Madawaska-les-Lacs 1767573 219926045 2008-06-17T14:10:52Z Jonathan Logan 6950385 /* 1974 */ '''Madawaska-les-Lacs''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Legislative Assembly]] of [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. Its MLA is [[Jeannot Volpé]], a [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]. The district was established in [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973|1973]] when New Brunswick moved from a system of [[bloc voting]] to the [[first past the post]] electoral system. It had previously been a part of the [[Madawaska (provincial electoral district)|Madawaska]] [[Madawaska County, New Brunswick|county]] electoral district which returned three members. It the [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994|1994 electoral redistribution]], it added parts of the old district of [[Madawaska Centre]] and it under went only very minor boundary changes in [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006|2006]]. It is one of, if not the, safest [[francophone]] seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It has been held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the [[New Brunswick general election, 1987|1987 election]] (in which the [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberals]] won every seat) and the [[New Brunswick general election, 1991|1991 election]] (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions Party]] which opposed [[official language|official status]] for the [[French language]]). ==Results== ===1974=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1974|1974 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jean-Pierre Ouellet]] |align="right"|1976 |align="right"|49.9% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Laurier Lévesque]] |align="right"|1881 |align="right"|47.5% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |[[Parti acadien]] |[[Jean-Marie Nadeau]] |align="right"|99 |align="right"|2.5% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''gain'''*. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|95 |align="right"|2.4% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> The riding was first used for the [[1974]] election, it was created from the [[Madawaska (provincial electoral district)|Madawaska district]] which had returned three Liberals in the [[New Brunswick general election, 1970|previous election]]. ===1978=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1978|1978 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jean-Pierre Ouellet]] |align="right"|2876 |align="right"|57.1% |align="right"|+7.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Nelson Bellefleur |align="right"|2071 |align="right"|41.1% |align="right"|-6.4% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |[[Parti acadien]] |Yves C. LeClerc |align="right"|90 |align="right"|1.8% |align="right"|-0.7% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|805 |align="right"|16.0% |} ===1982=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1982|1982 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jean-Pierre Ouellet]] |align="right"|3071 |align="right"|53.0% |align="right"|-4.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Luc Daigle |align="right"|2545 |align="right"|43.9% |align="right"|+2.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Rino Pelletier |align="right"|176 |align="right"|3.0% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|526 |align="right"|9.1% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki>The NDP did not contest the seat in the previous election. ===1987=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1987|1987 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Georges Corriveau]] |align="right"|3839 |align="right"|62.5% |align="right"|+18.6% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jean-Pierre Ouellet]] |align="right"|1933 |align="right"|31.5% |align="right"|-21.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Maurice Clavette |align="right"|368 |align="right"|6.0% |align="right"|+3.0% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''gain'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1906 |align="right"|31.0% |} ===1991=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1991|1991 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Georges Corriveau]] |align="right"|2906 |align="right"|50.8% |align="right"|-11.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Raoul Cyr |align="right"|2211 |align="right"|38.7% |align="right"|+7.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Gérard Caron |align="right"|601 |align="right"|10.5% |align="right"|+4.5% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|695 |align="right"|12.2% |} ===1995=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1995|1995 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jeannot Volpé]] |align="right"|4060 |align="right"|56.0% |align="right"|+17.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Georges Corriveau]] |align="right"|3085 |align="right"|42.6% |align="right"|-8.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |John Nowlan |align="right"|103 |align="right"|1.4% |align="right"|-9.1% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''gain'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|975 |align="right"|13.5% |} ===1999=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1999|1999 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jeannot Volpé]] |align="right"|4289 |align="right"|65.2% |align="right"|+9.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Georges Corriveau]] |align="right"|2138 |align="right"|32.5% |align="right"|-10.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau |align="right"|154 |align="right"|2.3% |align="right"|+0.9% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|2151 |align="right"|32.7% |} ===2003=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2003|2003 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jeannot Volpé]] |align="right"|3965 |align="right"|60.6% |align="right"|-4.6% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Louis Labrie |align="right"|2391 |align="right"|36.5% |align="right"|+4.0% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Jason Carney |align="right"|187 |align="right"|2.9% |align="right"|+0.6% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1574 |align="right"|24.1% |} ===2006=== {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2006|2006 New Brunswick election]]: Madawaska-les-Lacs}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Jeannot Volpé]] |align="right"|4268 |align="right"|63.3% |align="right"|+2.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Elaine Albert |align="right"|2297 |align="right"|34.0% |align="right"|-2.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Jeff Thibodeau |align="right"|183 |align="right"|2.7% |align="right"|-0.2% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1971 |align="right"|29.2% |} ==External links== *[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/ Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick] {{NB-ED}} [[Category:New Brunswick provincial electoral districts]]