Acadie—Bathurst

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**Acadie—Bathurst**
New Brunswick electoral district
'Acadie—Bathurst in relation to other New Brunswick ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Yvon Godin NDP
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	78,948
Electors (2006)	67,608
Area (km²)	4,889
Pop. density (per km²)	16.1
Census divisions	Gloucester, Restigouche
Census subdivisions	Cities: Bathurst Towns: Allardville Beresford Caraquet Lamèque Shippagan Tracadie—Sheila Villages: Bas-Caraquet, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, Le Goulet, Maisonnette, New Bandon, Nigadoo, Paquetville, Petit-Rocher, Pointe-Verte, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Léolin, Sainte-Marie—Saint-Raphaël Parishes: Beresford, Bathurst, Caraquet, Inkerman, Paquetville, Saint-Isidore, Saumarez, Shippagan First Nations reserves: Pabineau 11, Pokemouche 13

Acadie—Bathurst (formerly Gloucester) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 76,392. The riding has mostly been held by the Liberal Party thanks to strong support from the francophone Acadian population. There is also a notable Red Tory tendency in the riding that enabled the former Progressive Conservative Party to win on occasion. In the 1997 federal election, the New Democratic Party's Yvon Godin won an unexpected victory over powerful Liberal cabinet minister Doug Young, mostly due to unpopular Liberal cuts to Employment Insurance. Godin has held the riding ever since. In the 2004 election, he ran against Serge Rouselle of the Liberals, Joel Bernard, of the Conservatives, and Mario Lanteigne of the Greens. Despite stiff competition, the popular Godin retained by a wide margin on election day.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 Acadie—Bathurst
- 3.2 Gloucester
4 See also
5 External links

Geography

The district includes eastern Gloucester County, and the communities along Nepisiguit Bay. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi (electoral district) and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

History

The electoral district was created at confederation in 1867, and was known as "Gloucester" until its name was changed in 1990. In 2004, there were some 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Gloucester
1st	1867-1872	Timothy Anglin	Liberal
2nd	1872-1874
3rd	1874-1877
1877 By-election	1877-1878
4th	1878-1882
5th	1882-1887	Kennedy Francis Burns	Conservative
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1894
1894 By-election	1894-1896	Théotime Blanchard	Conservative
8th	1896-1900	Théotime Blanchard	Conservative
9th	1900-1904	Onésiphore Turgeon	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921
14th	1921-1922
1922 By-election	1922-1925	Jean George Robichaud	Liberal
15th	1925-1926	Jean George Robichaud	Liberal
16th	1926	Peter Veniot	Liberal
1926 By-election	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1936
1936 By-election	1936-1940	Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal
19th	1940-1945	Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal
20th	1945-1949	Clovis-Thomas Richard	Liberal
21st	1949-1952	Clovis-Thomas Richard	Liberal
1952 By-election	1952-1953	Albany Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957	Hédard Robichaud	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1966
28th	1968-1972	Herb Breau	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988	Roger Clinch	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993	Doug Young	Liberal
Acadie—Bathurst
35th	1993-1997	Douglas Young	Liberal
36th	1997-2000	Yvon Godin	New Democrat
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

Acadie—Bathurst

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Yvon Godin	25,195	49.90	-8.28
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	15,504	30.71	+3.34
	Conservative	Serge Savoie	8,513	16.86	+5.05
	Green	Philippe Rouselle	699	1.38	-1.27
	Independent	Eric Landry	362	0.72	Ø
	Independent	Ulric Degrace	219	0.43	Ø
Total valid votes			50,492
	N.D.P. hold		Swing	-5.81%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Yvon Godin	23,857	58.18	+11.57
	Liberal	Serge Rousselle	11,222	27.37	-12.90
	Conservative	Joel Bernard	4,841	11.81	-1.32
	Green	David Fullerton	1,085	2.65	Ø
Total valid votes			41,005
	N.D.P. hold		Swing	+12.2%

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Yvon Godin	23,568	46.61	+6.08
	Liberal	Bernard Thériault	20,362	40.27	+4.91
	Progressive Conservative	Alcide Leger	4,321	8.55	-15.56
	Canadian Alliance	Jean Gauvin	2,314	4.58	Ø
Total valid votes			50,565

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Yvon Godin	21,113	40.53	+34.57
	Liberal	Doug Young	18,421	35.36	-30.99
	Progressive Conservative	Norma Landry	12,560	24.11	-3.58
Total valid votes			52,094

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Young	26,782	66.35	+14.60
	Progressive Conservative	Luce-Andrée Gauthier	11,175	27.69	-15.04
	New Democrat	Kim Gallant	2,406	5.96	+0.43
Total valid votes			40,363

Gloucester

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Young	20 251	51.75	+13.37
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Gauvin	16 721	42.73	-12.39
	New Democrat	Serge Robichaud	2163	5.53	+0.40
Total valid votes			39 135

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Clinch	23 524	55.12	+35.51
	Liberal	Herb Breau	16 378	38.38	-25.29
	New Democrat	Valentine Ward	2188	5.13	-7.71
	Independent	Fernand Losier	584	1.37	Ø
Total valid votes			42 674

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	22 229	63.67	+12.06
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Savoie	6846	19.61	-19.33
	New Democrat	Kevin O'Connell	4484	12.84	+3.39
	Rhino	Jules César Boudreau	736	2.11	Ø
	Rhino	Amédé "le Terrible" Boucher	362	1.04	Ø
	Not affiliated	Rose-Hélène Aubé	197	0.56	Ø
	Marxist-Leninist	Gary Zatzman	59	0.17	Ø
Total valid votes			34 913

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	18 387	51.61	-5.44
	Progressive Conservative	Gastien Godin	13 872	38.94	+15.79
	New Democrat	Kevin O'Connell	3366	9.45	+3.51
Total valid votes			35 625

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	16 195	57.05	+6.44
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Arseneau	6571	23.15	-1.47
	Social Credit	Lomer Basque	3935	13.86	-2.12
	New Democrat	Yvon Guignard	1685	5.94	+4.08
Total valid votes			28 386

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	14 212	50.61	-4.42
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Duval	6914	24.62	-15.81
	Social Credit	Lomer Basque	4487	15.98	Ø
	Not affiliated	Percy W. Cormier	1109	3.95	Ø
	Independent	Mathilda Blanchard	839	2.99	Ø
	New Democrat	Joe Corbin	521	1.86	-2.68
Total valid votes			28 082

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Breau	12 196	55.03	-5.58
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Arsenault	8960	40.43	+13.17
	New Democrat	Florian Robichaud	1007	4.54	-7.59
Total valid votes			22 163

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	14 121	60.61	+3.15
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	6351	27.26	+7.82
	New Democrat	Martin Kierans	2826	12.13	Ø
Total valid votes			23 298

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13 344	57.46	+0.40
	Social Credit	Joseph Dubé	5365	23.10	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Ferguson	4515	19.44	-23.50
Total valid votes			23 224

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13 519	57.06	+4.23
	Progressive Conservative	Antonio Robichaud	10 174	42.94	-4.23
Total valid votes			23 693

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13 112	52.83	-5.04
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	11 705	47.17	+5.04
Total valid votes			24 817

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13 052	57.87	+0.28
	Progressive Conservative	J. Léo Hachey	9502	42.13	+0.91
Total valid votes			22 554

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	13 330	57.59	+9.89
	Progressive Conservative	Albany Robichaud	9542	41.22	-11.08
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alphonse Landry	276	1.19	Ø
Total valid votes			23 148

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 26 May 1952 On Clovis-Thomas Richard's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 March 1952
	Progressive Conservative	Albany Robichaud	11 245	52.30	+22.08
	Liberal	Hédard Robichaud	10 256	47.70	-22.08
Total valid votes			21 501

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clovis-Thomas Richard	14 759	69.78	+7.35
	Progressive Conservative	Albany Robichaud	6391	30.22	-4.10
Total valid votes			21 150

Change for Progressive Conservative candidate Albany Robichaud from 1945 are based on his results running as an Independent.

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clovis-Thomas Richard	11 683	62.43	-3.31
	Independent	Albany Robichaud	6423	34.32	+0.09
	Co-operative Commonwealth	François-Xavier Blanchard	609	3.25	Ø
Total valid votes			18 715

Change for Independent candidate Albany Robichaud from 1940 are based on his results running as a National Government candidate.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot	10 451	65.74	-9.22
	National Government	Albany Robichaud	5447	34.26	+15.47
Total valid votes			15 898

The "National Government" was the temporary name of the Conservative Party for the 1940 elections, and changes from 1935 are based on the results of the Conservative Party.

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 August 1936 On Peter Veniot's death, 6 July 1936
	Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	11 816	74.96	+24.12
	Conservative	Albany Robichaud	2962	18.79	-30.37
	Reconstruction	Hector Poirier	985	6.25	Ø
Total valid votes			15 763

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	7716	50.84	-4.95
	Conservative	Albany Robichaud	7460	49.16	+4.95
Total valid votes			15 176

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926 On Peter Veniot's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Veniot	7992	55.79	+1.53
	Conservative	Joseph S. Dumas	6333	44.21	-1.53
Total valid votes			14 325

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean George Robichaud	6254	54.26	-18.71
	Conservative	Joseph Benoît Hachey	5272	45.74	+18.71
Total valid votes			11 526

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 November 1922 On Onésiphore Turgeon's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 26 October 1922
	Liberal	Jean George Robichaud	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	7671	72.97	-27.03
	Conservative	Joseph Edward de Grace	2842	27.03	Ø
Total valid votes			10 513

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Onésiphore Turgeon	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	3172	59.27	+4.06
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2180	40.73	-4.06
Total valid votes			5352

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2581	55.21	-8.53
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2094	44.79	+8.53
Total valid votes			4675

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2705	63.74	+3.78
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1539	36.26	+2.14
Total valid votes			4244

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2311	59.96	+30.14
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1315	34.12	-16.81
	Independent	R. Carr Harris	228	5.92	Ø
Total valid votes			3854

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1947	50.93	-4.36
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	1140	29.82	-14.89
	Independent	Robert Young	736	19.25	Ø
Total valid votes			3823

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 5 May 1894 On Kennedy Burns being called to the Senate, 21 March 1893
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1943	55.29	-0.83
	Liberal	W.A. Landry	1571	44.71	+0.83
Total valid votes			3514

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1908	56.12	+3.93
	Liberal	Narc A. Landry	1492	43.88	+20.49
Total valid votes			3400

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kennedy Francis Burns	1205	52.19	Ø
	Unknown	Onésiphore Turgeon	564	24.43	Ø
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	540	23.39	-76.61
Total valid votes			2309

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 2 July 1877 On Timothy Anglin's resignation
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1185	58.00	-42.00
	Unknown	Onésiphore Turgeon	858	42.00	Ø
Total valid votes			2043

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	acclaimed
Total valid votes			0

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1436	80.81	+19.55
	Unknown	? DesBrisay	339	19.08	Ø
	Unknown	? MacKay	2	0.11	Ø
Total valid votes			1777

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Timothy Anglin	1061	61.26	Ø
	Unknown	John Mehan	671	38.74	Ø
Total valid votes			1732

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