Campbellton-Dalhousie
 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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.png) 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 | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Last contested | 2018 | ||
| 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 | |
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| Riding created from Dalhousie-Restigouche East and Campbellton-Restigouche Centre |
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| 58th | 2014–2017 | Donald Arseneault | Liberal | |
| 59th | 2018–Present | Guy Arseneault | Liberal | |
Election results
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | 99.34% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 49 | 0.66% | +0.03% | |||||
| Turnout | 7,446 | 67.57 | +0.64% | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,127 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.75% | ||||||
| Source: Elections NB[3] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| 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[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/3841501/n-b-mla-donald-arseneault-resigns-seat-amid-conflict-of-interest-controversy/
- ^ Atcon Scandal
- ^ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.