# Madawaska South

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

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Madawaska |||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Daniel Daigle | Liberal |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Héliodore Côté | Liberal |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Percy Mockler | Progressive Conservative |
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Pierrette Ringuette | Liberal |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | Pierrette Ringuette | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Madawaska-la-Vallée |||||

## Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 29 November 1993 On the resignation of Pierrette Ringuette :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 2,590 |
| | Liberal | Nicole Thériault | 2,182 |
| | New Democratic | Noëlla T. Simard | 65 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,837 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain | Progressive Conservative gain | Swing | Swing | {{{3}}} |
| Source: The Legislative Library of New Brunswick |||||||
1991 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette | 2,843 | 59.64 | +7.70 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Théo Poitras | 1,715 | 35.98 | -9.46 |
| | New Democratic | Julien Tardif | 209 | 4.38 | +1.76 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,767 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +8.58 |
1987 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pierrette Ringuette | 2,597 | 51.94 | +7.62 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Percy P. Mockler | 2,272 | 45.44 | -8.41 |
| | New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bosse | 131 | 2.62 | +0.79 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,000 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +8.02 |
1982 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Percy Mockler | 2,561 | 53.85 | +19.13 |
| | Liberal | Héliodore Côté | 2,108 | 44.32 | -1.18 |
| | New Democratic | Paul Murphy | 87 | 1.83 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,756 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +10.16 |
1978 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Héliodore Côté | 1,832 | 45.50 | -11.23 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Marc Violette | 1,398 | 34.72 | -5.29 |
| | Independent | Père Léo Theriault | 659 | 16.37 | – |
| | Parti acadien | Jacques Lapointe | 137 | 3.40 | +0.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,026 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.97 |
| Independent candidate Léo Theriault lost 23.64 percentage points from his 1974 performance running as a Progressive Conservative. |||||||
1974 New Brunswick general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Daniel Daigle | 1,893 | 56.73 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Léo Theriault | 1,335 | 40.01 |
| | Parti acadien | Jeanne-D'Arc Fortin | 109 | 3.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,337 | 100.0 |
| The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Daniel Daigle being one of three incumbents. |||||||