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Madawaska-la-Vallée was a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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electoral district

Electoral district

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which elected one member to the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

(MLA) of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada

Canada

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. It was created in the 1994 redrawing of electoral boundaries

New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994

The New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 1994 was the first re-alignment of electoral districts in New Brunswick, Canada, since 1973. Under this redistribution, several districts were changed significantly due to considerable population shifts from the northern part of the province to the...

and dissolved in 2006

New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006

The New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 2006 was undertaken as a result of legislation introduced by Bernard Lord, the Premier of New Brunswick, Canada, on June 9, 2005...

. It was used in the 1995

New Brunswick general election, 1995

The 33rd New Brunswick general election was held on September 11, 1995, to elect 55 members to the 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The election marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a...

, 1999

New Brunswick general election, 1999

The 34th New Brunswick general election was held on June 7, 1999, to elect 55 members to the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It marked the debut of both Camille Thériault and Bernard Lord as leaders of the Liberals and...

and 2003

New Brunswick general election, 2003

The 35th New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

elections. Its only MLA was Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

representation Percy Mockler, now a member of the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

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.

In 1994, the district was created largely by merging the districts of Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South. In 2006, most of the district was merged with Restigouche West

Restigouche West

Restigouche West was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This riding was created in the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to single member districts from Bloc voting. It was merged with Madawaska-la-Vallée to form the new district of...

to form Restigouche-la-Vallée

Restigouche-La-Vallée

Restigouche-La-Vallée is a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada. It elects one member for the Legislative Assembly .It was created in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district of Madawaska-la-Vallée with the district of Restigouche West less small portions on the extreme...

Results

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|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Percy Mockler*
|align="right"|3964
|align="right"|56.7%
|align="right"|*
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

|Gérald H. Clavette*
|align="right"|2908
|align="right"|41.6%
|align="right"|*
|-

|New Democratic

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

gain/hold*.
|align="right"|Majority
|align="right"|1056
|align="right"|15.1%
|}
* This was a new riding created largely out of a merger of the former ridings of Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South, the former of which was held by Clavette, a Liberal and the latter of which was held by Mockler, a Progressive Conservative.
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Percy Mockler
|align="right"|4367
|align="right"|68.7%
|align="right"|+12.0%
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Huguette Plourde
|align="right"|1798
|align="right"|28.3%
|align="right"|-13.3%
|-

|New Democratic

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

hold.
|align="right"|Majority
|align="right"|2569
|align="right"|40.4%
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

|Percy Mockler
|align="right"|3858
|align="right"|65.3%
|align="right"|-3.4%
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

|Claude J. Malenfant
|align="right"|1848
|align="right"|31.3%
|align="right"|+3.0%
|-

|New Democratic

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

hold.
|align="right"|Majority
|align="right"|2569
|align="right"|40.4%
|}

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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