Miramichi Bay-Neguac

Miramichi Bay-Neguac

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Lisa Harris Liberal
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,122
Electors (2013)	11,150

Miramichi Bay-Neguac (French: Baie-de-Miramichi-Neguac) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was formerly known more simply as Miramichi Bay. The riding was created from part of the multi-member Northumberland riding, and was first contested in 1974. At the 2013 boundary adjustmnet, the riding moved western and inland taking in the northeast parts of the City of Miramichi and rural areas to the north and west of the city.

The riding's previous representative in the Legislative Assembly was Carmel Robichaud of the Liberal Party. Roger Duguay, leader of the New Democratic Party from 2007 to 2010, was that party's candidate in Miramichi Bay-Neguac in the 2006 provincial election.

Serge Robichaud of the Progressive Conservative was elected on September 27, 2010 in the 2010 provincial election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Miramichi Bay Riding created from Northumberland
48th	1974–1978		Edgar LeGresley	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987		James Gordon	Progressive Conservative
51st	1987–1991		Danny Gay	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2003		Réjean Savoie	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Carmel Robichaud	Liberal
Miramichi Bay-Neguac
56th	2006–2010		Carmel Robichaud	Liberal
57th	2010–2014		Serge Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–Present		Lisa Harris	Liberal

Election results

Miramichi Bay-Neguac

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lisa Harris	4,199	49.22	+11.84
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Robichaud	3,307	38.76	-3.95
	New Democratic	Curtis Bartibogue	785	9.20	-7.41
	Green	Filip Vanicek	240	2.81	+1.46
Total valid votes			8,531	100.0
Total rejected ballots			31	0.36
Turnout			8,562	72.02
Eligible voters			11,888
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.90

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Robichaud	2,908	42.71	+14.07
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	2,545	37.38	-7.96
	New Democratic	Marc-Alphonse Leclair	1,131	16.61	-9.41
	People's Alliance	Tommy L'Huillier	132	1.94	–
	Green	Filip Vanicek	92	1.35	–
Total valid votes			6,808	100.0
Total rejected ballots			63	0.92
Turnout			6,871	76.89
Eligible voters			8,936
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.02

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	3,108	45.34	-0.72
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Vautour	1,963	28.64	-14.89
	New Democratic	Roger Duguay	1,784	26.02	+15.61
Total valid votes			6,855	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	0.90
Turnout			6,917	75.39
Eligible voters			9,175
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+7.08

Miramichi Bay

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carmel Robichaud	3,227	46.06	+4.88
	Progressive Conservative	Réjean Savoie	3,050	43.53	-10.39
	New Democratic	Hilaire Rousselle	729	10.41	+5.51
Total valid votes			7,006
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.64

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Réjean Savoie	4,014	53.92	+7.39
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,066	41.18	-7.72
	New Democratic	Donald Doucet	365	4.90	+1.59
Total valid votes			7,445
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.55

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,504	48.90	-5.91
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Gordon	3,334	46.53	+17.08
	New Democratic	Mary M. Parker	237	3.31	-3.55
	Confederation of Regions	Allison Furlotte	91	1.27	-7.61
Total valid votes			7,166	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.50

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Gay	3,940	54.81	-7.03
	Progressive Conservative	Emilien LeBreton	2,117	29.45	-6.56
	Confederation of Regions	James Grant MacIntosh	638	8.88	–
	New Democratic	Norman A. Richardson	493	6.86	+4.71
Total valid votes			7,188	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.24

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald "Danny" Gay	4,422	61.84	+15.54
	Progressive Conservative	James K. "Jim" Gordon	2,575	36.01	-13.51
	New Democratic	Joyce Carter	154	2.15	-2.02
Total valid votes			7,151	100.0
	Liberal gain		Swing		+14.52

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James K. "Jimmy" Gordon	3,263	49.52	+17.74
	Liberal	Alcide Léger	3,051	46.30	+5.76
	New Democratic	J. Albert Richardson	275	4.17	–
Total valid votes			6,589	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.99

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	2,232	40.54	-20.44
	Progressive Conservative	James Kenneth Gordon	1,750	31.78	-2.76
	Independent	Solomon Curry	1,524	27.68	–
Total valid votes			5,506	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.84

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	2,841	60.98
	Progressive Conservative	George R. Savoie	1,609	34.54
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Morris	209	4.49
Total valid votes			4,659	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Edgar LeGresley being one of five incumbents.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick