Madawaska-les-Lacs
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2008-06-17T14:10:52Z
Jonathan Logan
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/* 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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]
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[[Category:New Brunswick provincial electoral districts]]