Angela Vautour

Angela Vautour
Angela Vautour
Member of Parliament; for Beauséjour—Petitcodiac
	In office; June 2, 1997 – November 27, 2000
Preceded by	Fernand Robichaud
Succeeded by	Dominic LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	April 10, 1960 (age 64); Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative (since 2004); Progressive Conservative (1999–2004); New Democratic (until 1999)
Profession	Civil servant

Angela Vautour (born April 10, 1960) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauséjour—Petitcodiac in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2000.

Vautour was elected in the 1997 election as a New Democrat, as part of a Maritime breakthrough for the party.^[1]

On September 27, 1999, Vautour crossed the floor to join the Progressive Conservative caucus.^[2] She stood for election as a PC candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Dominic LeBlanc.^[3] In 2004, she ran for the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, but again was defeated.

Electoral record[edit]

Beauséjour - 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21,934	53.28	+6.18
	Conservative	Angela Vautour	11,604	28.19	-17.65
	New Democratic	Omer Bourque	6,056	14.71	+7.65
	Green	Anna Girouard	1,574	3.82	Ø
Total valid votes			41,168

Beauséjour—Petitcodiac - 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21,465	47.10	+12.27
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Vautour	14,631	32.11	+16.11
	Alliance	Tom Taylor	6256	13.73	+3.55
	New Democratic	Inka Milewski	3217	7.06	-31.93
Total valid votes			45,569

Beauséjour—Petitcodiac - 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Angela Vautour	18,504	38.99	+33.25
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	16,529	34.83	-41.20
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Hamilton	7592	16.00	+0.78
	Reform	Raymond Braun	4833	10.18	Ø
Total valid votes			47,458

^ "Beausejour, not Bay Street". The Chronicle Herald. June 4, 1997. Archived from the original on July 27, 2001. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
^ "New Democrat MP Vautour moves to the right". CBC News. September 27, 1999. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
^ "Liberals gain three seats in NB". CBC News. November 28, 2000. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

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