Madawaska Centre

Madawaska Centre
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 Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution from the multi-member riding of Madawaska, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978     Gérald Clavette Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée,
Edmundston and Madawaska-les-Lacs

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGérald Clavette 2,942 58.14 -1.24
Progressive ConservativeDon Marmen 1,706 33.72 +0.41
New DemocraticJean-Marie St-Onge 412 8.14 +0.80
Total valid votes 5,060100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.82
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGérald H. Clavette 3,136 59.38 -7.19
Progressive ConservativeDon Marmen 1,759 33.31 +5.66
New DemocraticPaul Morneault 386 7.31 +1.53
Total valid votes 5,281100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -6.42
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGérald H. Clavette 2,774 66.57 +6.34
Progressive ConservativeJacques Tremblay 1,152 27.65 -9.23
New DemocraticRodolphe Martin 241 5.78
Total valid votes 4,167100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.78
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGérald H. Clavette 2,208 60.23 -4.05
Progressive ConservativeLéonard Plourde 1,352 36.88 +1.16
Parti acadienAline Thérèse Gagnon 106 2.89
Total valid votes 3,666100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.60
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalGérald Clavette 2,046 64.28
Progressive ConservativeLéonard Plourde 1,137 35.72
Total valid votes 3,183100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska went totally Liberal in the last election, with Gérald Clavette being one of three incumbents.

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