Victoria-La Vallée

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

Victoria-La Vallée

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Victoria-La Vallée in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:	47.182°N 66.744°W / 47.182; -66.744
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Chuck Chiasson Liberal
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,518
Electors (2013)	11,311
Census division(s)	Victoria, Madawaska

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	2014–2018		Chuck Chiasson	Liberal
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–Present

Election results

Victoria-La Vallée

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chuck Chiasson	4,365
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Michaud	2,071
	Green	Nathanaël Denis Lavoie	426
	People's Alliance	André Jobin	292
	Independent	Danny Zolondek	92
Total valid votes			7,246	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chuck Chiasson	3,570	47.24	-2.38
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Soucy	3,212	42.50	+4.30
	Green	Paul Plourde	468	6.19	+0.84
	New Democratic	Lina Chiasson	307	4.06	-2.76
Total valid votes			7,557	100.0
Total rejected ballots			35	0.46	-0.30
Turnout			7,592	66.65	-2.07
Eligible voters			11,391
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.34

2014 New Brunswick general election
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	68.72
Eligible voters			11,729
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.50
[1]

Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint André

2010 New Brunswick general election
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]

2006 New Brunswick general election
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

2003 New Brunswick general election
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

1999 New Brunswick general election
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

1995 New Brunswick general election
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

1991 New Brunswick general election
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

1987 New Brunswick general election
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

1982 New Brunswick general election
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

1978 New Brunswick general election
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

1974 New Brunswick general election
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". Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.
3. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Map of riding as of 2018