Tobique—Mactaquac
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 Tobique—Mactaquac in relation to the other New Brunswick ridings. |
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| Member of Parliament | Mike Allen Conservative |
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| Population (2001) | 70 105 | |
| Electors (2006) | 54 135 | |
| Area (km²) | 15 952 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4.39 | |
| Riding created | 1996, from Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury and Madawaska—Victoria | |
| Census divisions | Carleton Victoria York |
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| Subdivisions | Towns: Grand Falls / Grand-Sault Hartland Nackawic Woodstock Villages: Bath, Bristol, Canterbury, Centreville, Drummond, Florenceville, Meductic, Millville, Perth—Andover, Plaster Rock, Saint-André, Stanley Parishes: Aberdeen, Andover, Bright, Brighton, Canterbury, Denmark, Douglas, Drummond, Gordon, Grand Falls, Kent, Lorne, North Lake, Northhampton, Peel, Perth, Queensbury, Richmond, Saint-André, Saint Marys, Simonds, Southhampton, Stanley, Wakefield, Wicklow, Wilmot, Woodstock First Nations reserves: Tobique 20 |
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Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 70,105.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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. Due to 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 due to Richardson's demands that Stephen Harper apologize for comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen, lost to Liberal incumbent Andy Savoy.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury and Madawaska—Victoria prior to 1997 | ||||
| 36th | 1997-2000 | Gilles Bernier | Progressive Conservative | |
| 37th | 2000-2004 | Andy Savoy | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2004-2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006- | Mike Allen | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mike Allen | 15,869 | 43.7 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | Andy Savoy | 15,615 | 43.0 | -5.2 | |
| New Democratic Party | Alice Finnamore | 4,137 | 11.4 | +2.9 | |
| Green | Robert Berube Jr. | 671 | 1.8 | -1.9 | |
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| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal. | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andy Savoy | 16,787 | 48.2 | +15.4 | |
| Conservative | Mike Allen | 13,779 | 39.7 | -24.2 | |
| New Democratic Party | Jason Mapplebeck | 2,957 | 8.5 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Scott Jones | 1,282 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Difference | 3,008 | 8.5 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 349 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 35,154 | 64.0 | |||
| Notional Liberal gain from Conservative. | Swing | +19.8 | |||
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andy Savoy | 10,900 | 33.6 | +3.4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Bernier | 10,750 | 33.1 | -2.8 | |
| Canadian Alliance | Adam Richardson | 9,570 | 29.5 | +1.8 | |
| New Democratic Party | Carolyn Van Dine | 1,216 | 3.7 | -2.5 | |
| Total | 32,436 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Bernier | 12,125 | 35.9 | * | |
| Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais | 10,190 | 30.2 | * | |
| Reform | Ivan Shaw | 9,371 | 27.7 | * | |
| New Democratic Party | Leslie Ann Ferguson | 2,093 | 6.2 | * | |
| Total | 33,779 | ||||
