Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:47°23′35″N 68°27′32″W / 47.393°N 68.459°W / 47.393; -68.459
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Francine Landry
Liberal
District created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]15,676
Electors (2013)[2]11,132

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs 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 County electoral district which returned three members.

It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006.

In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed.

It was formerly one of the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It was held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Party which opposed official status for the French language). Recently, it has elected Liberal MLAs. Its current MLA is Francine Landry of the Liberal Party.

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Madawaska les Lacs
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978     Jean-Pierre Ouellet Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Georges Corriveau Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1999     Jeannot Volpé Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014 Yvon Bonenfant
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
58th  2014–2018     Francine Landry Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2024
61st  2024–Present

Election results

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2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Landry 4,583 66.54 +7.67
Progressive Conservative Marie-Eve Castonguay 1,763 25.60 -0.05
Green Marie-Soleil Lussier 542 7.87 -5.40
Total valid votes 6,888 99.24
Total rejected ballots 53 0.76
Turnout 6,941 61.65
Eligible voters 11,258
Liberal hold Swing +3.86
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Landry 4,191 58.87 +2.48
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 1,826 25.65 -10.27
Green Denis Boulet 945 13.27 --
New Democratic Cécile Richard-Hébert 156 2.19 -5.50
Total valid votes 7,118 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 72
Turnout 7,190 63.20
Eligible voters 11,377
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Landry 4,106 56.39 +24.57
Progressive Conservative Yvon Bonenfant 2,616 35.92 -18.25
New Democratic Widler Jules 560 7.69 +4.02
Total valid votes 7,282 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 91 1.23
Turnout 7,373 63.14
Eligible voters 11,677
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +21.41
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Madawaska les Lacs

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2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Yvon Bonenfant 3,378 54.17 -9.08
Liberal Jocelyn Levesque 1,985 31.82 -2.21
Independent Jean-Marc Nadeau 644 10.33
New Democratic Nicole Therieault 229 3.67 +0.96
Total valid votes 6,236 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 115 1.81
Turnout 6,351 70.88
Eligible voters 8,960
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.43
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2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,271 63.25 +2.65
Liberal Elaine Albert 2,299 34.04 -2.50
New Democratic Jeff Thibodeau 183 2.71 -0.15
Total valid votes 6,753 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.58
2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 3,965 60.60 -4.57
Liberal Louis Labrie 2,391 36.54 +4.05
New Democratic Jason Carney 187 2.86 +0.52
Total valid votes 6,543 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.31
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,289 65.17 +9.15
Liberal Georges Corriveau 2,138 32.49 -10.07
New Democratic Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau 154 2.34 +0.92
Total valid votes 6,581 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.61
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jeannot Volpé 4,060 56.02 +17.35
Liberal Georges Corriveau 3,085 42.56 -8.26
New Democratic John Nowlan 103 1.42 -9.09
Total valid votes 7,248 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.80
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Georges Corriveau 2,906 50.82 -11.70
Progressive Conservative Raoul Cyr 2,211 38.67 +7.19
New Democratic Gérard Caron 601 10.51 +4.51
Total valid votes 5,718 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -9.44
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Georges Corriveau 3,839 62.52 +18.58
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 1,933 31.48 -21.54
New Democratic Maurice Clavette 368 6.00 +2.96
Total valid votes 6,140 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.06
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 3,071 53.02 -4.06
Liberal Luc Daigle 2,545 43.94 +2.82
New Democratic Rino Pelletier 176 3.04
Total valid votes 5,792 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.44
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 2,876 57.08 +7.13
Liberal Nelson Bellefleur 2,071 41.12 -6.43
Parti acadien Yves C. LeClerc 90 1.79 -0.71
Total valid votes 5,037 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.78
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Ouellet 1,976 49.95
Liberal Laurier Lévesque 1,881 47.55
Parti acadien Jean-Marie Nadeau 99 2.50
Total valid votes 3,956 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.
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References

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  1. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.