Summary: The largest victory for the Conservatives in Atlantic Canada last election, Tobique-Mactaquac will elect a rookie MP in 2015.
Boundaries: This large rural riding is in western New Brunswick, along the United States border. The border towns of Grand Falls and Woodstock are the largest population centres in the electoral district.
Following redistribution this riding loses territory to Miramichi Grande-Lake but gains territory from Fredericton.
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Last Election: Conservative incumbent Mike Allen won a third term here in 2011, defeating NDP candidate Pierre Cyr by 43.7 per cent.
History: This riding has elected both Conservatives/PCs and Liberals since its creation in 1997, with most elections decided by less than 3,000 votes. Allen won the seat from the Liberal incumbent in a narrow victory in 2006, but won by a landslide in both 2008 and 2011.
Demographics: 97.2 per cent of people listed French or English as their mother tongue in the 2011 census, the second highest number in New Brunswick.
Candidates
Conservative: Richard Bragdon, former vice-president of a drug addiction treatment centre
NDP: Robert Kitchen, businessman
Liberal: T.J. Harvey, egg farmer
Green: Terry Wishart, environmental activist
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