Miramichi (electoral district)

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Miramichi

Canadian Federal electoral district
Miramichi in relation to the other New Brunswick ridings.
Member of Parliament		Charles Hubbard Liberal
Population (2001)	56 464
Electors (2006)	45 284
Area (km²)	14 735
Pop. density (per km²)	3.83
Riding created	1867, at Confederation
Census divisions	Kent Northumberland Restigouche
Subdivisions	Cities: Miramichi Towns: Rogersville Villages: Belledune, Blackville, Doaktown, Neguac Parishes: Acadieville, Alnwick, Blackville, Blissfield, Carleton, Colborne, Derby, Durham, Glenelg, Hardwicke, Ludlow, Nelson, Newcastle, Northesk, Rogersville, Southesk First Nations reserves: Big Hole Tract 8, Burnt Church 14, Eel Ground 2, Moose Meadows 4, Red Bank 4, Red Bank 7, Tabusintac 9

Northumberland (later known as Northumberland-Miramichi) was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 63,001.

Miramichi is named for the river and city of the same name.

The riding currently contains the entirety Northumberland County, plus the Belledune area, several bedroom communities for Bathurst, and the area around Kouchibouguac National Park. The riding is mostly anglophone with a significant francophone minority.

The neighbouring ridings are Fredericton, Beauséjour, Acadie—Bathurst, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Madawaska—Restigouche, and Tobique—Mactaquac.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Northumberland/Northumberland—Miramichi 1.2 Miramichi 1.3 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Miramichi, 1988 - present 2.2 Northumberland—Miramichi, 1957 - 1988 2.3 Northumberland, 1867 - 1957 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Northumberland/Northumberland—Miramichi

The riding was created in 1867 as "Northumberland" riding. In 1955, its name was changed to "Northumberland—Miramichi". Until 1966, Northumberland—Miramichi consisted solely of Northumberland County, but due to declining populations, parts of northern Kent County, near present day Kouchibouguac National Park, were added. In 1987, Northumberland—Miramichi was abolished when it was redistributed into Miramichi and Beauséjour ridings.

[edit] Miramichi

Miramichi riding was created in 1987 primarily from Northumberland—Miramichi riding, and incorporating parts of Acadie—Bathurst, Madawaska—Restigouche and York—Sunbury ridings.

Between 1987 and 1996, Miramichi also included a small part of York County, and in 2003, a large area to the north, including Allardville and Belledune, was added to the riding.

In 2004, there were legal problems regarding the 2003 boundaries. The following is from the Elections Canada website:

In May 2004, the Federal Court of Canada made its decision in Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General), concerning a portion of the electoral boundary between the ridings of Miramichi and Acadie—Bathurst. The Court held that, in transferring certain parts of parishes from the riding of Acadie–Bathurst to Miramichi, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick erred in its application of the rules governing the preparation of its recommendations. The new boundaries commission was created under Part I of the Inquiries Act in response to this court decision.

The current boundaries will revert back to the ones used in the 1996 representation after the 2006 election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Miramichi has tended to vote Liberal in federal elections, with a few exceptions.

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Northumberland
1st	1867-1868		John Mercer Johnson	Liberal
1868 By-election	1868-1872		Richard Hutchison	Liberal
2nd	1872-1874		Peter Mitchell 1st term	Independent
3rd	1874-1878
4th	1878-1882		Jabez Bunting Snowball	Liberal
5th	1882-1887		Peter Mitchell 2nd term	Independent
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1896		Michael Adams	Conservative
8th	1896-1900		James Robinson	Conservative
9th	1900-1904
10th	1904-1908		William Stewart Loggie	Liberal
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921			Unionist
14th	1921-1924		John Morissy	Liberal
1924 By-election	1924-1925		William Bunting Snowball	Liberal
15th	1925-1926		Charles Elijah Fish	Conservative
16th	1926-1930		Charles Joseph Morrissy	Liberal
17th	1930-1935		George Manning McDade	Conservative
18th	1935-1940		John Patrick Barry	Liberal
19th	1940-1945		Joseph Leonard O'Brien	Conservative
20th	1945-1949		Joseph William Maloney	Liberal
21st	1949-1953		George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
Northumberland—Miramichi
23rd	1957-1958		George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968
28th	1968-1972		Percy Smith	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979		Maurice A. Dionne 1st term	Liberal
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Bud Jardine	Progressive Conservative
Miramichi
34th	1988-1993		Maurice A. Dionne 2nd term	Liberal
35th	1993-1997		Charles Hubbard	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] Miramichi, 1988 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	13 960	42.27	-5.81
	Conservative	Michael Morrison	11 250	34.07	+5.04
	New Democrat	Jeannette Manuel-Allain	5587	16.92	-1.46
	Independent	Danny Gay	1640	4.97	Ø
	Green	John Bethell	587	1.78	-2.73
Total valid votes			33 024

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	15 647	48.08	-3.36
	Conservative	Michael Morrison	9448	29.03	-12.13
	New Democrat	Hilaire Rousselle	5980	18.38	+10.98
	Green	Garry Sanipass	1468	4.51	Ø
Total valid votes			32 543

Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined results of its predecessors, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	17 047	51.44	+10.99
	Progressive Conservative	David Kelly	8341	25.17	-5.53
	Canadian Alliance	Ken Clark	5298	15.99	+2.43
	New Democrat	Allan Goodfellow	2453	7.40	-7.89
Total valid votes			33 139

Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	13 924	40.45	-20.54
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Gibbs	10 570	30.70	+7.80
	New Democrat	Allan Goodfellow	5263	15.29	+10.18
	Reform	Paul Doyle	4668	13.56	+3.58
Total valid votes			34 425

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	18 733	60.99	+10.18
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Murphy	7035	22.90	-9.53
	Reform	Paul Doyle	3064	9.98	Ø
	New Democrat	Gordon Alliston	1570	5.11	-0.98
	Canada Party	Wilmot Ross	314	1.02	Ø
Total valid votes			30 716

[edit] Northumberland—Miramichi, 1957 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice A. Dionne	14 073	50.81	+13.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Jardine	8983	32.43	-21.51
	Confederation of Regions	Arch Pafford	2954	10.67	Ø
	New Democrat	Frank Clancy	1686	6.09	-2.28
Total valid votes			27 696

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Jardine	17 134	53.94	+26.11
	Liberal	Maurice A. Dionne	11 971	37.69	-17.10
	New Democrat	Jerry Dunnett	2660	8.37	-9.01
Total valid votes			31 765

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice A. Dionne	14 799	54.79	+7.06
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McAllister	7517	27.83	-7.22
	New Democrat	Jerry Dunnett	4694	17.38	+0.15
Total valid votes			27 010

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice A. Dionne	12 893	47.73	-4.95
	Progressive Conservative	John Trevors	9467	35.05	-1.02
	New Democrat	Jerry Dunnett	4653	17.23	+7.66
Total valid votes			27 013

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice A. Dionne	12 648	52.68	+5.43
	Progressive Conservative	John Trevors	8661	36.07	-2.90
	New Democrat	Ray LeBreton	2297	9.57	-0.90
	Social Credit	Fernand Sonier	405	1.69	-1.62
Total valid votes			24 011

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Smith	10 922	47.25	-5.71
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McAllister	9007	38.97	-1.44
	New Democrat	Ray LeBreton	2419	10.47	+3.83
	Social Credit	Joseph Goguen	765	3.31	Ø
Total valid votes			23 113

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Smith	10 292	52.96	+1.31
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Flam	7853	40.41	+5.15
	New Democrat	Edward Quinn	1290	6.64	-6.45
Total valid votes			19 435

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9564	51.65	-4.91
	Progressive Conservative	Wilson Weldon	6529	35.26	+0.12
	New Democrat	Ronald Kelly	2424	13.09	+8.39
Total valid votes			18 517

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10 148	56.56	+3.96
	Progressive Conservative	Adé Theriault	6305	35.14	-2.16
	New Democrat	John Currie	844	4.70	-1.41
	Social Credit	Fidèle Bourque	646	3.60	-0.39
Total valid votes			17 943

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9899	52.60	+0.16
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Leggatt	7020	37.30	-10.26
	New Democrat	John Currie	1150	6.11	Ø
	Social Credit	Wilton Newell	750	3.99	Ø
Total valid votes			18 819

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10 206	52.44	-1.11
	Progressive Conservative	John Leroy Betts	9257	47.56	+6.16
Total valid votes			19 463

[edit] Northumberland, 1867 - 1957

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	8582	53.55	-10.78
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Ryan	6635	41.40	+10.60
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Lordon	808	5.04	+0.17
Total valid votes			16 025

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10 666	64.33	+8.70
	Progressive Conservative	George Somers	5107	30.80	-8.66
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Lordon	808	4.87	+2.97
Total valid votes			16 581

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9840	55.63	-6.66
	Progressive Conservative	Benjamin Cleland	6980	39.46	+1.75
	Independent	Elmer MacKinnon	533	3.01	Ø
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Hansen	336	1.90	Ø
Total valid votes			17 689

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John William Maloney	8507	62.29	+22.97
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	5149	37.71	-2.20
Total valid votes			13 656

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	5149	39.91	+16.01
	Liberal	John William Maloney	5072	39.32	-16.67
	Independent Liberal	John Patrick Barry	2679	20.77	-35.52
Total valid votes			12 900

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Barry	7662	56.29	+15.24
	Conservative	John Creaghan	3253	23.90	-35.05
	Reconstruction	Frances Fish	2697	19.81	Ø
Total valid votes			13 612

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Manning McDade	8095	58.95	+11.11
	Liberal	George Burchill	5637	41.05	-11.11
Total valid votes			13 732

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Joseph Morrissy	6201	52.16	+10.68
	Conservative	Charles Elijah Fish	5687	47.84	-10.68
Total valid votes			11 888

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Elijah Fish	5331	58.52	+11.23
	Liberal	Frederick Tweedie	3779	41.48	-11.23
Total valid votes			9110

By-election on 7 October 1924 On John Morissy's death, 31 July 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Bunting Snowball	6222	52.71	-3.22
	Conservative	Clifford Patrick Hickey	5583	47.29	+3.22
Total valid votes			11 805

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morissy	6706	55.93	+9.27
	Conservative	Edward McCurdy	5285	44.07	-9.27
Total valid votes			11 991

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government	William Stewart Loggie	3128	53.34	+6.68
	Opposition	John Morissy	2736	46.66	-6.68
Total valid votes			5864

Unionist candidate W.S. Loggie's change from 1911 is based on the Conservative Party's results. He personally had no change in vote percentage.

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	3128	53.34	-4.97
	Conservative	Donald Morrison	2736	46.66	+4.97
Total valid votes			5864

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	3223	58.31	+5.40
	Conservative	Donald Morrison	2304	41.69	-5.40
Total valid votes			5527

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	2589	52.91	+6.78
	Conservative	James Robinson	2304	47.09	-6.78
Total valid votes			4893

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Robinson	2225	53.87	+5.53
	Liberal	John Morissy	1905	46.13	+8.81
Total valid votes			4130

Change for Liberal candidate John Morissy are based on the 1896 Liberal Party's results. He personally got +31.79 votes from running as an Independent.

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Robinson	2225	48.34	-7.71
	Liberal	Peter Mitchell	1718	37.32	-6.63
	Independent	John Morissy	660	14.34	Ø
Total valid votes			4603

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Adams	2192	56.05	+15.88
	Independent Liberal	Peter Mitchell	1719	43.95	-15.88
Total valid votes			3911

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Peter Mitchell	2271	59.83	-40.17
	Conservative	Michael Adams	1525	40.17	Ø
Total valid votes			3796

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jabez Bunting Snowball	1585	53.38	+14.92
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	1384	46.62	-14.92
Total valid votes			2969

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	1312	61.54	-38.46
	Unknown	Jabez Bunting Snowball	820	38.46	Ø
Total valid votes			2132

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

By-election on 24 December 1868 On the death of John Mercer Johnson, 11 August 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Hutchison	1133	55.90	-5.93
	Unknown	? Gough	894	44.10	Ø
Total valid votes			2027

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mercer Johnson	1226	61.83	Ø
	Unknown	Thomas F. Gillespie	757	38.17	Ø
Total valid votes			1983

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Northhumberland
• Northhumberland-Miramichi
• Miramichi

Federal Ridings in New Brunswick
Liberal	Beauséjour | Fredericton | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | Saint John
Conservative	Fundy Royal | New Brunswick Southwest | Tobique—Mactaquac
New Democrat	Acadie—Bathurst

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon | Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan | Charlottetown | Egmont | Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso | Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sackville—Eastern Shore | South Shore—St. Margaret's | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst | Beauséjour | Fredericton | Fundy Royal | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | New Brunswick Southwest | Saint John | Tobique—Mactaquac