# Restigouche-Chaleur

Restigouche-Chaleur was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is a redistribution of the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur.

## History and geography

Nigadoo-Chaleur was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution as one of the five districts from the previous Gloucester district, defined as the parish of Beresford and the villages in that area of Gloucester County. It gained the remaining part of Belledune in Durham Parish from Restigouche East (which merged into Dalhousie-Restigouche East) and lost the area of parish of Beresford south of the Nigadoo River to Nepisiguit-Chaleur (now Nepisiguit) in the 1994 redistribution but did not change further in 2006. In the 2013 redistribution it lost Beresford to the new district of Bathurst West-Beresford but gained territory to its south running west of the Bathurst and Beresford municipal lines down to the Tetagouche river.
In its current form, it ranges from Belledune in the north, following the coast along the Nepisiguit Bay through the villages of Pointe-Verte, Petit-Rocher and Nigadoo to the boundary of Beresford, then turning south as far as the Tetagouche River
The riding is bordered by Bathurst West-Beresford to the south, Campbellton-Dalhousie and Restigouche West to the west, and Chaleur Bay to the northeast.
During the 53rd Legislative Assembly, Albert Doucet was removed from the Liberal cabinet on February 5, 1997 and then was removed from caucus in March of that year, due to comments criticizing NB Power, the Liberals' efforts to help Northern New Brunswick, and then Premier Frank McKenna's leadership. He sat as an independent until January 30, 1998 when he was accepted back into the Liberal fold.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Nigadoo-Chaleur Riding created from Gloucester |||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Roland Boudreau | Progressive Conservative |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Pierre Godin | Liberal |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Pierre Godin | Liberal |
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Pierre Godin | Liberal |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | Albert Doucet | Liberal |
| 53rd | 1995–1997 | Albert Doucet | Liberal |
| 53rd | 1997–1998 | Albert Doucet | Independent |
| 53rd | 1998–1999 | Albert Doucet | Liberal |
| 54th | 1999–2003 | Roland Haché | Liberal |
| 55th | 2003–2006 | Roland Haché | Liberal |
| 56th | 2006–2010 | Roland Haché | Liberal |
| 57th | 2010–2014 | Roland Haché | Liberal |
| Restigouche-Chaleur |||||
| 58th | 2014–2018 | Daniel Guitard | Liberal |
| 59th | 2018–2020 | Daniel Guitard | Liberal |
| 60th | 2020–2022 | Daniel Guitard | Liberal |
| 60th | 2023–2024 | Marco LeBlanc | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Belle-Baie-Belledune, Restigouche East and Bathurst |||||

## Election results
### Restigouche-Chaleur

New Brunswick provincial by-election, April 24, 2023 Resignation of Daniel Guitard to run for mayor of Belle-Baie. :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marco LeBlanc | 2,462 | 50.56 | -5.10 |
| | Green | Rachel Boudreau | 1,541 | 31.65 | +4.04 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Anne Bard-Lavigne | 771 | 15.83 | -0.89 |
| | New Democratic | Alex Gagne | 95 | 1.95 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,869 | 99.77 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 11 | 0.23 | -0.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,880 | 44.41 | -17.41 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,989 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -4.57 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick |||||||
2020 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Daniel Guitard | 3,823 | 55.66 | -10.38 |
| | Green | Marie Larivière | 1,896 | 27.61 | +15.22 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Louis Robichaud | 1,149 | 16.73 | +4.42 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,868 | 99.57 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 30 | 0.43 | +0.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,898 | 61.82 | +1.53 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 11,159 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -12.80 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick |||||||
2018 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Daniel Guitard | 4,430 | 66.04 | +12.13 |
| | Green | Mario Comeau | 831 | 12.39 | +10.27 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Charles Stewart | 826 | 12.31 | -2.53 |
| | New Democratic | Paul Tremblay | 621 | 9.26 | -19.87 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,708 | 99.60 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.40 | -0.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,735 | 60.29 | -5.94 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 11,171 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +0.93 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick |||||||
2014 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Daniel Guitard | 4,069 | 53.92 | +4.15 |
| | New Democratic | Ray Godin | 2,198 | 29.12 | +19.50 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gilberte Boudreau | 1,120 | 14.84 | -23.32 |
| | Green | Mario Comeau | 160 | 2.12 | -0.32 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,547 | 99.30 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.70 | -0.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,600 | 66.23 | -7.15 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 11,476 |
| | Liberal notional hold | Liberal notional hold | Swing | Swing | -7.67 |

### Nigadoo-Chaleur

2010 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Roland Haché | 3,649 | 49.77 | -9.76 | $27,451 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Fred Albert | 2,798 | 38.16 | +2.30 | $27,293 |
| | New Democratic | Serge Beaubrun | 706 | 9.63 | +5.02 | $124 |
| | Green | Mathieu Laplante | 179 | 2.44 | – | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,332 | 98.79 | | $29,719 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 90 | 1.21 | +0.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,422 | 73.38 | +1.78 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,115 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -6.03 |
2006 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Roland Haché | 4,311 | 59.53 | +9.67 | $27,175 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Fred Albert | 2,597 | 35.86 | -9.41 | $25,627 |
| | New Democratic | Serge Beaubrun | 334 | 4.61 | -0.26 | $191 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,242 | 98.99 | | $28,446 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 74 | 1.01 | -0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,316 | 71.60 | -3.19 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,218 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +9.54 |
2003 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Roland Haché | 3,887 | 49.86 | +4.94 | $13,968 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hermel Vienneau | 3,529 | 45.27 | +7.84 | $24,844 |
| | New Democratic | Kate Heyward | 380 | 4.87 | -11.39 | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,796 | 98.91 | | $25,467 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 86 | 1.09 | +0.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,882 | 74.79 | -1.17 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,539 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -1.45 |
1999 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Roland Haché | 3,435 | 44.92 | -12.02 | $16,763 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hermel Vienneau | 2,862 | 37.43 | +4.52 | $18,280 |
| | New Democratic | Raoul Charest | 1,244 | 16.27 | +7.74 | $20,748 |
| | Natural Law | Gilles Godin | 106 | 1.39 | -0.24 | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,647 | 99.09 | | $23,603 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 70 | 0.91 | -0.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,717 | 75.95 | -10.26 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,160 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -8.27 |
1995 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Albert Doucet | 4,421 | 56.94 | -5.26 | $19,503 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Maxime Lejeune | 2,555 | 32.91 | +26.78 | $16,434 |
| | New Democratic | Ulric DeGrâce | 662 | 8.53 | -13.77 | $2,517 |
| | Natural Law | Gilles Godin | 126 | 1.62 | – | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,764 | 98.57 | | $22,444 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 113 | 1.43 | +0.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,877 | 86.22 | +12.44 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 9,136 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -16.02 |
1991 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Albert Doucet | 4,732 | 62.20 | -11.97 | $14,660 |
| | New Democratic | Raoul Charest | 1,696 | 22.29 | +14.88 | $4,595 |
| | Independent | Ulric DeGrâce | 714 | 9.38 | – | no return filed |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Boudreau | 466 | 6.13 | -12.29 | no return filed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,608 | 98.77 | | $21,206 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 95 | 1.23 | +0.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,703 | 73.78 | -8.19 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,441 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -13.43 |
1987 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Pierre Godin | 5,953 | 74.17 | +22.34 | $15,394 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Annonciade "Nancy" Arsenault | 1,478 | 18.42 | -14.81 | $13,893 |
| | New Democratic | John Gagnon | 595 | 7.41 | -5.31 | $100 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,026 | 99.57 | | $16,993 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.43 | -0.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,061 | 81.96 | -4.64 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 9,835 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +18.58 |
1982 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Pierre Godin | 4,057 | 51.83 | +8.27 | $10,598 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Daniel Comeau | 2,601 | 33.23 | -1.29 | $12,142 |
| | New Democratic | Rhéal Boudreau | 996 | 12.72 | +7.03 | $1,365 |
| | Parti acadien | André Blanchard | 174 | 2.22 | -14.01 | $50 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,828 | 98.86 | | $13,605 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 90 | 1.14 | +0.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,918 | 86.60 | +2.23 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 9,143 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +4.78 |
1978 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Pierre Godin | 2,960 | 43.56 | +4.70 | $9,165 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Roland Boudreau | 2,346 | 34.52 | -7.70 | $10,208 |
| | Parti acadien | Dr. Jean-Pierre Lanteigne | 1,103 | 16.23 | -2.70 | $1,012 |
| | New Democratic | Kevin O'Connell | 387 | 5.69 | – | $1,528 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 6,796 | 99.33 | | $12,091 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.67 | -0.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,842 | 84.38 | +2.23 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 8,109 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +6.20 |
1974 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Roland Boudreau | 2,255 | 42.22 |
| | Liberal | J. Normand Arseneau | 2,075 | 38.85 |
| | Parti acadien | Euclide Chiasson | 1,011 | 18.93 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,341 | 98.98 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 55 | 1.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,396 | 82.14 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 6,569 |
| The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected five Liberals in the last election; one Progressive Conservative was elected in the 1972 by-election. None of the incumbents ran in this riding. |||||||