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Madawaska South

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Madawaska South
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978     Daniel Daigle Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Héliodore Côté Liberal
50th  1982–1987     Percy Mockler Progressive Conservative
51st  1987–1991     Pierrette Ringuette Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée

Election results

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New Brunswick provincial by-election, 29 November 1993
On the resignation of Pierrette Ringuette
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Percy Mockler 2,590
Liberal Nicole Thériault 2,182
New Democratic Noëlla T. Simard 65
Total valid votes 4,837
Progressive Conservative gain Swing {{{3}}}
Source: The Legislative Library of New Brunswick[1]
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pierrette Ringuette 2,843 59.64 +7.70
Progressive Conservative Théo Poitras 1,715 35.98 -9.46
New Democratic Julien Tardif 209 4.38 +1.76
Total valid votes 4,767 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +8.58
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pierrette Ringuette 2,597 51.94 +7.62
Progressive Conservative Percy P. Mockler 2,272 45.44 -8.41
New Democratic Jean-Claude Bosse 131 2.62 +0.79
Total valid votes 5,000 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.02
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Mockler 2,561 53.85 +19.13
Liberal Héliodore Côté 2,108 44.32 -1.18
New Democratic Paul Murphy 87 1.83
Total valid votes 4,756 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.16
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Héliodore Côté 1,832 45.50 -11.23
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Violette 1,398 34.72 -5.29
Independent Père Léo Theriault 659 16.37
Parti acadien Jacques Lapointe 137 3.40 +0.13
Total valid votes 4,026 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.97
Independent candidate Léo Theriault lost 23.64 percentage points from his 1974 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Daniel Daigle 1,893 56.73
Progressive Conservative Léo Theriault 1,335 40.01
Parti acadien Jeanne-D'Arc Fortin 109 3.27
Total valid votes 3,337 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Daniel Daigle being one of three incumbents.

References

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  1. ^ "Election Results for November 29, 1993". The Legislative Library of New Brunswick. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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