Comeau	357	0.77	Ø
Total valid votes			46 295

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21 934	53.28	+6.18
	Conservative	Angela Vautour	11 604	28.19	-17.65
	New Democrat	Omer Bourque	6056	14.71	+7.65
	Green	Anna Girouard	1574	3.82	Ø
Total valid votes			41 168

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] Beauséjour—Petitcodiac 1997-2003

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21 465	47.10	+12.27
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Vautour	14 631	32.11	+16.11
	Canadian Alliance	Tom Taylor	6256	13.73	+3.55
	New Democrat	Inka Milewski	3217	7.06	-31.93
Total valid votes			45 569

Change for Progressive Conservative candidate Angela Vautour are based on the party's results in 1997. She personally received -6.88% votes based on her results as an NDP candidate.

Change for the Canadian Alliance for 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Angela Vautour	18 504	38.99	+33.25
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	16 529	34.83	-41.20
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Hamilton	7592	16.00	+0.78
	Reform	Raymond Braun	4833	10.18	Ø
Total valid votes			47 458

[edit] Beauséjour 1987-1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fernand Robichaud	29 830	76.03	+24.58
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Hamilton	5970	15.22	-12.02
	New Democrat	David Bailie	2253	5.74	-31.62
	National	James Bannister	738	1.88	Ø
	Christian Heritage	Mae Boudreau-Pedersen	445	1.13	+0.28
Total valid votes			39 236

All changes are from the 1990 by-election, with the exception of the Progressive Conservative Party, who did not field a candidate.

By-election on 10 December 1990 On the resignation of Fernand Robichaud, 24 September 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	17 332	51.45	-7.16
	New Democrat	Guy Cormier	12 587	37.36	+27.12
	Confederation of Regions	Margie Bowes-Legood	2789	8.28	+4.37
	Independent	Alonzo LeBlanc	450	1.34	Ø
	Christian Heritage	Mae Boudreau-Pedersen	286	0.85	Ø
	Rhino	Bryan Gold	246	0.73	Ø
Total valid votes			33 690

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fernand Robichaud	22 650	58.61	+16.86
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	10 525	27.24	-10.72
	New Democrat	Lyman Dean	3958	10.24	-10.05
	Confederation of Regions	Russell Bowes	1511	3.91	Ø
Total valid votes			38 644

[edit] Westmorland—Kent 1966-1987

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fernand Robichaud	14 709	41.75	-25.37
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	13 371	37.96	+21.39
	New Democrat	Claire Doiron	7148	20.29	+3.98
Total valid votes			35 228

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roméo LeBlanc	21 625	67.12	+3.36
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Mesheau	5339	16.57	-4.75
	New Democrat	René Vannieuwenhuizen	5255	16.31	+1.39
Total valid votes			32 219

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roméo LeBlanc	19 695	63.76	+1.42
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	6584	21.32	-3.44
	New Democrat	René Vannieuwenhuizen	4609	14.92	+4.58
Total valid votes			30 888

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roméo LeBlanc	16 340	62.34	+6.35
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Leger	6490	24.76	-6.02
	New Democrat	John LaBossiere	2710	10.34	+2.35
	Social Credit	John Arseneault	671	2.56	-2.68
Total valid votes			26 211

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roméo LeBlanc	14 747	55.99	+2.67
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Leger	8107	30.78	-7.48
	New Democrat	John LaBossiere	2104	7.99	-0.44
	Social Credit	Henry Landry	1381	5.24	Ø
Total valid votes			26 339

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	11 519	53.32	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Arseneault	8265	38.26	Ø
	New Democrat	John Judson	1821	8.43	Ø
Total valid votes			21 605

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Westmorland-Kent 1966-1987
• Beauséjour 1987-1997
• Beauséjour—Petitcodiac 1997-2003
• Beauséjour 2003-present

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