Restigouche_(electoral_district)

Restigouche
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

Restigouche (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

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.

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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.

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Parliament	Years		Party
Restigouche
1st	1867–1868	John McMillan	Liberal
	1868–1870	William Murray Caldwell	Liberal
	1870–1872	George Moffat Sr.	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1877
3rd	1878–1878	George Haddow	Independent
4th	1878–1882	George Haddow	Independent
5th	1882–1887	Robert Moffat	Conservative
6th	1887–1887	Robert Moffat
6th	1887–1891	George Moffat Jr.
7th	1891–1896	John McAlister	Liberal–Conservative
8th	1896–1900	John McAlister	Liberal–Conservative
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
30th	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

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

Restigouche_(electoral_district)

Restigouche (federal electoral district)

Members of Parliament

Election results

Restigouche—Chaleur, 1993–1997

Restigouche, 1968–1993

Restigouche, 1867–1917

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 21 May 1887
	Conservative	MOFFATT, George	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 12 January 1878
	Independent	George Haddow	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 29 November 1870
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	411
	Unknown	A.C. Des Brisay	233

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 March 1868
	Liberal	William Murray Caldwell	353
	Conservative	George Moffat Sr.	306