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Restigouche East
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	1994
First contested	1974
Last contested	1991

Restigouche East
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Restigouche East (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Guy Arseneault; Liberal
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District created	2023
First contested	2024

Restigouche East was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member district of Restigouche in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2023 redistribution, the riding will be re-created from parts of Campbellton-Dalhousie, Restigouche West, Restigouche-Chaleur and Bathurst West-Beresford.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Restigouche
48th	1974–1978	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Riding re-created from Campbellton-Dalhousie, Restigouche West, Restigouche-Chaleur and Bathurst West-Beresford
61st	2024–Present	Guy Arseneault	Liberal

2020 provincial election redistributed results^[1]
Party		%
	Liberal	66.9
	Progressive Conservative	16.9
	Green	15.9

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rayburn Doucett	3,023	61.21	-4.19
	New Democratic	Walter Gauthier, Jr.	1,241	25.13	+21.46
	Confederation of Regions	Norman Shea	381	7.71	–
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Lapointe	294	5.95	-24.97
Total valid votes			4,939	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.82

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rayburn Doucett	3,382	65.40	+16.42
	Progressive Conservative	Paul E. McIntyre	1,599	30.92	-9.83
	New Democratic	Wayne Lapointe	190	3.67	-6.60
Total valid votes			5,171	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.12

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rayburn Donald Doucett	2,418	48.98	+0.10
	Progressive Conservative	Aurèle Desrosiers	2,012	40.75	+7.07
	New Democratic	Wayne Lapointe	507	10.27	-1.96
Total valid votes			4,937	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.48

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rayburn Donald Doucett	2,035	48.88	-14.77
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Laviolette	1,402	33.68	+2.44
	New Democratic	Gail Walsh	509	12.23	+7.12
	Parti acadien	Roland Godin	217	5.21	–
Total valid votes			4,163	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.60

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rayburn Donald Doucett	2,292	63.65
	Progressive Conservative	Harmon Leigh McCormick	1,125	31.24
	New Democratic	Dorothy Ravenscroft	184	5.11
Total valid votes			3,601	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Restigouche went totally Liberal in the previous election, with Rayburn Doucett being one of three incumbents.