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Restigouche East
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Restigouche East was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member district of Restigouche in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Restigouche
48th  1974–1978     Rayburn Doucett Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Dalhousie-Restigouche East

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rayburn Doucett 3,023 61.21 -4.19
New Democratic Walter Gauthier, Jr. 1,241 25.13 +21.46
Confederation of Regions Norman Shea 381 7.71
Progressive Conservative Richard Lapointe 294 5.95 -24.97
Total valid votes 4,939 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -12.82
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rayburn Doucett 3,382 65.40 +16.42
Progressive Conservative Paul E. McIntyre 1,599 30.92 -9.83
New Democratic Wayne Lapointe 190 3.67 -6.60
Total valid votes 5,171 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +13.12
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,418 48.98 +0.10
Progressive Conservative Aurèle Desrosiers 2,012 40.75 +7.07
New Democratic Wayne Lapointe 507 10.27 -1.96
Total valid votes 4,937 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -3.48
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,035 48.88 -14.77
Progressive Conservative Guy Laviolette 1,402 33.68 +2.44
New Democratic Gail Walsh 509 12.23 +7.12
Parti acadien Roland Godin 217 5.21
Total valid votes 4,163 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -8.60
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,292 63.65
Progressive Conservative Harmon Leigh McCormick 1,125 31.24
New Democratic Dorothy Ravenscroft 184 5.11
Total valid votes 3,601 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Restigouche went totally Liberal in the previous election, with Rayburn Doucett being one of three incumbents.