Restigouche West

Restigouche West (French: Restigouche-ouest) was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This riding was created in the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to single member districts from Bloc voting. It was merged with Madawaska-la-Vallée to form the new district of Restigouche-la-Vallée in the 2006 redistribution. Prior to its creation, it had been part of the Restigouche County district which returned three members.

The riding, which was not changed in the 1994 redistribution, was made up of the part of Restigouche County that lies west of the Campbellton area. It included two incorporated municipalities: Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick.

In the 1987 election, when the New Brunswick Liberal Party won every seat, this was the closest contest. The riding was won by a margin of 17 votes.

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Results

1974 through 1982

1987 through 2003

1987 New Brunswick election: Restigouche West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Jean-Paul Savoie 3479 48.3%
     Progressive Conservative Yvon Poitras 3462 48.1%
     New Democratic James Gallant 262 3.6%
 
     Liberal gain. Majority 17 0.2%
1991 New Brunswick election: Restigouche West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Jean-Paul Savoie 3922 54.0% +5.7%
     Progressive Conservative Félix J. Dubé 2524 34.7% -13.4%
     Confederation of Regions Robert A. Boudreau 517 7.1% *
     New Democratic Rino Pelletier 302 4.2% +0.6%
 
     Liberal hold. Majority 1398 19.2%

*CoR did not contest the previous election.

1995 New Brunswick election: Restigouche West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Jean-Paul Savoie 3735 51.5% -2.5%
     Progressive Conservative Luc LeBrun 3230 44.5% +9.8%
     New Democratic Wendy Martin 200 2.8% -1.4%
     Natural Law Marcelle Lamontagne 93 1.3% *
 
     Liberal hold. Majority 505 7.0%

*Natural Law did not contest the previous election.

1999 New Brunswick election: Restigouche West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Benoît (Ben) Cyr 3592 50.1% +5.6%
     Liberal Jean-Paul Savoie 3328 46.4% -5.1%
     New Democratic Rose Duguay 255 3.1% +0.3%
 
     Prog. Cons. gain. Majority 264 3.7%
2003 New Brunswick election: Restigouche West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Burt W. Paulin 4008 59.0% +12.6%
     Progressive Conservative Benoît (Ben) Cyr 2523 37.2% -12.9%
     New Democratic Antoine Duguay 257 3.8% +0.7%
 
     Liberal gain. Majority 1485 21.9%

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