Madawaska-la-Vallée
Madawaska-la-Vallée was a provincial electoral district which elected one member to the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in the 1994 redrawing of electoral boundaries and dissolved in 2006. It was used in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 elections. Its only MLA was Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick representation Percy Mockler, now a member of the Senate of Canada.
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1994 |
| District abolished | 2006 |
| First contested | 1995 |
| Last contested | 2003 |
In 1994, the district was created largely by merging the districts of Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South. In 2006, most of the district was merged with Restigouche West to form Restigouche-la-Vallée.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South | ||||
| 53rd | 1995–1999 | Percy Mockler | Progressive Conservative | |
| 54th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 55th | 2003–2006 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Restigouche-la-Vallée, Edmundston-Saint Basile, Madawaska-les-Lacs and Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André |
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Election results
| 2003 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 3,858 | 65.31 | -3.42 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude J. Malenfant | 1,848 | 31.28 | +2.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mario Fortunato | 201 | 3.40 | +0.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,907 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.20 | ||||||
| 1999 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 4,367 | 68.73 | +12.01 | ||||
| Liberal | Huguette Plourde | 1,798 | 28.30 | -13.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Charles Lombard | 189 | 2.97 | +1.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,354 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +12.66 | ||||||
| 1995 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 3,964 | 56.71 | |||||
| Liberal | Gérald Clavette | 2,908 | 41.60 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Marie St. Onge | 118 | 1.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,990 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain | Swing | |||||||
* This was a new riding created largely out of a merger of the former ridings of Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South, the former of which was held by Clavette, a Liberal and the latter of which was held by Mockler, a Progressive Conservative.