Bay du Vin (electoral district)

Bay du Vin
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Bay du Vin was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Northumberland in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland
48th  1974–1978     Norbert Thériault Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987     Roger Wedge Progressive Conservative
51st  1987–1991     Reg MacDonald Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Miramichi-Bay du Vin,
Rogersville-Kouchibouguac and Southwest Miramichi

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reg MacDonald 2,834 53.82 -0.06
Progressive Conservative Muriel Lamkey 1,608 30.54 -13.26
Confederation of Regions John J. Keating 604 11.47
New Democratic Jeanne Thériault 220 4.18 +1.87
Total valid votes 5,266 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +6.60
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reg MacDonald 3,026 53.88 +6.81
Progressive Conservative Roger "Butch" Wedge 2,460 43.80 -5.50
New Democratic Yvon Roy 130 2.31 -0.65
Total valid votes 5,616 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +6.16
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Roger "Butch" Wedge 2,579 49.30 +8.33
Liberal Reg MacDonald 2,462 47.07 -9.68
New Democratic Harold J. Manual 155 2.96
Parti acadien Robert Wilfred Melanson 35 0.67
Total valid votes 5,231 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.00
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal L. Norbert Thériault 2,515 56.75 +2.21
Progressive Conservative Robert S. Lamkey 1,816 40.97 -1.04
Independent Joseph Alban Mazerolle 101 2.28
Total valid votes 4,432 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +1.62
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal L. Norbert Thériault 2,197 54.54
Progressive Conservative Robert S. Lamkey 1,692 42.01
New Democratic Laurie Richard 139 3.45
Total valid votes 4,028 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Norbert Thériault being one of five incumbents.
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