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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233/233 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| LIB | Dominic LeBlanc | 17,399 | 39.08 |
Elected |
| CON | Evelyne Chapman | 14,814 | 33.27 |
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| NDP | Susan Levi-Peters | 10,397 | 23.35 |
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| GRN | Natalie Arsenault | 1,913 | 4.30 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
Located in southeast New Brunswick across from P.E.I., this riding has the Northumberland Strait as its eastern boundary and Nova Scotia as its boundary in the south. Population centres include Shediac, Bouctouche, Richibucto, Memramcook, Rexton and Sackville, along with the Bouctouche, Richibucto, Indian Island and Fort Folly reserves.
In the 2004 redistribution, this riding lost about one-fifth of its population, but gained around 5,000 residents from the Miramichi riding and 2,500 from Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe.
Population: 76,259 (2006 census; an increase of 3.2% since 2001)
Political History
Liberal Dominic LeBlanc held this seat in 2008, with a margin of more than 7,000 votes over Conservative Omer Leger. LeBlanc defeated Leger by about the same margin in 2006.
The Liberals held this riding for several decades until 1997, when New Democrat Angela Vautour defeated LeBlanc by 1,975 votes. He fought back in 2000, besting Vautour by nearly 7,000 votes. LeBlanc held the seat in 2004, this time defeating Vautour by more than 10,000 votes.
Former MPs here include LeBlanc's father, Roméo LeBlanc, who later became a senator and then Governor General. Jean Chrétien won a 1990 byelection here after he became the Liberal leader and before he ran in Quebec in 1993.
The riding was established in 1966 as Westmorland-Kent and in 1986 as Beauséjour. The name was changed to Beauséjour-Petitcodiac by a private member's bill passed by the House of Commons in November 1996. It was re-established as Beauséjour in the 2004 redistribution.
Westmorland-Kent:
- 1968-1984 inclusive - LIB
Beauséjour/Beauséjour-Petitcodiac:
- 1988, 1993 - LIB
- 1997 – NDP
- 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 29.05% (21,660) |
| French | 41.55% (30,975) |
| Aboriginal | 6.97% (5,195) |
| American | 0.50% (370) |
| Canadian | 59.29% (44,200) |
| Caribbean | 0.14% (105) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.14% (105) |
| Western European | 4.46% (3,325) |
| Northern European | 0.72% (540) |
| Eastern European | 0.62% (465) |
| S European | 1.23% (920) |
| Other European | 0.15% (110) |
| Scandinavian | 0.66% (490) |
| Baltic | 0.00% (0) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.06% (45) |
| African | 0.26% (195) |
| Arab | 0.19% (140) |
| Maghrebi | 0.03% (25) |
| West Asia | 0.06% (45) |
| South Asia | 0.19% (145) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.22% (165) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 74,555 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 38% (27,790) |
| French | 59% (43,485) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (10) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (75) |
| Portuguese | 0% (45) |
| Romanian | 0% (10) |
| Spanish | 0% (70) |
| Danish | 0% (50) |
| Dutch | 0% (95) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (10) |
| German | 0% (215) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (20) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (15) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (20) |
| Russian | 0% (20) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (10) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (10) |
| Hungarian | 0% (25) |
| Greek | 0% (10) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (75) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (10) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (25) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (10) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (10) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (25) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (10) |
| Mandarin | 0% (0) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (25) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (20) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (20) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 73,725 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 2.42 |
| Mining | 0.42 |
| Utilities | 0.80 |
| Construction | 5.12 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 4.31 |
| Retail | 11.76 |
| Transport | 4.52 |
| Info Culture | 2.48 |
| Finance Insurance | 3.83 |
| Real Estate | 1.43 |
| ProSciTech | 6.15 |
| Management | 0.10 |
| Waste/Remediation | 3.54 |
| Education | 6.75 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.00 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.89 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.86 |
| Public Admin | 6.09 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 4,015,200 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 12%
10% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 15.51%
14.74%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 32.57%
30.60%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $60,782
$63,913 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 3%
4% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 28.99%
29.79% National
33.35%
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
| BQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 |
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