Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé New Brunswick electoral district |
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.gif) The riding of Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts |
| Provincial electoral district |
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| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
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| MLA | Jacques LeBlanc Liberal |
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| District created | 1973 |
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| First contested | 1974 |
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| Last contested | 2020 |
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| Demographics |
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| Population (2011) | 15,172 |
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| Electors (2013) | 11,813 |
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Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 as Shediac. Though it has had few geographic changes over the years, it has twice been renamed to more inclusively reflect the communities within its boundaries, first to Shediac-Cap-Pelé in 1994 and then to Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé in 2013.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Shediac Riding created from Westmorland |
| 48th | 1974–1978 | | Azor LeBlanc | Liberal |
| 49th | 1978–1982 |
| 50th | 1982–1987 |
| 51st | 1987–1991 |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | Bernard Richard |
| Shediac-Cap-Pelé |
| 53rd | 1995–1999 | | Bernard Richard | Liberal |
| 54th | 1999–2003 |
| 55th | 2003–2004 |
| 2004–2006 | Victor Boudreau |
| 56th | 2006–2010 |
| 57th | 2010–2014 |
| Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé |
| 58th | 2014–2018 | | Victor Boudreau | Liberal |
| 58th | 2018–2020 | Jacques LeBlanc |
| 60th | 2020–Present |
Election results
Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
| 2020 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Liberal | Jacques LeBlanc | 4,949 | 53.67 | -9.87 |
| | Green | Gilles Cormier | 2,453 | 26.60 | +17.07 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marie-Paule Martin | 1,820 | 19.74 | -2.60 |
| Total valid votes | 9,222 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.40 | -0.13 |
| Turnout | 9,259 | 70.80 | -1.17 |
| Eligible voters | 13,078 |
| | Liberal hold | Swing | -13.47 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] |
| 2018 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Liberal | Jacques LeBlanc | 5,919 | 63.54 | +3.35 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marcel Doiron | 2,081 | 22.34 | +3.52 |
| | Green | Greta Doucet | 888 | 9.53 | +1.40 |
| | New Democratic | Lise Potvin | 428 | 4.59 | -8.27 |
| Total valid votes | 9,316 | 99.47 |
| Total rejected ballots | 50 | 0.53 | -0.02 |
| Turnout | 9,366 | 71.97 |
| Eligible voters | 13,014 |
| | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.09 |
| 2014 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Liberal | Victor Boudreau | 5,496 | 60.18 | -1.18 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Carmel Brun | 1,718 | 18.81 | -6.00 |
| | New Democratic | Bernice Boudreau | 1,175 | 12.87 | +5.05 |
| | Green | Charles Thibodeau | 743 | 8.14 | +3.35 |
| Total valid votes | 9,132 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 51 | 0.56 |
| Turnout | 9,183 | 73.15 |
| Eligible voters | 12,554 |
| | Liberal notional hold | Swing | +2.41 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] |
Shediac-Cap-Pelé
| 2010 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Liberal | Victor Boudreau | 5,243 | 61.36 | +4.75 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Janice Brun | 2,120 | 24.81 | -15.45 |
| | New Democratic | Yves Leger | 668 | 7.82 | +4.69 |
| | Green | Natalie Arsenault | 409 | 4.79 | – |
| | Independent | Charles Vautour | 104 | 1.22 | – |
| Total valid votes | 8,544 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 91 | 1.05 |
| Turnout | 8,635 | 73.48 |
| Eligible voters | 11,751 |
| | Liberal hold | Swing | +10.10 |
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] |
Shediac
| 1982 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| | Liberal | Azor LeBlanc | 5,135 | 49.68 | -15.67 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Alfred Landry | 4,842 | 46.85 | +19.57 |
| | New Democratic | Henri-Eugène Duguay | 273 | 2.64 | – |
| | Parti acadien | Omer Bourque | 86 | 0.83 | -6.55 |
| Total valid votes | 10,336 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Swing | -17.62 |
| New Democratic candidate Henri-Eugène Duguay lost 4.74 percentage points from his performance in 1978 running as a Parti acadien. |
| 1974 New Brunswick general election |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Azor LeBlanc | 4,404 | 59.66 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nap Pellerin | 2,489 | 33.72 |
| | Parti acadien | Bernard Richard | 283 | 3.83 |
| | New Democratic | Ronald Vienneau | 206 | 2.79 |
| Total valid votes | 7,382 | 100.0 |
| The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election. |
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