Victoria-la-Vallée

Victoria-la-Vallée

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Victoria-la-Vallée in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Chuck Chiasson Liberal
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,518
Electors (2013)	11,311
Census divisions	Victoria, Madawaska

Victoria-la-Vallée is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

History

It was created in 1973 as Grand Falls. Though its boundaries were unchanged in 1994, the name was changed to Grand Falls Region to reflect the fact that the district included not only the Town of Grand Falls but also the communities of Drummond and Saint-André. The district underwent only slight boundary changes in 2006 but the name was again changed to the less unusual and more easily bilingual Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André.

In the 2013 redistribution the riding expanded significantly as it was nearly 30% underpopulated. It moved south taking in parts of Victoria County north of the Aroostook River and north taking in the areas around and including the Town of St-Leonard.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Grand Falls Riding created from Victoria
48th	1974–1978		Everard Daigle	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991		Paul Duffie	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
Grand Falls Region
53rd	1995–1999		Paul Duffie	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Jean-Guy Laforest	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Ronald Ouellette	Liberal
Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André
56th	2006–2010		Ronald Ouellette	Liberal
57th	2010–2014		Danny Soucy	Progressive Conservative
Victoria-la-Vallée
58th	2014–Present		Chuck Chiasson	Liberal

Election results

Victoria-la-Vallée

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Chuck Chiasson	3,969	49.62	+6.04
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Soucy	3,056	38.20	-10.96
	New Democratic	Joe Bérubé	546	6.83	+2.13
	Green	Daniel Zolondek	428	5.35	+2.79
Total valid votes			7,999	100.0
Total rejected ballots			61	0.76
Turnout			8,060	68.98
Eligible voters			11,685
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.50
[1]

Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint André

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Soucy	3,057	49.16	+8.59
	Liberal	Ronald Ouellette	2,710	43.58	-12.09
	New Democratic	Maureen Michaud	292	4.70	+0.93
	Green	Cecile Robitaille	159	2.56	–
Total valid votes			6,218	100.0
Total rejected ballots			99	1.57
Turnout			6,317	73.38
Eligible voters			8,609
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.34
[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Ronald Ouellette	3,750	55.67	-5.98
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Picard	2,733	40.57	+4.92
	New Democratic	Pierre Cyr	254	3.77	+1.07
Total valid votes			6,737	100.0
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-5.45
[3]

Grand Falls Region

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Ronald Ouellette	4,385	61.65	+16.50
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Laforest	2,536	35.65	-15.33
	New Democratic	Pierre Cyr	192	2.70	-1.17
Total valid votes			7,113	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+15.92

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Laforest	3,493	50.98	+18.79
	Liberal	Marcel Deschênes	3,093	45.15	-18.97
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Gallant	265	3.87	+0.18
Total valid votes			6,851	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.88

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Duffie	4,583	64.12	-5.04
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Laforest	2,301	32.19	+9.07
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Gallant	264	3.69	-0.27
Total valid votes			7,148	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.06

Grand Falls

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Duffie	3,617	69.16	-8.00
	Progressive Conservative	Léo R. Thériault	1,209	23.12	+4.47
	New Democratic	Clyde Winchester	207	3.96	-0.23
	Confederation of Regions	Roy Simon Dee	197	3.77	–
Total valid votes			5,230	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.24

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul E. Duffie	4,124	77.16	+18.13
	Progressive Conservative	Réal Dionne	997	18.65	-19.40
	New Democratic	Henri Soucy	224	4.19	+1.27
Total valid votes			5,345	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+18.76

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Everard H. Daigle	3,129	59.03	-3.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bessie Cote	2,017	38.05	+14.23
	New Democratic	Patricia Morrell	155	2.92	-10.99
Total valid votes			5,301	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.74

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Everard H. Daigle	2,779	62.27	+1.58
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph H. Rideout	1,063	23.82	-15.49
	New Democratic	Guildoi Pelletier	621	13.91	–
Total valid votes			4,463	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.54

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Everard H. Daigle	2,561	60.69
	Progressive Conservative	Leo D. Levesque	1,659	39.31
Total valid votes			4,220	100.0
The previous riding of Victoria went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with neither of the two incumbents running in this election.

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
3. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick