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Madawaska—Victoria
Madawaska—Victoria was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. The riding consisted of Madawaska and Victoria Counties, which until 1966 had been part of Restigouche—Madawaska and Victoria—Carleton respectively. The district's boundaries did not change during its 30 years. With the 1996 redistribution, most of Madawaska County was placed in the revived Madawaska—Restigouche, while Victoria County became part of Tobique—Mactaquac riding. Bernard Valcourt, the only non- Liberal ever elected from this riding, served several positions in Brian Mulroney's cabinet between 1988 and 1993. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results , - , Liberal , Pierrette Ringuette , align="right", 16,058 , align="right", 48.8 , align="right", +5.0 , - , style="width: 150px" , Progressive Conservative , Bernard Valcou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Valcourt
Bernard Valcourt (born February 18, 1952) is a Canadian politician and lawyer, who served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Madawaska—Restigouche, New Brunswick until he was defeated in the 2015 federal election. Early federal political career and Mulroney cabinet Valcourt was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. He was appointed to the Cabinet of Canada in 1986 as a Minister of State. In January 1989, he was promoted to Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, but was forced to resign from Cabinet in August when he was involved in a drunk driving motorcycle accident that cost him an eye. He returned to Cabinet seven months later as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada), Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. In 1991, he was promoted to Minister of Employment and Immigration (Canada), Minister of Employment and Immigration, and held the pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobique—Mactaquac
Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Political geography The district includes the counties of Carleton and Victoria as well as the Parish and Village of Saint-André and the eastern part of the County of York (excluding the City of Fredericton and vicinity). The neighbouring ridings are Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, Fredericton, and New Brunswick Southwest. Across the border to Maine, it neighbours the Maine District 2 of the United States House of Representatives. The electoral district was created in 1996 from portions of the old ridings of Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury, and Madawaska—Victoria. Its creation was very controversial, as it included areas with both large anglophone and francophone populations, while neighbouring communities were placed in other ridings. This seemingly went against the "communities of interest" crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eymard Corbin
Eymard Georges Corbin (born August 2, 1934 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick) is a Canadian retired Senator. Corbin, a teacher and journalist by profession, was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Victoria in New Brunswick. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the early 1970s, Minister of Fisheries and Forestry from October 1, 1970 to June 10, 1971, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada in 1984. In July 1984, he was one of three appointees to the Senate of Canada made by Prime Minister John Turner as part of a controversial agreement with his predecessor, Pierre Trudeau. Turner had agreed to make several patronage appointments on Trudeau's behalf in order to prevent Trudeau from creating enough vacancies in the House of Commons to leave Turner with a minority government. Turner was famously blasted for the arrangement by Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mulroney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria—Carleton
Victoria—Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. This riding was created in 1914 from Carleton and Victoria ridings. It was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1917. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Carleton—Charlotte and Madawaska—Victoria ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska—Restigouche
Madawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2021 was 60,184. Political geography The district includes all of the County of Madawaska (except Saint-André) and all of the County of Restigouche except the extreme eastern part. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi, Tobique—Mactaquac, Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine. In 2008, Liberal support was focused in the eastern and central parts of the riding, particularly in Edmundston, Campbellton, and Dalhousie. Support for the Conservatives was centered in the western part of the riding, in a strip of land bordering both Maine and Quebec. There was also a pocket of Tory support outside Saint-Leonard. The NDP won six polls in the riding, all in the Dalhousie area, a community they won.Pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierrette Ringuette
Pierrette Ringuette (born December 31, 1955), also formerly known as Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, is a Canadian politician. Ringuette, a businesswoman and professor, was the first francophone woman to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. She sat in the body as a member of the New Brunswick Liberal Party beginning in 1987, and resigned her seat once she was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP). She was succeeded by her predecessor, Percy Mockler, in a provincial by-election in 1993. In the 1993 federal election, she won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal MP for Madawaska—Victoria by defeating Progressive Conservative Cabinet Minister Bernard Valcourt. She was defeated in the subsequent 1997 federal election, one of a number of Maritime Liberal MPs who lost their seats that year. After her electoral defeat, she joined Canada Post Corporation in a senior position as manager of the international trade development unit. On Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restigouche—Madawaska
Restigouche—Madawaska was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Restigouche and Victoria ridings. With the 1966 redistribution, Madawaska County was moved to the new Madawaska—Victoria riding, while Restigouche County became the district of Restigouche. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results , - , - , bgcolor="EEBBBB", , Farmer-Labour , John Lewis Gordon Annett , align="right", 2,117 , align="right", 10.8 , align="right", * See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Maurice Simard
Jean-Maurice Simard (June 21, 1931 – June 16, 2001) was a Canadian Chartered Accountant and politician remembered as a strong promoter of French language rights and defender of Canadian bilingualism. He was born in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region near Maine and New Brunswick. He studied at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario and McGill University in Montreal. A chartered accountant, he practiced in Edmundston, New Brunswick. Jean-Maurice Simard was the brother of politician Montcalm Simard, who was a Union Nationale member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1966 to 1973. Federal politics In the 1968 federal election, he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Madawaska—Victoria to his Liberal opponent, Eymard Corbin. Member of the Provincial Legislature He ran as a Progressive Conservative and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the riding of Edmundston in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Canadian Federal Election
The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Canadian Parliament, 28th Parliament of Canada. In April 1968, Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a result of declining health and failing to win a majority government in two attempts. He 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, was succeeded by his Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Trudeau, who called an election immediately after becoming prime minister. Trudeau's charisma appealed to Canadian voters; his popularity became known as "Trudeaumania" and helped him win a comfortable majority. Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservatives lost seats whereas the New Democratic Party's support stayed the same. Background Prime Minister of Canada, Prime M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Canadian Federal Election
The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 35th Canadian Parliament, 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history. Two new regionalism (politics), regionalist parties emerged, finishing second and third in seat count. Most notably, the election marked the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level and one of the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western democratic world. The Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, led by Jean Chrétien, won a majority government, defeating the governing Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party in a landslide victory, landslide. The 22.58% gap between the Liberals and the newly formed Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party is the largest difference between the top-two popular vote parties in List of Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Canadian Federal Election
The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 33rd Canadian Parliament, 33rd Parliament of Canada, following the dissolution of the House on July 9. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney, won a landslide victory, defeating the incumbent governing Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party led by Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister John Turner. The Progressive Conservatives won 211 seats, the most seats in the House in Canadian political history, and regained power for the first time since 1979 Canadian federal election, 1979. This was the first election since 1958 Canadian federal election, 1958 in which the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government, and is also the only time since 1958 that Canada's governing party received an actual majority of votes cast. Mulroney's victory came as a result of his building of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
