Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Shippagan-Lameque-Miscou in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 

Wilfred Roussel
Liberal

District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 13,506
Electors (2013) 11,274

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was previously named Shippagan-les-Îles from 1974 to 1995 and Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou from 1995 to 2014. Its boundaries were largely unchanged from its creation until the 2013 redistribution extended it inland to the Pokemouche area, taken from Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Shippagan-les-Îles
Riding created from Gloucester
48th  1974–1978     André Robichaud Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Jean Gauvin Progressive Conservative
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Aldéa Landry Liberal
52nd  1991–1995     Jean Gauvin Progressive Conservative
 1995–1995     Independent
Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
53rd  1995–1999     Jean-Camille DeGrâce Liberal
54th  1999–2003     Paul Robichaud Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
58th  2014–Present     Wilfred Roussel Liberal

Electoral results

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalWilfred Roussel 4,014 46.10 +14.39
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 3,970 45.60 -13.29
New DemocraticJuliette Paulin 497 5.71 -3.70
GreenTony Mallet 226 2.60 –
Total valid votes 8,707100.0  
Total rejected ballots 300.34
Turnout 8,73776.73
Eligible voters 11,387
Liberal notional gain Swing +13.84
These results were declared after a judicial recount.
[1]

Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 4,270 58.89 +1.38
LiberalAlonzo Rail 2,299 31.71 -5.26
New DemocraticArmel T. Chiasson 682 9.41 +3.88
Total valid votes 7,251100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1161.57
Turnout 7,36780.94
Eligible voters 9,102
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.32
[2]
New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 4,348 57.51 -2.57
LiberalDenis Roussel 2,795 36.97 +1.26
New DemocraticJuliette Paulin 418 5.53 +1.33
Total valid votes 7,561100.0  
Total rejected ballots 821.07
Turnout 7,64378.22
Eligible voters 9,771
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing -1.92
[3]
New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 4,788 60.08 -5.09
LiberalDenis Roussel 2,846 35.71 +7.45
New DemocraticJean-Baptiste Bezeau 335 4.20 -2.37
Total valid votes 7,969100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.27
New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 5,910 65.17 +16.97
LiberalJean-Camille DeGrâce 2,563 28.26 -20.27
New DemocraticDenis Doiron 596 6.57 +3.96
Total valid votes 9,069100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.62
New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalJean-Camille DeGrâce 4,124 48.53 -0.57
Progressive ConservativePaul Robichaud 4,096 48.20 -1.40
New DemocraticDaniel Brindle 222 2.61 +1.31
IndependentGilles Godin 56 0.66 –
Total valid votes 8,498100.0  
Liberal gain from Independent Swing +0.42

Shippagan-les-Îles

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean Gauvin 4,881 49.60 +8.41
LiberalAldéa Landry 4,831 49.10 -8.68
New DemocraticJohn Gagnon 128 1.30 +0.27
Total valid votes 9,840100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.54
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAldéa Landry 5,601 57.78 +18.33
Progressive ConservativeJean Gauvin 3,993 41.19 -18.08
New DemocraticCharles Rail 100 1.03 –
Total valid votes 9,694100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +18.20
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean Gauvin 5,238 59.27 +17.54
LiberalAndré Robichaud 3,487 39.45 +5.27
Parti acadienLaval Auclair 113 1.28 -5.15
Total valid votes 8,838100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.14
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean Gauvin 3,023 41.73 +6.95
LiberalAndré Robichaud 2,476 34.18 -1.65
IndependentMichel Haché 1,280 17.67 –
Parti acadienLaval Auclair 466 6.43 –
Total valid votes 7,245100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.30
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAndré Robichaud 2,289 35.83
Progressive ConservativeJean C. Chiasson 2,222 34.78
IndependentGastien Godin 1,877 29.38
Total valid votes 6,388100.0  
This riding was created from the multi-member riding of Gloucester, which elected 5 (of 5) Liberal members in 1970. One of these seats was won by a Progressive Conservative in a 1972 by-election. André Robichaud was one of five incumbents.

References

  1. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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