Nepisiguit (electoral district)

Nepisiquit

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population (2006)	11,970
Electors (2010)	8,415

Nepisiguit was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was known as Nepisiguit-Chaleur from 1974 to 1995.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Nepisiguit-Chaleur Riding created from Gloucester
48th	1974–1978		Frank Branch	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995
Nepisiguit
53rd	1995–1999		Alban Landry	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Joel Bernard	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Frank Branch	Liberal
	2006–2006			Independent
56th	2006–2010		Cheryl Lavoie	Liberal
57th	2010–2014		Ryan Riordon	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore, Restigouche-Chaleur and Bathurst West-Beresford

Election results

Nepisiguit

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Riordon	2,454	41.03	-1.33
	Liberal	Cheryl Lavoie	1,944	32.50	-16.70
	New Democratic	Pierre Cyr	1,474	24.64	+16.20
	Green	Patrice Des Lauriers	109	1.82	–
Total valid votes			5,981	100.0
Total rejected ballots			58	0.96
Turnout			6,039	71.76
Eligible voters			8,415
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.68
[1]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cheryl Lavoie	2,844	49.20	-3.86
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Legere	2,449	42.36	+8.99
	New Democratic	Charles Fournier	488	8.44	-5.12
Total valid votes			5,781	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	1.06
Turnout			5,843	64.39
Eligible voters			9,074
	Liberal notional gain from Independent		Swing		-6.42
[2]

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	3,498	53.06	+19.25
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Bernard	2,200	33.37	-5.11
	New Democratic	Normand Savoie	894	13.56	-14.14
Total valid votes			6,592	99.01
Total rejected ballots			66	0.99	+0.33
Turnout			6,658	67.50	-3.09
Eligible voters			9,864
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+12.18

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Bernard	2,534	38.48	+8.18
	Liberal	Alban Landry	2,227	33.82	-23.82
	New Democratic	Gilles Halley	1,824	27.70	+16.99
Total valid votes			6,585	99.34
Total rejected ballots			44	0.66	-0.50
Turnout			6,629	70.59	+1.33
Eligible voters			9,391
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.00

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alban Landry	3,715	57.64	-1.91
	Progressive Conservative	Anne-Marie Gammon	1,953	30.30	+20.52
	New Democratic	Normand Savoie	690	10.71	-7.90
	Natural Law	Andie Haché	87	1.35	–
Total valid votes			6,445	98.83
Total rejected ballots			76	1.17	-0.32
Turnout			6,521	69.25	-10.65
Eligible voters			9,416
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.22

Nepisiguit-Chaleur

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	3,752	59.56	-19.44
	New Democratic	Karen Ann McCrea	1,172	18.60	+13.59
	Confederation of Regions	Laurie Alan Daley	760	12.06	–
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hornibrook	616	9.78	-6.21
Total valid votes			6,300	98.51
Total rejected ballots			95	1.49	+0.98
Turnout			6,395	79.91	-6.04
Eligible voters			8,003
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.52

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	5,086	79.00	+19.01
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Albert	1,029	15.98	-9.69
	New Democratic	Harry Scott	323	5.02	-5.82
Total valid votes			6,438	99.49
Total rejected ballots			33	0.51	-0.00
Turnout			6,471	85.95	-1.70
Eligible voters			6,471
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.35

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	3,510	59.99	-1.70
	Progressive Conservative	Patrice Battah	1,502	25.67	+4.13
	New Democratic	Sherwood Scott	634	10.84	–
	Parti acadien	Léon Losier	205	3.50	-13.27
Total valid votes			5,851	99.49
Total rejected ballots			30	0.51	-0.73
Turnout			5,881	87.65	+4.37
Eligible voters			6,710
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.91

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	3,156	61.69	+5.09
	Progressive Conservative	Hilaire Brideau	1,102	21.54	-18.52
	Parti acadien	Paul-Émile Mourant	858	16.77	+13.43
Total valid votes			5,116	98.76
Total rejected ballots			64	1.24	+0.18
Turnout			5,180	83.28	+0.93
Eligible voters			6,220
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.81

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Branch	2,488	56.60
	Progressive Conservative	Edmond Landry	1,761	40.06
	Parti acadien	André Dumont	147	3.34
Total valid votes			4,396	98.94
Total rejected ballots			47	1.06
Turnout			4,443	83.25
Eligible voters			5,395
This riding came from the multi-member riding of Gloucester, which elected 5 Liberals (out of 5 seats) in 1970; one Progressive Conservative member was elected in a 1972 by-election. Frank Branch was one of five incumbents.

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved December 29, 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick