Restigouche Chaleur
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Restigouche Chaleur in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Marco LeBlanc
Liberal
District created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)14,043
Electors (2013)11,097
Census division(s)Gloucester, Restigouche
Census subdivision(s)(2023) Bathurst, Belle-Baie, Belledune, Chaleur Rural District, Heron Bay, Restigouche Rural District

Restigouche-Chaleur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is a redistribution of the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur.

History and geography

Nigadoo-Chaleur was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution as one of the five districts from the previous Gloucester district, defined as the parish of Beresford and the villages in that area of Gloucester County.[1] It gained the remaining part of Belledune in Durham Parish from Restigouche East (which merged into Dalhousie-Restigouche East) and lost the area of parish of Beresford south of the Nigadoo River to Nepisiguit-Chaleur (now Nepisiguit) in the 1994 redistribution[2] but did not change further in 2006.[3] In the 2013 redistribution it lost Beresford to the new district of Bathurst West-Beresford but gained territory to its south running west of the Bathurst and Beresford municipal lines down to the Tetagouche river.

In its current form, it ranges from Belledune in the north, following the coast along the Nepisiguit Bay through the villages of Pointe-Verte, Petit-Rocher and Nigadoo to the boundary of Beresford, then turning south as far as the Tetagouche River

The riding is bordered by Bathurst West-Beresford to the south, Campbellton-Dalhousie and Restigouche West to the west, and Chaleur Bay to the northeast.

During the 53rd Legislative Assembly, Albert Doucet was removed from the Liberal cabinet on February 5, 1997[4] and then was removed from caucus in March of that year, due to comments criticizing NB Power, the Liberals' efforts to help Northern New Brunswick, and then Premier Frank McKenna's leadership. He sat as an independent until January 30, 1998[5] when he was accepted back into the Liberal fold.

Current member of the Legislative Assembly

Roland Haché was MLA from 1999 until 2014, making him the most senior Liberal and tied with many Conservatives for second most senior MLA. Haché has announced he would not seek re-election in 2014. The current MLA for Restigouche-Chaleur is Daniel Guitard, elected in 2014, and re-elected in 2018.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Assembly Years Member Party
Nigadoo-Chaleur
Riding created from Gloucester
48th  1974–1978     Roland Boudreau Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982     Pierre Godin Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995 Albert Doucet
53rd  1995–1997
 1997–1998     Independent
 1998–1999     Liberal
54th  1999–2003 Roland Haché
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014
Restigouche-Chaleur
58th  2014–2018     Daniel Guitard Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2022
 2023–present Marco LeBlanc

Election results

Nigadoo-Chaleur's popular vote percentages over time
Nigadoo-Chaleur's poll-by-poll winners for the 2010 New Brunswick election

Restigouche-Chaleur

New Brunswick provincial by-election, April 24, 2023
Resignation of Daniel Guitard to run for mayor of Belle-Baie.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marco LeBlanc 2,462 50.56 -5.10
Green Rachel Boudreau 1,541 31.65 +4.04
Progressive Conservative Anne Bard-Lavigne 771 15.83 -0.89
New Democratic Alex Gagne 95 1.95
Total valid votes 4,869 99.77
Total rejected ballots 11 0.23 -0.21
Turnout 4,880 44.41 -17.41
Eligible voters 10,989
Liberal hold Swing -4.57
Source: Elections New Brunswick[6]
2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Guitard 3,823 55.66 -10.38
Green Marie Larivière 1,896 27.61 +15.22
Progressive Conservative Louis Robichaud 1,149 16.73 +4.42
Total valid votes 6,868 99.57
Total rejected ballots 30 0.43 +0.03
Turnout 6,898 61.82 +1.53
Eligible voters 11,159
Liberal hold Swing -12.80
Source: Elections New Brunswick[7]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Guitard 4,430 66.04 +12.13
Green Mario Comeau 831 12.39 +10.27
Progressive Conservative Charles Stewart 826 12.31 -2.53
New Democratic Paul Tremblay 621 9.26 -19.87
Total valid votes 6,708 99.60
Total rejected ballots 27 0.40 -0.30
Turnout 6,735 60.29 -5.94
Eligible voters 11,171
Liberal hold Swing +0.93
Source: Elections New Brunswick[8]
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Guitard 4,069 53.92 +4.15
New Democratic Ray Godin 2,198 29.12 +19.50
Progressive Conservative Gilberte Boudreau 1,120 14.84 -23.32
Green Mario Comeau 160 2.12 -0.32
Total valid votes 7,547 99.30
Total rejected ballots 53 0.70 -0.52
Turnout 7,600 66.23 -7.15
Eligible voters 11,476
Liberal notional hold Swing -7.67
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Nigadoo-Chaleur

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Roland Haché 3,649 49.77 -9.76 $27,451
Progressive Conservative Fred Albert 2,798 38.16 +2.30 $27,293
New Democratic Serge Beaubrun 706 9.63 +5.02 $124
Green Mathieu Laplante 179 2.44 – $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,332 98.79   $29,719
Total rejected ballots 90 1.21 +0.20
Turnout 7,422 73.38 +1.78
Eligible voters 10,115
Liberal hold Swing -6.03
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2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Roland Haché 4,311 59.53 +9.67 $27,175
Progressive Conservative Fred Albert 2,597 35.86 -9.41 $25,627
New Democratic Serge Beaubrun 334 4.61 -0.26 $191
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,242 98.99   $28,446
Total rejected ballots 74 1.01 -0.08
Turnout 7,316 71.60 -3.19
Eligible voters 10,218
Liberal hold Swing +9.54
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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Roland Haché 3,887 49.86 +4.94 $13,968
Progressive Conservative Hermel Vienneau 3,529 45.27 +7.84 $24,844
New Democratic Kate Heyward 380 4.87 -11.39 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,796 98.91   $25,467
Total rejected ballots 86 1.09 +0.18
Turnout 7,882 74.79 -1.17
Eligible voters 10,539
Liberal hold Swing -1.45
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1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Roland Haché 3,435 44.92 -12.02 $16,763
Progressive Conservative Hermel Vienneau 2,862 37.43 +4.52 $18,280
New Democratic Raoul Charest 1,244 16.27 +7.74 $20,748
Natural Law Gilles Godin 106 1.39 -0.24 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,647 99.09   $23,603
Total rejected ballots 70 0.91 -0.53
Turnout 7,717 75.95 -10.26
Eligible voters 10,160
Liberal hold Swing -8.27
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1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Albert Doucet 4,421 56.94 -5.26 $19,503
Progressive Conservative Maxime Lejeune 2,555 32.91 +26.78 $16,434
New Democratic Ulric DeGrâce 662 8.53 -13.77 $2,517
Natural Law Gilles Godin 126 1.62 – $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,764 98.57   $22,444
Total rejected ballots 113 1.43 +0.20
Turnout 7,877 86.22 +12.44
Eligible voters 9,136
Liberal hold Swing -16.02
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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Albert Doucet 4,732 62.20 -11.97 $14,660
New Democratic Raoul Charest 1,696 22.29 +14.88 $4,595
Independent Ulric DeGrâce 714 9.38 – no return filed
Progressive Conservative David Boudreau 466 6.13 -12.29 no return filed
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,608 98.77   $21,206
Total rejected ballots 95 1.23 +0.80
Turnout 7,703 73.78 -8.19
Eligible voters 10,441
Liberal hold Swing -13.43
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1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Pierre Godin 5,953 74.17 +22.34 $15,394
Progressive Conservative Annonciade "Nancy" Arsenault 1,478 18.42 -14.81 $13,893
New Democratic John Gagnon 595 7.41 -5.31 $100
Total valid votes/expense limit 8,026 99.57   $16,993
Total rejected ballots 35 0.43 -0.70
Turnout 8,061 81.96 -4.64
Eligible voters 9,835
Liberal hold Swing +18.58
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1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Pierre Godin 4,057 51.83 +8.27 $10,598
Progressive Conservative Daniel Comeau 2,601 33.23 -1.29 $12,142
New Democratic Rhéal Boudreau 996 12.72 +7.03 $1,365
Parti acadien André Blanchard 174 2.22 -14.01 $50
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,828 98.86   $13,605
Total rejected ballots 90 1.14 +0.46
Turnout 7,918 86.60 +2.23
Eligible voters 9,143
Liberal hold Swing +4.78
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1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Pierre Godin 2,960 43.56 +4.70 $9,165
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau 2,346 34.52 -7.70 $10,208
Parti acadien Dr. Jean-Pierre Lanteigne 1,103 16.23 -2.70 $1,012
New Democratic Kevin O'Connell 387 5.69 – $1,528
Total valid votes/expense limit 6,796 99.33   $12,091
Total rejected ballots 46 0.67 -0.35
Turnout 6,842 84.38 +2.23
Eligible voters 8,109
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +6.20
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1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau 2,255 42.22
Liberal J. Normand Arseneau 2,075 38.85
Parti acadien Euclide Chiasson 1,011 18.93
Total valid votes 5,341 98.98
Total rejected ballots 55 1.02
Turnout 5,396 82.14
Eligible voters 6,569
The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected five Liberals in the last election; one Progressive Conservative was elected in the 1972 by-election. None of the incumbents ran in this riding.
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