Campbellton-Dalhousie was 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.
 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 |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 2013 |
| District abolished | 2023 |
| First contested | 2014 |
| Last contested | 2020 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 14,942 |
| Electors (2013) | 11,760 |
| Census division(s) | Restigouche |
| Census subdivision(s) | Campbellton, Dalhousie |
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
edit| 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 | 2018–2020 | Guy Arseneault | ||
| 60th | 2020–2024 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Restigouche East and Restigouche West | ||||
Election results
edit| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Arseneault | 4,540 | 65.20 | +14.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Stewart | 1,369 | 19.66 | -4.15 | ||||
| Green | Marie-Christine Allard | 1,054 | 15.14 | +6.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,963 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.60 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,005 | 64.29 | -2.63 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,896 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +9.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 49 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,446 | 66.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,127 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections NB[4] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "N.B. MLA Donald Arseneault resigns seat amid conflict of interest controversy | Globalnews.ca".
- ^ "New Brunswick on hook for $70M in Atcon deal - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Thirty-Ninth General Election September 24, 2018 (PDF), Elections New Brunswick, February 22, 2019
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Archived April 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- Map of riding as of 2018