ACADIE—BATHURST

'Acadie—Bathurst' (formerly 'Gloucester') is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 76,392.
The riding has mostly been held by the Liberal Party thanks to strong support from the francophone Acadian population. There is also a notable Red Tory tendency in the riding that enabled the former Progressive Conservative Party to win on occasion.
In the 1997 federal election, the New Democratic Party's Yvon Godin won an unexpected victory over powerful Liberal cabinet minister Doug Young, mostly due to unpopular Liberal cuts to Employment Insurance. Godin has held the riding ever since.
In the 2004 election, he ran against Serge Rouselle of the Liberals, Joel Bernard, of the Conservatives, and Mario Lanteigne of the Greens. Despite stiff competition, the popular Godin retained by a wide margin on election day.

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Acadie—Bathurst

Gloucester

See also

External links

Geography

The district includes eastern Gloucester County, and the communities along Nepisiguit Bay. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi (electoral district) and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

History

The electoral district was created at confederation in 1867, and was known as "Gloucester" until its name was changed in 1990.
In 2004, there were some legal problems regarding the 2003 boundaries. The following is from the Elections Canada website:
:In May 2004, the Federal Court of Canada made its decision in Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General), concerning a portion of the electoral boundary between the ridings of Miramichi and Acadie–Bathurst. The Court held that, in transferring certain parts of parishes from the riding of Acadie–Bathurst to Miramichi, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick erred in its application of the rules governing the preparation of its recommendations. The new boundaries commission was created under Part I of the Inquiries Act in response to this court decision.

The current boundaries will revert back to the ones used in the 1996 representation after the 2006 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
'''Gloucester'''
1st	1867-1872		Timothy Anglin	Liberal
2nd	1872-1874
3rd	1874-1877
1877 By-election	1877-1878
4th	1878-1882
5th	1882-1887		Kennedy Francis Burns	Conservative
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1894
1894 By-election	1894-1896		Théotime Blanchard	Conservative
8th	1896-1900
9th	1900-1904		Onésiphore Turgeon	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921
14th	1921-1922
1922 By-election	1922-1925		Jean George Robichaud	Liberal
15th	1925-1926
16th	1926		Peter Veniot	Liberal
1926 By-election	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1936
1936 By-election	1936-1940		Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949		Clovis-Thomas Richard	Liberal
21st	1949-1952
1952 By-election	1952-1953		Albany Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953-1957		Hédard Robichaud	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1966
28th	1968-1972		Herb Breau	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Roger Clinch	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Doug Young	Liberal
'''Acadie—Bathurst'''
35th	1993-1997		Douglas Young	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Yvon Godin	New Democrat
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

Acadie—Bathurst

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! align=right | 50 492


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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 41 005
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 50 565


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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 52 094


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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 40 363

Gloucester

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 39 135


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 42 674


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 34 913


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 35 625


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 28 386


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 28 082


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 22 163


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 23 298


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 23 224


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 23 693


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 24 817


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 22 554


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 23 148


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 21 501


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 21 150
Change for Progressive Conservative candidate Albany Robichaud from 1945 are based on his results running as an Independent.
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 18 715
Change for Independent candidate Albany Robichaud from 1940 are based on his results running as a National Government candidate.
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 15 898
The "National Government" was the temporary name of the Conservative Party for the 1940 elections, and changes from 1935 are based on the results of the Conservative Party.
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 15 763


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 15 176

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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 14 325


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 11 526
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! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 10 513
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 5352


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 4675


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 4244


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 3854


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 3823

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 3514


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 3400


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 2309
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 2043
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 1777


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan=3 align=right | Total valid votes
! align=right | 1732

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for Gloucester from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for Acadie-Bathurst from the Library of Parliament