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Electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Tracadie
New Brunswick electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Keith Chiasson
Liberal
District created2023
First contested2024
Tracadie
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1994

Tracadie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created in 1974 and was replaced by the Tracadie-Sheila district in 1995. Following the 2023 redistribution, the riding was re-created out of Tracadie-Sheila, Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore, Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou and Caraquet.

Tracadie (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
RIding created from Gloucester
48th  1974–1978     Adjutor Ferguson Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Doug Young Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1988
 1988–1991     Denis Losier Liberal
52nd  1991–1994
 1994–1995     Elvy Robichaud Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Tracadie-Sheila and Centre-Péninsule
Riding re-created from Tracadie-Sheila, Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore,
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou and Caraquet
61st  2024–Present     Keith Chiasson Liberal

Election results

2020 provincial election redistributed results
Party %
  Liberal 70.2
  Progressive Conservative 22.4
  Green 7.4
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Elvy Robichaud 5,605 56.45 +35.22
Liberal Aquila Comeau 4,249 42.79 -21.57
Confederation of Regions Gisèle Blanchard 75 0.76
New Democratic nil withdrawn
Total valid votes 9,929 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +28.40
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Denis Losier 6,374 64.36 -18.53
Progressive Conservative Colette McGraw 2,103 21.23
New Democratic Pierre Cousineau 1,427 14.41
Total valid votes 9,904 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -19.88
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 14 November 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Denis Losier 5,359 82.89 +24.29
Independent Yvon T. McGraw 1,106 17.11
Total valid votes 6,465 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.59
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas M. Young 5,787 58.60 +1.17
Progressive Conservative Colette McGraw 3,081 31.20 -6.02
New Democratic Serge Robichaud 823 8.33
Independent Fernand Losier 184 1.86 -0.23
Total valid votes 9,875 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.60
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Doug Young 5,308 57.43 +0.40
Progressive Conservative Henri Thomas 3,440 37.22 +4.76
Parti acadien Michael Blanchard 301 3.26 -7.25
Independent Fernand Losier 193 2.09
Total valid votes 9,242 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.18
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas M. Young 4,374 57.03 +0.26
Progressive Conservative George McLaughlin 2,490 32.46 -4.40
Parti acadien Alyre Morais 806 10.51 +4.14
Total valid votes 7,670 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.33
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 3,501 56.77
Progressive Conservative Paul Boudreau 2,273 36.86
Parti acadien Réjean Comeau 393 6.37
Total valid votes 6,167 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected 5 (of 5) Liberals in the last election, and one Progressive Conservative member was elected in the 1972 by-election. Adjutor Ferguson was one of five incumbents.

References

  1. "Tracadie". 338Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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