- Madawaska—Restigouche
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = New Brunswick
caption = Madawaska—Restigouche in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 13005
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Jean-Claude D'Amours
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 62593
demo-electors = 53233
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 10721
demo-cd = Madawaska, Restigouche
demo-csd = Edmundston, Campbellton, Dalhousie, Addington, Saint-QuentinMadawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in
New Brunswick ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 65,877.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.History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from
Madawaska—Victoria and fromRestigouche—Chaleur ridings.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament :Election results
- bgcolor=white! align=left colspan=2 | Liberal hold.! align=right | Swing! align=right | -8.86
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align=left colspan=2 | Liberal hold.! align=right | Swing! align=right | -15.5Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1028 Riding history from the Library of Parliament]
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