Tobique—Mactaquac

Tobique—Mactaquac
New Brunswick electoral district

Tobique-Mactaquac in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 

T. J. Harvey
Liberal

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 70,632
Electors (2015) 53,129
Area (km²)[2] 15,130
Pop. density (per km²) 4.7
Census divisions Carleton, Victoria, York
Census subdivisions Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, Fredericton, Woodstock, Bright, Douglas, Drummond, Kent, Saint Marys, Wakefield

Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

The district includes the counties of Carleton and Victoria as well as the Parish and Village of Saint-André and the eastern part of the County of York (excluding the City of Fredericton and vicinity). The neighbouring ridings are Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, Fredericton, and New Brunswick Southwest.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from portions of the old ridings of Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury, and Madawaska—Victoria. Its creation was very controversial, as it included areas with both large anglophone and francophone populations, while neighbouring communities were placed in other ridings. This seemingly went against the "communities of interest" criterion in drawing electoral boundaries.

On two separate occasions Tobique—Mactaquac has been involved in party nomination controversies. In the 1997 election, the Liberals were alleged to have rigged their meeting to choose Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, the Member of Parliament for the defunct Madawaska—Victoria riding. The meeting was held in Grand Falls, near her hometown and at the far northern end of the riding. Because of sound problems, only her speech was carried over the loudspeakers. Ringuette-Maltais lost the election to Gilles Bernier of the Progressive Conservatives.

In the 2004 election, the Conservative Party selected Adam Richardson, who had run for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 election, but national head office refused to sign his nomination papers, apparently because of Richardson's demands that Stephen Harper apologize for comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen, lost to Liberal incumbent Andy Savoy.

As per the 2012 federal electoral distribution, this riding will gain territory from Fredericton and lose a small territory to the new riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
200170,105—    
200668,352−2.5%
201168,709+0.5%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Tobique—Mactaquac
Riding created from Carleton—Charlotte,
Fredericton—York—Sunbury and Madawaska—Victoria
36th  1997–2000     Gilles Bernier Progressive Conservative
37th  2000–2004     Andy Savoy Liberal
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008     Mike Allen Conservative
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–Present     T. J. Harvey Liberal

Election results

Tobique—Mactaquac, 2013 Representation Order

This riding gained territory from Fredericton and lost territory to Miramichi—Grand Lake for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalT. J. Harvey 17,909 46.61 +30.38 –
ConservativeRichard Bragdon 14,225 37.02 -25.12 –
New DemocraticRobert Kitchen 4,334 11.28 -7.86 –
GreenTerry Wishart 1,959 5.10 +2.62 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,427100.00 $203,600.80
Total rejected ballots 2480.64–
Turnout 38,67571.79–
Eligible voters 53,870
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +27.75
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 21,410 62.14
  New Democratic 6,594 19.14
  Liberal 5,591 16.23
  Green 853 2.48
  Others 7 0.02

Tobique—Mactaquac, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeMike Allen 21,108 62.70 +5.21 $44,047.06
New DemocraticPierre Cyr 6,388 18.98 +3.61 $4,796.14
LiberalCharles Chiasson 5,337 15.85 -5.70 $29,831.59
GreenRish McGlynn 831 2.47 -3.29 $5.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit 33,664100.0   $84,385.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 2560.75-0.33
Turnout 33,92063.91+4.18
Eligible voters 53,073
Conservative hold Swing +0.80
Sources:[6][7]
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeMike Allen 18,071 57.49 +13.70 $61,678.30
LiberalSally McGrath 6,773 21.55 -21.32 $26,392.40
New DemocraticAlice Finnamore 4,830 15.37 +3.87 $8,535.56
GreenMark Glass 1,810 5.76 +3.89 $1,492.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 31,433100.0    $81,901
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 3431.08+0.04
Turnout 31,77659.73-8.02
Eligible voters 53,203
Conservative hold Swing +17.51
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeMike Allen 15,894 43.79 +4.20 $66,976.92
LiberalAndy Savoy 15,558 42.87 -5.36 $70,900.54
New DemocraticAlice Finnamore 4,172 11.50 +3.00 $9,442.17
GreenRobert Bérubé Jr. 679 1.87 -1.81 none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,292100.0   $76,462
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 3831.04
Turnout 36,67567.75+3.75
Eligible voters 54,135
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.78
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalAndy Savoy 16,787 48.23 +15.82 $74,481.32
ConservativeMike Allen 13,779 39.59 -24.32 $60,455.56
New DemocraticJason Mapplebeck 2,957 8.50 +4.82 $1,645.00
GreenScott Jones 1,282 3.68 – $882.20
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,805100.0   $74,648
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 3491.0
Turnout 35,15464.00-2.29
Eligible voters 54,931
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.07
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 11,708 33.80
  Liberal 11,225 32.41
  Alliance 10,428 30.11
  New Democratic 1,273 3.68

Tobique—Mactaquac, 1996 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAndy Savoy 10,900 33.6 +3.4
Progressive ConservativeGilles Bernier 10,750 33.1 -2.8
AllianceAdam Richardson 9,570 29.5 +1.8
New DemocraticCarolyn Van Dine 1,216 3.7 -2.5
Total 32,436100.0
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeGilles Bernier 12,125 35.9
LiberalPierrette Ringuette-Maltais 10,190 30.2
ReformIvan Shaw 9,371 27.7
New DemocraticLeslie Ann Ferguson 2,093 6.2
Total 33,779 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Tobique—Mactaquac, 30 September 2015
  4. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  5. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  6. ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  7. ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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