Tobique—Mactaquac
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Image:Tobique-Mactaquac.png 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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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).
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.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Gilles Bernier, Progressive Conservative (1997–2000)
- Andy Savoy, Liberal (2000–2006)
- Mike Allen, Conservative (2006–present)
Election results
Template:Election box begin Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row | style="width: 150px" |Conservative |Mike Allen |align="right"|15,869 |align="right"|43.7 |align="right"|+4.0 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Andy Savoy |align="right"|15,615 |align="right"|43.0 |align="right"|-5.2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Alice Finnamore |align="right"|4,137 |align="right"|11.4 |align="right"|+2.9 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Robert Berube Jr. |align="right"|671 |align="right"|1.8 |align="right"|-1.9 |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Difference |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Rejected ballots |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Turnout |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |align="left" colspan=2|Conservative gain from Liberal. |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:End
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Andy Savoy |align="right"|16,787 |align="right"|48.2 |align="right"|+15.4 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row | style="width: 150px" |Conservative |Mike Allen |align="right"|13,779 |align="right"|39.7 |align="right"|-24.2 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Jason Mapplebeck |align="right"|2,957 |align="right"|8.5 |align="right"|+4.8 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Scott Jones |align="right"|1,282 |align="right"|3.7 |align="right"|+3.7 |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Difference |align="right"|3,008 |align="right"|8.5 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Rejected ballots |align="right"|349 |align="right"|1.0 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Turnout |align="right"|35,154 |align="right"|64.0 |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |align="left" colspan=2|Notional Liberal gain from Conservative. |align="right"|Swing |align="right"|+19.8 |align="right"| Template:End
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Andy Savoy |align="right"|10,900 |align="right"|33.6 |align="right"|+3.4 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | style="width: 150px" |Progressive Conservative |Gilles Bernier |align="right"|10,750 |align="right"|33.1 |align="right"|-2.8 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Alliance/row |Canadian Alliance |Joel Richardson |align="right"|9,570 |align="right"|29.5 |align="right"|+1.8 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Carolyn Van Dine |align="right"|1,216 |align="right"|3.7 |align="right"|-2.5 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|32,436 !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Gilles Bernier |align="right"|12,125 |align="right"|35.9 |align="right"|* |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 150px" |Liberal |Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais |align="right"|10,190 |align="right"|30.2 |align="right"|* |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Reform/row |Reform |Ivan Shaw |align="right"|9,371 |align="right"|27.7 |align="right"|* |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Leslie Ann Ferguson |align="right"|2,093 |align="right"|6.2 |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|33,779 !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End