Madawaska South
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Madawaska South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Madawaska in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Madawaska | ||||
| 48th | 1974 − 1978 | Daniel Daigle | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978 − 1982 | Héliodore Cote | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982 − 1987 | Percy Mockler | Progressive Conservative | |
| 51st | 1987 − 1991 | Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991 − 1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée | ||||
Election results
| New Brunswick general election, 1991 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais | 2,843 | 59.64 | +7.70 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Théo Poitras | 1,715 | 35.98 | -9.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Julien Tardif | 209 | 4.38 | +1.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.58 | ||||||
| New Brunswick general election, 1987 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais | 2,597 | 51.94 | +7.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy P. Mockler | 2,272 | 45.44 | -8.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bosse | 131 | 2.62 | +0.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,000 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +8.02 | ||||||
| New Brunswick general election, 1982 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 2,561 | 53.85 | +19.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Hélidore Cote | 2,108 | 44.32 | -1.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Murphy | 87 | 1.83 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,756 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.16 | ||||||
| New Brunswick general election, 1978 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Héliodore Cote | 1,832 | 45.50 | -11.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Marc Violette | 1,398 | 34.72 | -5.29 | ||||
| Independent | Père Léo Theriault | 659 | 16.37 | – | ||||
| Parti acadien | Jacques Lapointe | 137 | 3.40 | +0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,026 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.97 | ||||||
| Independent candidate Léo Theriault lost 23.64 percentage points from his 1974 performance running as a Progressive Conservative. | ||||||||
| New Brunswick general election, 1974 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Daniel Daigle | 1,893 | 56.73 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léo Theriault | 1,335 | 40.01 | |||||
| Parti acadien | Jeanne-D'Arc Fortin | 109 | 3.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,337 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Daniel Daigle being one of three incumbents. | ||||||||