Federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
Tobique—Mactaquac electoral district Tobique-Mactaquac in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts (2012 boundaries)
Coordinates: 46°31′52″N 67°14′13″W / 46.531°N 67.237°W / 46.531; -67.237 Legislature House of Commons MP Richard Bragdon Conservative District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile, map Population (2016 )[1] 68,673 Electors (2019)55,104 Area (km²)[2] 15,130 Pop. density (per km²) 4.5 Census division(s) Carleton , Victoria , York Census subdivision(s) 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.
Political 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 . Across the border to Maine , it neighbours the Maine District 2 of the United States House of Representatives .
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.
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 .
History Historical population Year Pop. ±% 2001 70,105 — 2006 68,352 −2.5% 2011 68,709 +0.5% 2016 68,673 −0.1% 2021 69,344 +1.0%
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 , 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 the national head office refused to sign his nomination papers, apparently because of Richardson's demands that party leader Stephen Harper apologize for allegedly derogatory comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen , lost to Liberal incumbent Andy Savoy .
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Election results Graph of election results in Tobique—Mactaquac (1996-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Tobique—Mactaquac, 2023 representation order Tobique—Mactaquac, 2013 representation order This riding gained territory from Fredericton and lost territory to Miramichi—Grand Lake for the 42nd Canadian federal election .
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Richard Bragdon 17,536
50.98
+0.7
$45,965.28
Liberal Cully Robinson
8,223
23.90
-1.3
$10,342.40
New Democratic Meriet Gray Miller
3,656
10.63
+2.7
$0.00
People's Daniel Joseph Waggoner
2,930
8.52
+6.0
$2,750.09
Green Anthony Martin
1,657
4.82
-9.3
$5,670.46
Independent Steven J. LaForest
398
1.15
N/A $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
34,400 99.2 – $107,922.33
Total rejected ballots
291 0.8
Turnout
34,691 62.0
Registered voters
55,973
Conservative hold
Swing
+1.0
Source: Elections Canada [4]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Richard Bragdon 19,229
50.34
+13.32
$31,254.86
Liberal Kelsey MacDonald
9,631
25.21
-21.40
$12,723.90
Green Rowan P. Miller
5,398
14.13
+9.03
$11,462.77
New Democratic Megan Aiken
3,007
7.87
-3.41
$0.00
People's Dominic Guay
936
2.45
-
$402.50
Total valid votes/expense limit
38,201 100.00
Total rejected ballots
376 0.97 +0.33
Turnout
38,577 70.01 -0.78
Eligible voters
55,104
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+17.36
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal T. J. Harvey 17,909
46.61
+30.38
$67,600.14
Conservative Richard Bragdon 14,225
37.02
-25.12
$57,487.20
New Democratic Robert Kitchen
4,334
11.28
-7.86
$6,199.56
Green Terry Wishart
1,959
5.10
+2.62
$3,275.40
Total valid votes/expense limit
38,427 100.00 $204,512.49
Total rejected ballots
248 0.64 –
Turnout
38,675 71.79 –
Eligible voters
53,870
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+27.75
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
Tobique—Mactaquac, 2003 representation order
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Mike Allen 21,108
62.70
+5.21
$44,047.06
New Democratic Pierre Cyr
6,388
18.98
+3.61
$4,796.14
Liberal Charles Chiasson
5,337
15.85
-5.70
$29,831.59
Green Rish McGlynn
831
2.47
-3.29
$5.82
Total valid votes/expense limit
33,664 100.0 $84,385.35
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
256 0.75 -0.33
Turnout
33,920 63.91 +4.18
Eligible voters
53,073
Conservative hold
Swing
+0.80
Sources:[10] [11]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Mike Allen 18,071
57.49
+13.70
$61,678.30
Liberal Sally McGrath
6,773
21.55
-21.32
$26,392.40
New Democratic Alice Finnamore
4,830
15.37
+3.87
$8,535.56
Green Mark Glass
1,810
5.76
+3.89
$1,492.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
31,433 100.0 $81,901
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
343 1.08 +0.04
Turnout
31,776 59.73 -8.02
Eligible voters
53,203
Conservative hold
Swing
+17.51
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Mike Allen 15,894
43.79
+4.20
$66,976.92
Liberal Andy Savoy 15,558
42.87
-5.36
$70,900.54
New Democratic Alice Finnamore
4,172
11.50
+3.00
$9,442.17
Green Robert Bérubé Jr.
679
1.87
-1.81
none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit
36,292 100.0 $76,462
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
383 1.04
Turnout
36,675 67.75 +3.75
Eligible voters
54,135
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+4.78
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal Andy Savoy 16,787
48.23
+15.82
$74,481.32
Conservative Mike Allen 13,779
39.59
-24.32
$60,455.56
New Democratic Jason Mapplebeck
2,957
8.50
+4.82
$1,645.00
Green Scott Jones
1,282
3.68
–
$882.20
Total valid votes/expense limit
34,805 100.0 $74,648
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
349 1.0
Turnout
35,154 64.00 -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.
Tobique—Mactaquac, 1996 representation order See also References Notes
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024 . ^ "Confirmed candidates — Tobique—Mactaquac". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 20, 2021 . ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 3, 2019 . ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2019 . ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Tobique—Mactaquac, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links
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