Tracadie (electoral district)
Tracadie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It has been superseded by the Tracadie-Sheila district in 1995.
 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 | 1994 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIding created from Gloucester | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Adjutor Ferguson | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Doug Young | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1988 | |||
| 1988–1991 | Denis Losier | Liberal | ||
| 52nd | 1991–1994 | |||
| 1994–1995 | Elvy Robichaud | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Riding dissolved into Tracadie-Sheila and Centre-Péninsule | ||||
Election results
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1994 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Elvy Robichaud | 5,605 | 56.45 | +35.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Aquila Comeau | 4,249 | 42.79 | -21.57 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Gisèle Blanchard | 75 | 0.76 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | nil | withdrawn | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 9,929 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +28.40 | ||||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Denis Losier | 6,374 | 64.36 | -18.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colette McGraw | 2,103 | 21.23 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Pierre Cousineau | 1,427 | 14.41 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,904 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -19.88 | ||||||
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 14 November 1988 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Denis Losier | 5,359 | 82.89 | +24.29 | ||||
| Independent | Yvon T. McGraw | 1,106 | 17.11 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,465 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.59 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Douglas M. Young | 5,787 | 58.60 | +1.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colette McGraw | 3,081 | 31.20 | -6.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Serge Robichaud | 823 | 8.33 | – | ||||
| Independent | Fernand Losier | 184 | 1.86 | -0.23 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,875 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.60 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Doug Young | 5,308 | 57.43 | +0.40 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henri Thomas | 3,440 | 37.22 | +4.76 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Michael Blanchard | 301 | 3.26 | -7.25 | ||||
| Independent | Fernand Losier | 193 | 2.09 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,242 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.18 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Douglas M. Young | 4,374 | 57.03 | +0.26 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George McLaughlin | 2,490 | 32.46 | -4.40 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Alyre Morais | 806 | 10.51 | +4.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,670 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.33 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Adjutor Ferguson | 3,501 | 56.77 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Boudreau | 2,273 | 36.86 | |||||
| Parti acadien | Réjean Comeau | 393 | 6.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,167 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected 5 (of 5) Liberals in the last election, and one Progressive Conservative member was elected in the 1972 by-election. Adjutor Ferguson was one of five incumbents. | ||||||||
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