Madawaska (provincial electoral district)

Madawaska
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1874
District abolished 1973
First contested 1874
Last contested 1970

Madawaska was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from Victoria in 1874, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly


Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Victoria
23rd 1875 – 1878     Lévite Thériault Ind.
24th 1879 – 1882
25th 1882     P. Lynott[1] Ind.
1882 – 1886     Mathias Nadeau Cons.
26th 1886 – 1890     Lévite Thériault Ind.
27th 1890 – 1892
28th 1892 – 1895
29th 1896 – 1899     Alphonse Bertrand Cons.     Cyprien Martin Lib.
30th 1899 – 1903     Frederick LaForest Ind.     Narcisse A. Gagnon Ind.
31st 1903     Thomas Clair Lib.
1903 – 1908     Cyprien Martin Lib.
32nd 1908 – 1912     Charles L. Cyr Ind.     Jesse W. Baker Ind.
33rd 1912 – 1917     Louis-Auguste Dugal Lib.     Joseph H. Pelletier Ind.
34th 1917 – 1920     Joseph-Enoil Michaud[2] Lib.
35th 1921 – 1922     Donat L. Daigle Ind.
1922 – 1925     Lorne J. Violette Lib.
36th 1925 – 1930
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939     Joseph Gaspard Boucher Lib.     Pio H. Laporte[3] Lib.
39th 1939 – 1944
40th 1944 – 1948     J. Hervé Proulx Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952     Clarence Bourque Lib.     Docithe Nadeau Lib.
42nd 1952 – 1956     William Bird PC     Lucien Fortin PC     Edgar Fournier PC
43rd 1957 – 1960
44th 1960 – 1963     Laurier Lévesque Lib.     J. Adrien Lévesque Lib.     Jean Marc Michaud Lib.
45th 1963 – 1967     Fred E. Soucy Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970     Gérald Clavette Lib.
47th 1970 – 1974     Daniel G. Daigle Lib.
Riding dissolved into Madawaska Centre, Madawaska-les-Lacs and Madawaska South

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1970
Party Candidate VotesElected
LiberalGérald Clavette 4,766 Green tick
LiberalLaurier Lévesque 4,696 Green tick
LiberalDaniel Daigle 4,670 Green tick
Progressive ConservativeGuy Charest 3,304
Progressive ConservativeGuildard A. Pelletier 3,195
Progressive ConservativeRenaud Gagné 3,125
New Brunswick general election, 1967
Party Candidate VotesElected
LiberalGérald Clavette 4,303 Green tick
LiberalAdrien Lévesque 4,235 Green tick
LiberalLaurier Lévesque 4,187 Green tick
Progressive ConservativeGuy Charest 3,679
Progressive ConservativeNoe Lévesque 3,574
Progressive ConservativeEverard Tardif 3,548

References

  1. ↑ resigned
  2. ↑ elected to federal seat
  3. ↑ died in 1939