Restigouche—Madawaska

Restigouche—Madawaska was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Restigouche and Victoria ridings.

With the 1966 redistribution, Madawaska County was moved to the new Madawaska—Victoria riding, while Restigouche County became the district of Restigouche.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Pius Michaud, Liberal (1917–1925)
2. Arthur Culligan, Conservative (1925–1926)
3. Stanislas Blanchard, Liberal (1926–1930)
4. Maxime Cormier, Conservative (1930–1933) (died on January 14, 1933)
5. Joseph Enoil Michaud, Liberal (1933–1945)
6. Benoît Michaud, Liberal (1945–1949) (died August 29, 1949)
7. Paul-Léon Dubé, Independent (1949–1953)
8. Joseph-Gaspard Boucher, Liberal (1953–1955) (died April 18, 1955)
9. Charles Van Horne, Progressive Conservative (1955–1961) (resigned January 16, 1961)
10. Edgar Fournier, Progressive Conservative (1961–1962)
11. Jean-Eudes Dubé, Liberal (1961–1967)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	15,211	55.4	+6.4
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Dubé	10,163	37.0	+18.3
	Ralliement créditiste	Joseph-Hurgel Dubé	1,081	3.9	-28.2
	New Democratic	Emelia Nugent	1,017	3.7	*

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	14,111	49.0	+3.3
	Social Credit	Charles-Leopold Dubé	9,306	32.3	+26.2
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Ayles	5,400	18.7	-25.2

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	13,525	45.7	-2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Edgar Fournier	12,992	43.9	-7.9
	Social Credit	André Boudreau	1,794	6.1	*
	New Democratic	Aurèle Ferlatte	1,256	4.2	*

By-election on May 29, 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Edgar Fournier	14,566	51.8	-4.3
	Liberal	Jean-Eudes Dubé	13,544	48.2	+6.1

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Van Horne	17,221	56.2	+1.5
	Liberal	Ralph Azzie	12,909	42.1	-3.2
	Social Credit	Joseph Senechal	538	1.8	*

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Van Horne	15,774	54.7	+1.8
	Liberal	Ralph Azzie	13,037	45.3	+1.2

By-election on September 26, 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Van Horne	12,942	52.9	+23.7
	Liberal	John Bugold	10,770	44.1	-6.1
	Independent Social Credit	Frederick Prickett	737	3.0	*

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Boucher	13,266	50.2	-15.2
	Progressive Conservative	Dillon Arseneault	7,724	29.2	+3.6
	Independent Liberal	Paul Dubé	4,317	16.3	*
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Oreian Richard Cole	1,126	4.3	*

By-election on October 24, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Paul Dubé	15,919	58.5
	Liberal	Albert Pichette	7,194	41.5

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Benoît Michaud	15,919	65.4	+10.2
	Progressive Conservative	René Hudon	6,238	25.6	+2.1
	Union des électeurs	Armand Grondin	2,172	8.9	*

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Benoît Michaud	12,200	55.2	-14.7
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine McLaughlin	5,205	23.5	-6.6
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Marmen	2,412	10.9	*
	Independent Liberal	Paul Dubé	2,300	10.4	*

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Michaud	12,164	69.9	-7.1
	Conservative	Oscar Levasseur	5,239	30.1	+7.1

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Michaud	13,562	77.0	+15.9
	Conservative	Henry Diotte	4,045	23.0	-5.1

By-election on October 23, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Michaud	11,958	61.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Paul Dubé	5,498	28.1	-23.3
	Farmer-Labour	John Lewis Gordon Annett	2,117	10.8	*

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Maxime Cormier	10,037	51.4	+8.3
	Liberal	Thomas McEvoy	9,489	48.6	-8.3

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Stanislas Blanchard	9,033	56.9	+13.4
	Conservative	Arthur Culligan	6,850	43.1	-13.4

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Arthur Culligan	6,374	56.5	+38.0
	Liberal	Pius Michaud	4,904	43.5	-38.0

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pius Michaud	7,593	81.5	+12.4
	Conservative	William Montgomery	1,723	18.5	-12.4

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Pius Michaud	5,077	69.1
	Government (Unionist)	David Stewart	2,271	30.9

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding History from the Library of Parliament