Restigouche West

Restigouche West (2014-present)

New Brunswick electoral district
File:Restigouche West (2014-).png The riding of Restigouche West in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Gilles LePage Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,705
Electors (2013)	11,764
Census divisions	Restigouche

Restigouche West (1974-2006)

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	2006
First contested	1974
Last contested	2003
Demographics
Electors (2003)	8,158
Census divisions	Restigouche

Restigouche West (French: Restigouche-ouest) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was used from 1974 through 2003, when it was split between the ridings of Restigouche-La-Vallée and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre. The riding was re-established in the 2013 electoral redistribution from parts of Dalhousie-Restigouche East, Restigouche-La-Vallée and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and will be contested again beginning in the 2014 general election.

This riding was created in the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to single member districts from Bloc voting. Prior to its creation, it had been part of the Restigouche County district which returned three members. The riding, which was not changed in the 1994 redistribution, was made up of the part of Restigouche County that lies west of the Campbellton area. It included two incorporated municipalities: Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick.

It was merged with Madawaska-la-Vallée to form the new district of Restigouche-la-Vallée in the 2006 redistribution.

Following the 2013 electoral redistribution it was re-established, though its territory now stretches much further east into Restigouche County, and now includes all of Restigouche County except for the Campbellton-Dalhousie area and the town of Belledune.

In the 1987 election, when the New Brunswick Liberal Party won every seat, this was the closest contest. The riding was won by a margin of 17 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Restigouche
48th	1974–1978		Alfred Roussel	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987		Yvon Poitras	Progressive Conservative
51st	1987–1991		Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2003		Benoît Cyr	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Burt Paulin	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Restigouche-La-Vallée, Campbellton and Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Riding re-created from Restigouche-La-Vallée, Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East
58th	2014–Present		Gilles LePage	Liberal

Election results

2014–present

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gilles LePage	4,940	58.02
	Progressive Conservative	Martine Coulombe	1,710	20.08
	Independent	Charles Thériault	1,514	17.78
	New Democratic	Gilles Cyr	351	4.12
Total valid votes			8,515	100.0
Total rejected ballots			70	0.82
Turnout			8,585	73.00
Eligible voters			11,761
This riding was created from parts of Restigouche-La-Vallée, Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal (Dalhousie-Restigouche East). Martine Coulombe was the incumbent from Restigouche-La-Vallée.
Source: Elections New Brunswick

1974–2003

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Burt W. Paulin	4,008	59.04	+12.66
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Cyr	2,523	37.17	-12.89
	New Democratic	Antoine Duguay	257	3.79	+0.24
Total valid votes			6,788	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+12.78

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Cyr	3,592	50.06	+5.56
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Savoie	3,328	46.38	-5.08
	New Democratic	Rose Duguay	255	3.55	+0.79
Total valid votes			7,175	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.32

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Savoie	3,735	51.46	-2.52
	Progressive Conservative	Luc LeBrun	3,230	44.50	+9.76
	New Democratic	Wendy Martin	200	2.76	-1.40
	Natural Law	Marcelle Lamontagne	93	1.28	–
Total valid votes			7,258	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.14

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Savoie	3,922	53.98	+5.68
	Progressive Conservative	Félix J. Dubé	2,524	34.74	-13.32
	Confederation of Regions	Robert A. Boudreau	517	7.12	–
	New Democratic	Rino Pelletier	302	4.16	+0.52
Total valid votes			7,265	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.50

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Savoie	3,479	48.30	+8.66
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Poitras	3,462	48.06	+5.38
	New Democratic	James Gallant	262	3.64	–
Total valid votes			7,203	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+1.64

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Poitras	2,885	42.68	+15.29
	Liberal	Alfred J. Roussel	2,680	39.64	+1.85
	Parti acadien	Armand Ploudre	1,195	17.68	-17.14
Total valid votes			6,760	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.72

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	J. Alfred Roussel	2,174	37.79	-15.15
	Parti acadien	Armand Plourde	2,003	34.82	-7.52
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Guy Raymond	1,576	27.39	–
Total valid votes			5,753	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.82

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Roussel	2,503	52.94
	Progressive Conservative	Reginald Cyr	2,002	42.34
	New Democratic	John Cyr	223	4.72
Total valid votes			4,728	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Restigouche went totally Liberal in the previous election, with Alfred Roussel being one of three incumbents.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick