Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs when New Brunswick moved from a system of bloc voting to the first past the post electoral system. It had previously been a part of the Madawaska County electoral district which returned three members.

It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006.

In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed.

It was formerly one of the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It was held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Party which opposed official status for the French language). Recently, it has elected Liberal MLAs. Its current MLA is Francine Landry of the Liberal Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Madawaska les Lacs
Riding created from Madawaska
48th	1974–1978	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991	Georges Corriveau	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995	Georges Corriveau	Liberal
53rd	1995–1999	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative
54th	1999–2003
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014	Yvon Bonenfant
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
58th	2014–2018	Francine Landry	Liberal
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2024
61st	2024–Present

Election results

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francine Landry	4,583	66.54	+7.67
	Progressive Conservative	Marie-Eve Castonguay	1,763	25.60	-0.05
	Green	Marie-Soleil Lussier	542	7.87	-5.40
Total valid votes			6,888	99.24
Total rejected ballots			53	0.76
Turnout			6,941	61.65
Eligible voters			11,258
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.86

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francine Landry	4,191	58.87	+2.48
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	1,826	25.65	-10.27
	Green	Denis Boulet	945	13.27	--
	New Democratic	Cécile Richard-Hébert	156	2.19	-5.50
Total valid votes			7,118	100.0
Total rejected ballots			72
Turnout			7,190	63.20
Eligible voters			11,377

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francine Landry	4,106	56.39	+24.57
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Bonenfant	2,616	35.92	-18.25
	New Democratic	Widler Jules	560	7.69	+4.02
Total valid votes			7,282	100.0
Total rejected ballots			91	1.23
Turnout			7,373	63.14
Eligible voters			11,677
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.41

Madawaska les Lacs

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Bonenfant	3,378	54.17	-9.08
	Liberal	Jocelyn Levesque	1,985	31.82	-2.21
	Independent	Jean-Marc Nadeau	644	10.33	–
	New Democratic	Nicole Therieault	229	3.67	+0.96
Total valid votes			6,236	100.0
Total rejected ballots			115	1.81
Turnout			6,351	70.88
Eligible voters			8,960
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.43

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,271	63.25	+2.65
	Liberal	Elaine Albert	2,299	34.04	-2.50
	New Democratic	Jeff Thibodeau	183	2.71	-0.15
Total valid votes			6,753	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.58

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	3,965	60.60	-4.57
	Liberal	Louis Labrie	2,391	36.54	+4.05
	New Democratic	Jason Carney	187	2.86	+0.52
Total valid votes			6,543	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.31

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,289	65.17	+9.15
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	2,138	32.49	-10.07
	New Democratic	Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau	154	2.34	+0.92
Total valid votes			6,581	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.61

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannot Volpé	4,060	56.02	+17.35
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	3,085	42.56	-8.26
	New Democratic	John Nowlan	103	1.42	-9.09
Total valid votes			7,248	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.80

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	2,906	50.82	-11.70
	Progressive Conservative	Raoul Cyr	2,211	38.67	+7.19
	New Democratic	Gérard Caron	601	10.51	+4.51
Total valid votes			5,718	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.44

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Georges Corriveau	3,839	62.52	+18.58
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	1,933	31.48	-21.54
	New Democratic	Maurice Clavette	368	6.00	+2.96
Total valid votes			6,140	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+20.06

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	3,071	53.02	-4.06
	Liberal	Luc Daigle	2,545	43.94	+2.82
	New Democratic	Rino Pelletier	176	3.04	–
Total valid votes			5,792	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.44

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	2,876	57.08	+7.13
	Liberal	Nelson Bellefleur	2,071	41.12	-6.43
	Parti acadien	Yves C. LeClerc	90	1.79	-0.71
Total valid votes			5,037	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.78

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	1,976	49.95
	Liberal	Laurier Lévesque	1,881	47.55
	Parti acadien	Jean-Marie Nadeau	99	2.50
Total valid votes			3,956	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.

External links

References

Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.

v t e New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-La Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election

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