Richard Bragdon

Richard Bragdon MP (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac in the House of Commons of Canada for the Conservative Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[2] During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Bragdon's private member bill An Act to establish a framework to reduce recidivism (Bill C-228) was adopted to require the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, within one year, to develop a federal framework to reduce recidivism.^[3]

Richard Bragdon MP
Bragdon in 2021
Member of Parliament for Tobique—Mactaquac
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	T. J. Harvey
Deputy Shadow Minister for Ethics and Accountable Government
Incumbent
Assumed office November 11, 2021
Leader	Erin O'Toole Candice Bergen
Preceded by	Position Established
Personal details
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)[1] Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Canada

In June 2021, Richard Bragdon voted "nay" to Bill C-6 which would make conversion therapy illegal in Canada.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	23,322	58.79	+5.97
	Liberal	Julian Moulton	14,226	35.86	+13.21
	New Democratic	Michael John Winter	812	2.05	−9.49
	Green	Liam MacDougall	806	2.03	−2.87
	People's	Vern Brundle	501	1.26	−5.97
Total valid votes			39,667	99.49
Total rejected ballots			203	0.51	-0.17
Turnout			39,870	74.30	+11.53
Eligible voters			53,660
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		−3.62
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	17,536	50.98	+0.7	$45,965.28
	Liberal	Cully Robinson	8,223	23.90	-1.3	$10,342.40
	New Democratic	Meriet Gray Miller	3,656	10.63	+2.7	$0.00
	People's	Daniel Joseph Waggoner	2,930	8.52	+6.0	$2,750.09
	Green	Anthony Martin	1,657	4.82	-9.3	$5,670.46
	Independent	Steven J. LaForest	398	1.15	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,400	99.2	–	$107,922.33
Total rejected ballots			291	0.8
Turnout			34,691	62.0
Registered voters			55,973
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.0
Source: Elections Canada[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	19,229	50.34	+13.32	$31,254.86
	Liberal	Kelsey MacDonald	9,631	25.21	-21.40	$12,723.90
	Green	Rowan P. Miller	5,398	14.13	+9.03	$11,462.77
	New Democratic	Megan Aiken	3,007	7.87	-3.41	$0.00
	People's	Dominic Guay	936	2.45	-	$402.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,201	100.00
Total rejected ballots			376	0.97	+0.33
Turnout			38,577	70.01	-0.78
Eligible voters			55,104
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.36
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	T. J. Harvey	17,909	46.61	+30.38	$67,600.14
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	14,225	37.02	-25.12	$57,487.20
	New Democratic	Robert Kitchen	4,334	11.28	-7.86	$6,199.56
	Green	Terry Wishart	1,959	5.10	+2.62	$3,275.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,427	100.00		$204,512.49
Total rejected ballots			248	0.64	–
Turnout			38,675	71.79	–
Eligible voters			53,870
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+27.75
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]