Summary: The smallest of New Brunswick’s ten ridings and a tight three-way race in 2011, Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe is considered a riding to watch in this election.
Boundaries: This largely urban riding is slightly smaller for 2015, with the eastern-most portion, including Lakeburn, moving into the Beausejour riding.
Last Election: Conservative Robert Goguen defeated two-term Liberal MP Brian Murphy by 4.4 per cent. The NDP candidate, Shawna Gagné, was just 3,355 votes back of Goguen.
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History: The Liberal party held this seat for 23 years, until Goguen’s win in 2011. Traditionally a battle between the Liberals and Conservatives, the NDP showed a strong gain here in 2011 to make it a three-way race.
Demographics: French was the mother tongue of 33.1 per cent of people in the 2011 census, fourth highest in New Brunswick. The median age is 40.5, second lowest in New Brunswick.
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Candidates
Conservative: Robert Goguen, MP since 2011
NDP: Luc LeBlanc, Professor, Université de Moncton
Liberal: Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Victim Services Coordinator, RCMP
Green: Luc Melanson, specialist at Dovico Software
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