Campbellton-Dalhousie
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Campbellton-Dalhousie in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates:48°02′02″N 66°26′56″W / 48.034°N 66.449°W / 48.034; -66.449
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Guy Arseneault
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2014
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)14,942
Electors (2013)11,760
Census division(s)Restigouche
Census subdivision(s)Campbellton, Dalhousie

Campbellton-Dalhousie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries by combining portions of the Campbellton-Restigouche Centre and Dalhousie-Restigouche East electoral districts. The election was won by Donald Arseneault of the Liberal party.

The district is the geographically smallest in predominantly rural Northern New Brunswick, consisting of the city of Campbellton, the town of Dalhousie and communities along a 20 km stretch of road between them.

The seat was vacated November 30, 2017; Arsenault was given an ultimatum by Liberal Leader Brian Gallant in reference to a perceived conflict of interest.[1] This was not the first time he held the spotlight in controversy; in an infamous deal, over $70 million of taxpayer money (known as the Atcon Scanda[2]) was lost through the decision making of the Liberal Caucus of which he was part (2009). The seat was won by Guy Arseneault on September 24, 2018.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Dalhousie-Restigouche East
and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
58th  2014–2017     Donald Arseneault Liberal
59th  2018–2020 Guy Arseneault
60th  2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Arseneault 4,540 65.20 +14.91
Progressive Conservative Charles Stewart 1,369 19.66 -4.15
Green Marie-Christine Allard 1,054 15.14 +6.53
Total valid votes 6,963 100.00
Total rejected ballots 42 0.60 -0.06
Turnout 7,005 64.29 -2.63
Eligible voters 10,896
Liberal hold Swing +9.53
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Arseneault 3,720 50.29 -11.96
Progressive Conservative Diane Cyr 1,761 23.81 -0.46
New Democratic Thérèse Tremblay 721 9.75 -0.09
Green Annie Thériault 637 8.61 +4.97
People's Alliance Robert Boudreau 558 7.54 --
Total valid votes 7,397 100.00
Total rejected ballots 49 0.66
Turnout 7,446 66.92
Eligible voters 11,127
Liberal hold Swing -5.75
Source: Elections NB[4]
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Donald Arseneault 4,820 62.25
Progressive Conservative Joe. G. Elias 1,879 24.27
New Democratic Jamie O'Rourke 762 9.84
Green Heather Wood 282 3.64
Total valid votes 7,743 100.00
Total rejected ballots 49 0.63
Turnout 7,792 66.93
Eligible voters 11,642
This riding was created from parts of Dalhousie-Restigouche East and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Donald Arseneault was the incumbent from Dalhousie-Restigouche East.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[5]

References

  1. ^ "N.B. MLA Donald Arseneault resigns seat amid conflict of interest controversy | Globalnews.ca".
  2. ^ "New Brunswick on hook for $70M in Atcon deal - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ^ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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