Miramichi Bay-Neguac

Miramichi Bay-Neguac (French: Baie-de-Miramichi-Neguac) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was formerly known more simply as Miramichi Bay. The riding was created from part of the multi-member Northumberland riding, and was first contested in 1974. At the 2013 boundary adjustmnet, the riding moved western and inland taking in the northeast parts of the City of Miramichi and rural areas to the north and west of the city.

The riding's previous representative in the Legislative Assembly was Carmel Robichaud of the Liberal Party. Roger Duguay, leader of the New Democratic Party from 2007 to 2010, was that party's candidate in Miramichi Bay-Neguac in the 2006 provincial election.

Serge Robichaud of the Progressive Conservative was elected on September 27, 2010 in the 2010 provincial election.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Miramichi Bay Riding created from Northumberland
48th	1974–1978	Edgar LeGresley	Liberal
49th	1978–1982	Edgar LeGresley	Liberal
50th	1982–1987	James Gordon	Progressive Conservative
51st	1987–1991	Danny Gay	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2003	Réjean Savoie	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006	Carmel Robichaud	Liberal
Miramichi Bay-Neguac
56th	2006–2010	Carmel Robichaud	Liberal
57th	2010–2014	Serge Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–Present	Lisa Harris	Liberal

Election results

Miramichi Bay-Neguac

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lisa Harris	4,199	49.22	+11.84
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Robichaud	3,307	38.76	-3.95
	New Democratic	Curtis Bartibogue	785	9.20	-7.41
	Green	Filip Vanicek	240	2.81	+1.46
Total valid votes			8,531	100.0
Total rejected ballots			31	0.36
Turnout			8,562	72.02
Eligible voters			11,888
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.90
^[3]

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Robichaud	2,908	42.71	+14.07
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	2,545	37.38	-7.96
	New Democratic	Marc-Alphonse Leclair	1,131	16.61	-9.41
	People's Alliance	Tommy L'Huillier	132	1.94	–
	Green	Filip Vanicek	92	1.35	–
Total valid votes			6,808	100.0
Total rejected ballots			63	0.92
Turnout			6,871	76.89
Eligible voters			8,936
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.02
^[4]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	3,108	45.34	-0.72
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Vautour	1,963	28.64	-14.89
	New Democratic	Roger Duguay	1,784	26.02	+15.61
Total valid votes			6,855	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	0.90
Turnout			6,917	75.39
Eligible voters			9,175
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+7.08
^[5]

Miramichi Bay

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	3,227	46.06	+4.88
	Progressive Conservative	Réjean Savoie	3,050	43.53	-10.39
	New Democratic	Hilaire Rousselle	729	10.41	+5.51
Total valid votes			7,006
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.64
^[6]

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Réjean Savoie	4,014	53.92	+7.39
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,066	41.18	-7.72
	New Democratic	Donald Doucet	365	4.90	+1.59
Total valid votes			7,445
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.55
^[7]

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,504	48.90	-5.91
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Gordon	3,334	46.53	+17.08
	New Democratic	Mary M. Parker	237	3.31	-3.55
	Confederation of Regions	Allison Furlotte	91	1.27	-7.61
Total valid votes			7,166	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.50

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,940	54.81	-7.03
	Progressive Conservative	Emilien LeBreton	2,117	29.45	-6.56
	Confederation of Regions	James Grant MacIntosh	638	8.88	–
	New Democratic	Norman A. Richardson	493	6.86	+4.71
Total valid votes			7,188	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.24

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Donald "Danny" Gay	4,422	61.84	+15.54
	Progressive Conservative	James K. "Jim" Gordon	2,575	36.01	-13.51
	New Democratic	Joyce Carter	154	2.15	-2.02
Total valid votes			7,151	100.0
	Liberal gain		Swing		+14.52

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	James K. "Jimmy" Gordon	3,263	49.52	+17.74
	Liberal	Alcide Léger	3,051	46.30	+5.76
	New Democratic	J. Albert Richardson	275	4.17	–
Total valid votes			6,589	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.99

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	2,232	40.54	-20.44
	Progressive Conservative	James Kenneth Gordon	1,750	31.78	-2.76
	Independent	Solomon Curry	1,524	27.68	–
Total valid votes			5,506	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.84

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	2,841	60.98
	Progressive Conservative	George R. Savoie	1,609	34.54
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Morris	209	4.49
Total valid votes			4,659	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Edgar LeGresley being one of five incumbents.

References

1 2 http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
↑ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nbvotes2010/ridings/010/
↑ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
↑ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
↑ Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
↑ . Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
↑ . Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

New Brunswick provincial electoral districts

Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln

Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila

River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée

South	Charlotte-Campobello Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins

Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé

Defunct Districts

1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South

Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York

See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election

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