Tobique—Mactaquac

The district includes the counties of Carleton and Victoria as well as the Parish and Village of Saint-André and the eastern part of the County of York (excluding the City of Fredericton and vicinity). The neighbouring ridings are Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, Fredericton, and New Brunswick Southwest. Across the border to Maine, it neighbours the Maine District 2 of the United States House of Representatives. The electoral district was created in 1996 from portions of the old ridings of Carleton—Charlotte, Fredericton—York—Sunbury, and Madawaska—Victoria. Its creation was very controversial, as it included areas with both large anglophone and francophone populations, while neighbouring communities were placed in other ridings. This seemingly went against the "communities of interest" criterion in drawing electoral boundaries. Following the 2012 federal electoral distribution, this riding gained territory from Fredericton and lost a small territory to the new riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Parishes of Dumfries, Prince William, Manners Sutton, and Kingsclear, and the municipalities of Hanwell, and Harvey and the Indian Reserve of Kingsclear 6 from New Brunswick Southwest, while its border with Fredericton—Oromocto (replacing Fredericton) was rerouted to follow the northern border of the City of Fredericton (2023 borders), and it lost the parishes of Drummond and Grand Falls and the municipalities of Saint-André, Grand Falls and Drummond to Madawaska—Restigouche. ==Demographics==

{{Historical populations :According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2023 representation Racial groups: 91.8% White, 5.8% Indigenous Languages: 92.8% English, 4.8% French Religions: 60.1% Christian (15.5% Catholic, 13.4% Baptist, 6.4% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 4.6% Pentecostal, 1.9% Methodist, 1.4% Presbyterian, 11.0% Other), 38.1% No religion Median income (2020): $36,800 Average income (2020): $45,280 ==History==

On two separate occasions Tobique—Mactaquac has been involved in party nomination controversies. In the 1997 election, the Liberals were alleged to have rigged their meeting to choose Pierrette Ringuette, the Member of Parliament for the defunct Madawaska—Victoria riding. The meeting was held in Grand Falls, near her hometown and at the far northern end of the riding. Because of sound problems, only her speech was carried over the loudspeakers. Ringuette-Maltais lost the election to Gilles Bernier of the Progressive Conservatives. In the 2004 election, the Conservative Party selected Adam Richardson, who had run for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 election, but the national head office refused to sign his nomination papers, apparently because of Richardson's demands that party leader Stephen Harper apologize for allegedly derogatory comments about Atlantic Canadians. The eventual Conservative candidate, Mike Allen, lost to Liberal incumbent Andy Savoy. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: ==Election results==

Tobique—Mactaquac, 2023 representation order Tobique—Mactaquac, 2013 representation order This riding gained territory from Fredericton and lost territory to Miramichi—Grand Lake for the 42nd Canadian federal election. Tobique—Mactaquac, 2003 representation order Tobique—Mactaquac, 1996 representation order ==See also==