Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 68,352.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 External links

Geography

The district includes the counties of Carleton and Victoria as well as the Parish and Village of Saint-André and the eastern part of the County of York (excluding the City of Fredericton and vicinity). The neighbouring ridings are Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, Fredericton, and New Brunswick Southwest.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from portions of the old ridings of Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury, and Madawaska—Victoria. Its creation was very controversial, as it included areas with both large anglophone and francophone populations, while neighbouring communities were placed in other ridings. This seemingly went against the "communities of interest" criterion in drawing electoral boundaries.

On two separate occasions Tobique—Mactaquac has been involved in party nomination controversies. In the 1997 election, the Liberals were alleged to have rigged their meeting to choose Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, the Member of Parliament for the defunct Madawaska—Victoria riding. The meeting was held in Grand Falls, near her hometown and at the far northern end of the riding. Due to sound problems, only her speech was carried over the loudspeakers. Ringuette-Maltais lost the election to Gilles Bernier of the Progressive Conservatives.

In the 2004 election, the Conservative Party selected Adam Richardson, who had run for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 election, but national head office refused to sign his nomination papers, apparently due to Richardson's demands that Stephen Harper apologize for comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen, lost to Liberal incumbent Andy Savoy.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury and Madawaska—Victoria prior to 1997
36th	1997–2000	Gilles Bernier	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Andy Savoy	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Andy Savoy	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Mike Allen	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Allen	21,108	62.7	+5.4
	New Democrat	Pierre Cyr	6,388	19.0	+3.6
	Liberal	Charles Chiasson	5,337	15.9	-5.6
	Green	Rish Mcglynn	831	2.5	-3.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,664	100.0
Total rejected ballots			256	0.8
Turnout			33,920	64.5	+5.2
Eligible voters			52,623

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Allen	18,020	57.3	+13.6	$61,616
	Liberal	Sally McGrath	6,773	21.5	-21.5	$29,832
	New Democrat	Alice Finnamore	4,830	15.4	+4.0	$8,678
	Green	Mark Glass	1,810	5.8	+3.9	$1,510
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,433	100.0		$81,901
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				59.3

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Allen	15,869	43.7	+4.0
	Liberal	Andy Savoy	15,615	43.0	-5.2
	New Democrat	Alice Finnamore	4,137	11.4	+2.9
	Green	Robert Berube Jr.	671	1.8	-1.9
Total valid votes			36,292	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal.

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andy Savoy	16,787	48.2	+15.4
	Conservative	Mike Allen	13,779	39.7	-24.2
	New Democrat	Jason Mapplebeck	2,957	8.5	+4.8
	Green	Scott Jones	1,282	3.7	+3.7
Difference			3,008	8.5
Total valid votes			34,805	100.0
Rejected ballots			349	1.0
Turnout			35,154	64.0

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andy Savoy	10,900	33.6	+3.4
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Bernier	10,750	33.1	-2.8
	Canadian Alliance	Adam Richardson	9,570	29.5	+1.8
	New Democrat	Carolyn Van Dine	1,216	3.7	-2.5
Total			32,436	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Bernier	12,125	35.9
	Liberal	Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais	10,190	30.2
	Reform	Ivan Shaw	9,371	27.7
	New Democrat	Leslie Ann Ferguson	2,093	6.2
Total			33,779	100.0

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal ridings in New Brunswick

Conservative	Fredericton • Fundy Royal • Madawaska—Restigouche • Miramichi • Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe • New Brunswick Southwest • Saint John • Tobique—Mactaquac

Liberal	Beauséjour

New Democratic	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

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

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan • Charlottetown • Egmont • Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst • Beauséjour • Fredericton • Fundy Royal • Madawaska—Restigouche • Miramichi • Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe • New Brunswick Southwest • Saint John • Tobique—Mactaquac