Restigouche (federal electoral district)
Restigouche (also known as Restigouche—Chaleur) was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 and from 1968 to 1997.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867, 1966 |
| District abolished | 1914, 1996 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Restigouche. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Restigouche—Madawaska riding.
It was re-created in 1966 from Restigouche—Madawaska, consisting of the county of Restigouche and the parish of Beresford in the county of Gloucester. It was renamed "Restigouche—Chaleur" in 1989. The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Madawaska—Restigouche.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restigouche | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1868 | John McMillan | Liberal | |
| 1868–1870 | William Murray Caldwell | |||
| 1870–1872 | George Moffat Sr. | Conservative | ||
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1877 | |||
| 1878–1878 | George Haddow | Independent | ||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | |||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | Robert Moffat | Conservative | |
| 6th | 1887–1887 | |||
| 1887–1891 | George Moffat Jr. | |||
| 7th | 1891–1896 | John McAlister | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | James Reid | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1915 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Restigouche—Madawaska | ||||
| Riding re-created from Restigouche—Madawaska | ||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jean-Eudes Dubé | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1975 | |||
| 1975–1979 | Maurice Harquail | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Albert Girard | Progressive Conservative | |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Guy Arseneault | Liberal | |
| Restigouche—Chaleur | ||||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Guy Arseneault | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Madawaska—Restigouche | ||||
Election results
Restigouche—Chaleur, 1993–1997
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Arseneault | 21,008 | 70.5 | +21.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce MacIntosh | 5,913 | 19.8 | -20.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nancy Quigley | 2,051 | 6.9 | -3.7 | ||||
| Natural Law | Laurent Maltais | 824 | 2.8 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,796 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +20.65 | ||||||
Restigouche, 1968–1993
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Arseneault | 15,252 | 49.4 | +9.7 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Al Girard | 12,366 | 40.0 | -5.6 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Nancy Quigley | 3,272 | 10.6 | -4.1 | ||||
| Total | 30,890 | |||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Al Girard | 14,089 | 45.6 | +26.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Harquail | 12,250 | 39.7 | -21.6 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Gilles Halley | 4,526 | 14.7 | -1.8 | ||||
| Total | 30,865 | |||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Harquail | 16,560 | 61.3 | +5.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. Bennett MacDonald | 5,119 | 18.9 | -6.5 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Aurele Ferlatte | 4,457 | 16.5 | -1.3 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Arthur Doucet | 692 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||||
| Independent | André Dumont | 207 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||||
| Total | 27,035 | |||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Harquail | 14,840 | 55.9 | +4.3 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Roger Pichette | 7,009 | 26.4 | -7.7 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Gail Walsh | 4,718 | 17.8 | +10.0 | ||||
| Total | 26,567 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Maurice Harquail | 9,158 | 51.6 | -3.9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Caron | 6,059 | 34.1 | +13.2 | |
| New Democratic Party | Edgar Dugas | 1,392 | 7.8 | -2.3 | |
| Social Credit | Laurence Audet | 1,140 | 6.4 | -7.2 | |
| Total | 17,749 | ||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Eudes Dubé | 12,492 | 55.5 | +6.8 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Laviolette | 4,695 | 20.9 | -1.9 | ||||
| Social Credit | Benoit Castonguay | 3,053 | 13.6 | +13.6 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Edgar Dugas | 2,262 | 10.1 | +5.5 | ||||
| Total | 22,502 | |||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Eudes Dubé | 11,650 | 48.7 | -2.4 | ||||
| Independent | Alexander Sandy MacLean | 5,698 | 23.8 | +23.8 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Laviolette | 5,450 | 22.8 | -13.2 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Edgar Dugas | 1,110 | 4.6 | +0.8 | ||||
| Total | 23,908 | |||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Eudes Dubé | 9,991 | 51.1 | * | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Hector Arseneault | 7,049 | 36.0 | * | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | André Boudreau | 1,769 | 9.0 | * | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Bruce Peacock | 748 | 3.8 | * | ||||
| Total | 19,557 | |||||||
Restigouche, 1867–1917
| 1911 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | REID, James | 1,512 | ||||||
| Conservative | MONTGOMERY, William Scott | 1,170 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | REID, James | 1,256 | ||||||
| Conservative | MOTT, William Albert | 1,123 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | REID, James | 1,274 | ||||||
| Conservative | MOTT, Wm. Albert | 836 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | REID, James | 1,221 | ||||||
| Conservative | MCALLISTER, John | 744 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | MCALISTER, John | 794 | ||||||
| Liberal | HADOW, G. | 750 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | MCALISTER, John | 735 | ||||||
| Conservative | MOFFATT, George | 519 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Moffatt's death, 25 April 1887
| By-election on 21 May 1887 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | MOFFATT, George | acclaimed | |||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Moffat | 420 | ||||||
| Independent | George Haddow | 293 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. McAlister | 277 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Moffat | 452 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. McAlister | 181 | ||||||
| Independent | George Haddow | 135 | ||||||
| Unknown | D. Ritchie | 88 | ||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent | George Haddow | acclaimed | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Moffatt's resignation, Dec. 1877
| By-election on 12 January 1878 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | George Haddow | acclaimed | |||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Moffat Sr. | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Moffat Sr. | 593 | ||||||
| Unknown | A. McKenzie | 144 | ||||||
| Unknown | J.C. Barberie | 25 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Caldwell's death, 29 September 1870
| By-election on 29 November 1870 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Moffat Sr. | 411 | |||
| Unknown | A.C. Des Brisay | 233 | |||
By-election: On Mr. McMillan being appointed Inspector of Post Offices in New Brunswick, and on his subsequent resignation
| By-election on 13 March 1868 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Murray Caldwell | 353 | |||
| Conservative | George Moffat Sr. | 306 | |||
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Restigouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John McMillan | 370 | ||||||
| Unknown | John Phillips | 259 | ||||||
See also
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