Tobique—Mactaquac

'''Tobique—Mactaquac ''' is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]], that has been represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 68,352. ==Geography== The district includes the counties of [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton]] and [[Victoria County, New Brunswick|Victoria]] as well as the Parish and [[St. André, New Brunswick|Village]] of [[Saint-André, New Brunsiwck|Saint-André]] and the eastern part of the [[York County, New Brunswick|County of York]] (excluding the City of [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] and vicinity). The neighbouring ridings are [[Madawaska—Restigouche]], [[Miramichi (electoral district)|Miramichi]], [[Fredericton (electoral district)|Fredericton]], and [[New Brunswick Southwest]]. ==History== The electoral district was created in 1996 from portions of the old ridings of [[Carleton—Charlotte]], [[Fredericton (electoral district)|Fredericton—York—Sunbury]], and [[Madawaska—Victoria]]. Its creation was very controversial, as it included areas with both large [[English Canadian|anglophone]] and [[francophone]] populations, while neighbouring communities were placed in other ridings. This seemingly went against the "communities of interest" criterion in drawing electoral boundaries. On two separate occasions Tobique—Mactaquac has been involved in party nomination controversies. In the [[Canadian federal election, 1997|1997 election]], the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] were alleged to have rigged their meeting to choose [[Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais]], the [[Member of Parliament]] for the defunct [[Madawaska—Victoria]] riding. The meeting was held in [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]], near her hometown and at the far northern end of the riding. Due to sound problems, only her speech was carried over the loudspeakers. Ringuette-Maltais lost the election to [[Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)|Gilles Bernier]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]]. In the [[Canadian federal election, 2004|2004 election]], the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] selected Adam Richardson, who had run for the [[Canadian Alliance]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 2000|2000 election]], but national head office refused to sign his nomination papers, apparently due to Richardson's demands that [[Stephen Harper]] apologize for comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen, lost to Liberal incumbent [[Andy Savoy]]. ===Members of Parliament=== This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]]: {| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | colspan="5" align="center" | ''[[Carleton—Charlotte]], [[Fredericton—York—Sunbury]] and [[Madawaska—Victoria]] prior to 1997'' |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1997|36th]] | 1997–2000 | {{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives}} |     | [[Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)|Gilles Bernier]] | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2000|37th]] | 2000–2004 | rowspan="2" {{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal}} |     | rowspan="2" | [[Andy Savoy]] | rowspan="2" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2004|38th]] | 2004–2006 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2006|39th]] | 2006–2008 | rowspan="3" {{Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative}} |     | rowspan="3" | [[Mike Allen (Canadian politician)|Mike Allen]] | rowspan="3" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2008|40th]] | 2008–2011 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2011|41st]] | 2011–present |} ==Election results== {{CanElec2|2011}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|[[Mike Allen (Canadian politician)|Mike Allen]] |21,108|62.7 |+5.4| }} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Pierre Cyr |6,388|19.0 |+3.6| }} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Charles Chiasson|5,337 |15.9 |-5.6| }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Rish Mcglynn |831|2.5 |-3.3| }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|33,664 |100.0| }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots| 256| 0.8| | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout| 33,920| 64.5|+5.2 | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Eligible voters| 52,623 | | | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2008}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|[[Mike Allen (Canadian politician)|Mike Allen]] | 18,020| 57.3| +13.6| $61,616}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|[[Sally McGrath]] | 6,773| 21.5|-21.5 | $29,832}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Alice Finnamore | 4,830| 15.4|+4.0 |$8,678 }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|[[Mark Glass]] | 1,810| 5.8| +3.9|$1,510 }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 31,433|100.0 | $81,901}} {{CanElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots| | | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout| | 59.3| }} {{end}} {{CanElec4|2006}} {{CanElec4Row|Conservative|[[Mike Allen (Canadian politician)|Mike Allen]]|15,869|43.7|+4.0}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberal|[[Andy Savoy]]|15,615|43.0|-5.2}} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Alice Finnamore|4,137|11.4|+2.9}} {{CanElec4Row|Green|Robert Berube Jr.|671|1.8|-1.9}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|36,292 |100.0}} |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}} |align="left" colspan=2|[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] '''gain''' from [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]. | | | {{end}} {{CanElec4|2004}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberal|[[Andy Savoy]]|16,787|48.2|+15.4}} {{CanElec4Row|Conservative|[[Mike Allen (Canadian politician)|Mike Allen]]|13,779|39.7|-24.2}} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Jason Mapplebeck|2,957|8.5|+4.8}} {{CanElec4Row|Green|Scott Jones|1,282|3.7|+3.7}} {{CanElec4Tot|Difference|3,008|8.5}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|34,805 |100.0}} {{CanElec4Tot|Rejected ballots|349|1.0}} {{CanElec4Tot|Turnout|35,154|64.0}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} {{end}} Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. {{CanElec4|2000}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberal|[[Andy Savoy]]|10,900|33.6|+3.4}} {{CanElec4Row|Progressive Conservatives|[[Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)|Gilles Bernier]]|10,750|33.1|-2.8}} {{CanElec4Row|Canadian Alliance|Adam Richardson|9,570|29.5|+1.8}} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Carolyn Van Dine|1,216|3.7|-2.5}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total|32,436|100.0 }} {{end}} {{CanElec5|1997}} {{CanElec5Row|Progressive Conservatives|[[Gilles Bernier (New Brunswick politician)|Gilles Bernier]]|12,125|35.9}} {{CanElec5Row|Liberal|[[Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais]]|10,190|30.2}} {{CanElec5Row|Reform|Ivan Shaw|9,371|27.7}} {{CanElec5Row|NDP|Leslie Ann Ferguson|2,093|6.2}} {{CanElec5Tot|Total|33,779| 100.0}} {{end}} ==See also== * [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts]] * [[Past Canadian electoral districts]] ==External links== *[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1072 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]] {{Ridings in New Brunswick}}{{Ridings in Atlantic Canada}} {{coord missing|New Brunswick}}