Federal Election 2015: Madawaska-Restigouche riding results

Summary: Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt seeks re-election in Madawaska-Restigouche, the narrowest win for the Conservatives in New Brunswick last election.

Boundaries: This rural riding in northwestern New Brunswick includes Edmundston, Kedgwick and Campbellton.

Last Election: Incumbent Conservative Bernard Valcourt defeated Liberal MP Jean-Claude D’Amours by 5.5 per cent.

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History: Valcourt ended a 4-election Liberal streak with his victory in 2011.

Demographics: A heavily francophone riding, French is the mother tongue of 80.2 per cent of people in this riding, the second highest number in Canada outside Quebec.

Candidates

Conservative: Bernard Valcourt, MP since 2011

NDP: Rosaire L’Italien, retired journalist

Liberal: René Arseneault, lawyer

Green: Francoise Aubin