Miramichi (electoral district)

Miramichi

New Brunswick electoral district
Miramichi in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	2013
First contested	1867
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	51,996
Electors (2011)	44,113
Area (km²)[2]	14,237.62
Census divisions	Kent, Northumberland, Restigouche
Census subdivisions	Miramichi, Alnwick, Hardwicke, Northesk, Blackville

Northumberland (later known as Northumberland-Miramichi) was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 53,844.

Miramichi is named for the river and city of the same name.

Geography

The riding currently contains the entirety of Northumberland County, plus the Belledune area, several bedroom communities for Bathurst, and the area around Kouchibouguac National Park. The riding is mostly anglophone with a significant francophone minority.

The neighbouring ridings are Fredericton, Beauséjour, Acadie—Bathurst, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Madawaska—Restigouche, and Tobique—Mactaquac.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	63,001	—
2006	53,844	−14.5%
2011	51,996	−3.4%

Northumberland/Northumberland—Miramichi

The riding was created in 1867 as "Northumberland" riding, but in 1914 the same name was given to a riding in Ontario. In 1955 this inconvenience was relieved by renaming the New Brunswick riding to "Northumberland—Miramichi".^[3] Until 1966, Northumberland—Miramichi consisted solely of Northumberland County, but due to declining populations, parts of northern Kent County, near present-day Kouchibouguac National Park, were added. In 1987, Northumberland—Miramichi was abolished when it was redistributed into Miramichi and Beauséjour ridings.

Miramichi

Miramichi riding was created in 1987 primarily from Northumberland—Miramichi riding, and incorporating parts of Acadie—Bathurst, Madawaska—Restigouche and York—Sunbury ridings.

Between 1987 and 1996, Miramichi also included a small part of York County, and in 2003, a large area to the north, including Allardville and Belledune, was added to the riding.

In 2004, there were legal problems regarding the 2003 boundaries. The following is from the Elections Canada website:

In May 2004, the Federal Court of Canada made its decision in Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General), concerning a portion of the electoral boundary between the ridings of Miramichi and Acadie—Bathurst. The Court held that, in transferring certain parts of parishes from the riding of Acadie–Bathurst to Miramichi, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick erred in its application of the rules governing the preparation of its recommendations. The new boundaries commission was created under Part I of the Inquiries Act in response to this court decision.

The current boundaries reverted to the ones used in the 1996 representation after the 2006 election. As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be dissolved, with most of its territory going to the new riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake, with some parts going to Acadie—Bathurst and Madawaska—Restigouche.

Federal riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Green	Miramichi Federal Green Party Association	Ronald Mazerolle	223 Old Station Road	Miramichi
	Conservative Party of Canada	Miramichi Conservative Association	Thomas Jennings	77 Travis Street	Miramichi
	Liberal Party of Canada	Miramichi Federal Liberal Association	Robert Hutchison	2 Bridget Street	Miramichi
	New Democratic Party	Miramichi Federal NDP Riding Association	Oscar Doucet	5064 Route 480	Acadieville

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Northumberland
1st	1867–1868		John Mercer Johnson	Liberal
	1868–1872		Richard Hutchison	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Peter Mitchell	Independent
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Jabez Bunting Snowball	Liberal
5th	1882–1887		Peter Mitchell	Independent
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		Michael Adams	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		James Robinson	Conservative
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		W.S. Loggie	Liberal
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1924		John Morrissy	Liberal
	1924–1925		William Bunting Snowball	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Charles Elijah Fish	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Charles Joseph Morrissy	Liberal
17th	1930–1935		George Manning McDade	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		John Patrick Barry	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Joseph Leonard O'Brien	Conservative
20th	1945–1949		John William Maloney	Liberal
21st	1949–1953		George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
Northumberland—Miramichi
23rd	1957–1958		George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Percy Smith	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Maurice Dionne	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Bud Jardine	Progressive Conservative
Miramichi
34th	1988–1993		Maurice Dionne	Liberal
35th	1993–1997		Charles Hubbard	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Tilly O'Neill-Gordon	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Miramichi—Grand Lake, Acadie—Bathurst and Madawaska—Restigouche

Election results

Miramichi, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tilly O'Neill-Gordon	16,112	52.36	+10.29	$65,248.98
	New Democratic	Patrick Colford	7,097	23.06	+5.95	$3,027.50
	Liberal	Keith Vickers	6,800	22.10	-14.85	$42,704.81
	Green	Ron Mazerolle	735	2.39	-1.46	$1,101.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,774	100.0		$80,868.15
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			348	1.12	-0.12
Turnout			31,092	71.40	+5.62
Eligible voters			43,547
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.17
Sources:[4][5]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tilly O'Neill-Gordon	12,058	42.07	+8.00	$43,226.70
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	10,590	36.95	-5.32	$29,196.67
	New Democratic	Donald A. Doucet	4,904	17.11	+0.19	$4,709.46
	Green	Todd Smith	1,105	3.85	+2.07	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,657	100.0		$78,462
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			360	1.24	+0.17
Turnout			29,017	65.78	-7.94
Eligible voters			44,113
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.66

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	13,960	42.27	-5.81	$33,385.25
	Conservative	Michael Morrison	11,250	34.07	+5.04	$62,777.69
	New Democratic	Jeannette Manuel-Allain	5,587	16.92	-1.46	$4,683.49
	Independent	Danny Gay	1,640	4.97	–	$6,252.33
	Green	John Bethell	587	1.78	-2.73	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,024	100.0		$73,328
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			359	1.07	-1.45
Turnout			33,383	73.72
Eligible voters			45,284
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.42

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	15,647	48.08	-1.19	$30,788.14
	Conservative	Michael Morrison	9,448	29.03	-9.81	$36,154.69
	New Democratic	Hilaire Rousselle	5,980	18.38	+6,49	$251.16
	Green	Garry Sanipass	1,468	4.51	–	$2,119.41
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,543	100.0		$73,799
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			841	2.52
Turnout			33,384	65.42	-3.27
Eligible voters			51,027
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+4.31
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined results of its predecessors, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	17,109	49.27
	Progressive Conservative	8,000	23.04
	Alliance	5,487	15.80
	New Democratic	4,130	11.89

Miramichi, previous elections

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	17,047	51.44	+10.99
	Progressive Conservative	David Kelly	8,341	25.17	-5.53
	Alliance	Ken Clark	5,298	15.99	+2.43
	New Democratic	Allan Goodfellow	2,453	7.40	-7.89
Total valid votes			33,139	100.00

Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	13,924	40.45	-20.54
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Gibbs	10,570	30.70	+7.80
	New Democratic	Allan Goodfellow	5,263	15.29	+10.18
	Reform	Paul Doyle	4,668	13.56	+3.58
Total valid votes			34,425	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Hubbard	18,733	60.99	+10.18
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Murphy	7,035	22.90	-9.53
	Reform	Paul Doyle	3,064	9.98	Ø
	New Democratic	Gordon Alliston	1,570	5.11	-0.98
	Canada Party	Wilmot Ross	314	1.02	Ø
Total valid votes			30,716	100.00

Northumberland—Miramichi, 1957 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Maurice Dionne	14,073	50.81	+13.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Jardine	8,983	32.43	-21.51
	Confederation of Regions	Arch Pafford	2,954	10.67	Ø
	New Democratic	Frank Clancy	1,686	6.09	-2.28
Total valid votes			27,696	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Jardine	17,134	53.94	+26.11
	Liberal	Maurice Dionne	11,971	37.69	-17.10
	New Democratic	Jerry Dunnett	2,660	8.37	-9.01
Total valid votes			31,765	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Maurice Dionne	14,799	54.79	+7.06
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McAllister	7,517	27.83	-7.22
	New Democratic	Jerry Dunnett	4,694	17.38	+0.15
Total valid votes			27,010

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Maurice Dionne	12,893	47.73	-4.95
	Progressive Conservative	John Trevors	9,467	35.05	-1.02
	New Democratic	Jerry Dunnett	4,653	17.23	+7.66
Total valid votes			27,013	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Maurice Dionne	12,648	52.68	+5.43
	Progressive Conservative	John Trevors	8,661	36.07	-2.90
	New Democratic	Ray LeBreton	2,297	9.57	-0.90
	Social Credit	Fernand Sonier	405	1.69	-1.62
Total valid votes			24,011	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Percy Smith	10,922	47.25	-5.71
	Progressive Conservative	Robert McAllister	9,007	38.97	-1.44
	New Democratic	Ray LeBreton	2,419	10.47	+3.83
	Social Credit	Joseph Goguen	765	3.31	Ø
Total valid votes			23,113	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Percy Smith	10,292	52.96	+1.31
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Flam	7,853	40.41	+5.15
	New Democratic	Edward Quinn	1,290	6.64	-6.45
Total valid votes			19,435	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9,564	51.65	-4.91
	Progressive Conservative	Wilson Weldon	6,529	35.26	+0.12
	New Democratic	Ronald Kelly	2424	13.09	+8.39
Total valid votes			18,517	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10,148	56.56	+3.96
	Progressive Conservative	Adé Theriault	6,305	35.14	-2.16
	New Democratic	John Currie	844	4.70	-1.41
	Social Credit	Fidèle Bourque	646	3.60	-0.39
Total valid votes			17,943	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9,899	52.60	+0.16
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Leggatt	7,020	37.30	-10.26
	New Democratic	John Currie	1,150	6.11	Ø
	Social Credit	Wilton Newell	750	3.99	Ø
Total valid votes			18,819	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10,206	52.44	-1.11
	Progressive Conservative	John Leroy Betts	9,257	47.56	+6.16
Total valid votes			19,463	100.00

Northumberland, 1867 - 1957

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	8,582	53.55	-10.78
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Ryan	6,635	41.40	+10.60
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Lordon	808	5.04	+0.17
Total valid votes			16,025	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	10,666	64.33	+8.70
	Progressive Conservative	George Somers	5,107	30.80	-8.66
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Lordon	808	4.87	+2.97
Total valid votes			16,581	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Roy McWilliam	9,840	55.63	-6.66
	Progressive Conservative	Benjamin Cleland	6,980	39.46	+1.75
	Independent	Elmer MacKinnon	533	3.01	Ø
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Hansen	336	1.90	Ø
Total valid votes			17,689	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John William Maloney	8,507	62.29	+22.97
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	5,149	37.71	-2.20
Total valid votes			13,656	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	5,149	39.91	+16.01
	Liberal	John William Maloney	5,072	39.32	-16.67
	Independent Liberal	John Patrick Barry	2,679	20.77	-35.52
Total valid votes			12,900	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John Patrick Barry	7,662	56.29	+15.24
	Conservative	John Creaghan	3,253	23.90	-35.05
	Reconstruction	Frances Fish	2,697	19.81	Ø
Total valid votes			13,612	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	George Manning McDade	8,095	58.95	+11.11
	Liberal	George Burchill	5,637	41.05	-11.11
Total valid votes			13,732	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Joseph Morrissy	6,201	52.16	+10.68
	Conservative	Charles Elijah Fish	5,687	47.84	-10.68
Total valid votes			11,888	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Charles Elijah Fish	5,331	58.52	+11.23
	Liberal	Frederick Tweedie	3,779	41.48	-11.23
Total valid votes			9,110	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 7 October 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On John Morrissy's death, 31 July 1924
	Liberal	William Bunting Snowball	6,222	52.71	-3.22
	Conservative	Clifford Patrick Hickey	5,583	47.29	+3.22
Total valid votes			11,805	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John Morrissy	6,706	55.93	+12.28
	Conservative	Edward McCurdy	5,285	44.07	-12.28
Total valid votes			11,991	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Government (Unionist)	William Stewart Loggie	4,648	56.35	+9.69
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	John Morrissy	3,601	43.65	-9.69
Total valid votes			8,249	100.00

Unionist candidate W.S. Loggie's change from 1911 is based on the Conservative Party's results. He personally had no change in vote percentage.

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	3,128	53.34	-4.97
	Conservative	Donald Morrison	2,736	46.66	+4.97
Total valid votes			5,864	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	3,223	58.31	+5.40
	Conservative	Donald Morrison	2,304	41.69	-5.40
Total valid votes			5,527	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Stewart Loggie	2,589	52.91	+6.78
	Conservative	James Robinson	2,304	47.09	-6.78
Total valid votes			4,893	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	James Robinson	2225	53.87	+5.53
	Liberal	John Morrissy	1905	46.13	+8.81
Total valid votes			4130	100.00

Change for Liberal candidate John Morrissy are based on the 1896 Liberal Party's results. His personal vote increased by 31.79% over his 1896 result running as an independent candidate.

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	James Robinson	2,225	48.34	-7.71
	Liberal	Peter Mitchell	1,718	37.32	-6.63
	Independent	John Morrissy	660	14.34	Ø
Total valid votes			4,603	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 6 February 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On Mr. Adams being called to the Senate, 7-1-1896
	Conservative	James Robinson	acclaimed	NA	NA

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Michael Adams	2,192	56.05	+15.88
	Independent Liberal	Peter Mitchell	1,719	43.95	-15.88
Total valid votes			3,911	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent Liberal	Peter Mitchell	2,271	59.83	n/a
	Conservative	Michael Adams	1,525	40.17	Ø
Total valid votes			3796	100.00

Canadian federal by-election, 5 February 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
Mitchell resigned his seat and re-offered after being accused of violating the Independence of Parliament Act by leasing a building to the government while he was a senator.
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	acclaimed	n/a	n/a

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	acclaimed	n/a	n/a

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jabez Bunting Snowball	1,585	53.38	+14.92
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	1,384	46.62	-14.92
Total valid votes			2,969	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	1,312	61.54	n/a
	Unknown	Jabez Bunting Snowball	820	38.46	Ø
Total valid votes			2,132	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Peter Mitchell	acclaimed	n/a	n/a

Canadian federal by-election, 24 December 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the death of John Mercer Johnson, 11 August 1868
	Liberal	Richard Hutchison	1,133	55.90	-5.93
	Unknown	? Gough	894	44.10	Ø
Total valid votes			2,027	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Mercer Johnson	1,226	61.83
	Unknown	Thomas F. Gillespie	757	38.17
Total valid votes			1,983	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 13006) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Northhumberland
• Northhumberland-Miramichi
• Miramichi

Notes