Restigouche East
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
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. | ||||||||
External links[]
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- Defunct New Brunswick provincial electoral districts