Voters in Madawaska—Restigouche reelected René Arseneault of the Liberal party as their MP in the 2019 election.
Candidates
Liberal: René Arseneault (Incumbent)
Conservative: Nelson Fox
NDP: Chad Betteridge
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Green: Louis Bérubé
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Geography
This rural riding in northwestern New Brunswick includes Edmundston, Kedgwick and Campbellton.
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More geographical information on the electoral district can be found at Elections Canada.
History
Former Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt was unseated in 2015. Valcourt had narrowest win for the Conservatives in New Brunswick in 2011, ending a four-election Liberal streak. French is the mother tongue of 80.2 per cent of people in this riding, the second highest number in Canada outside Quebec.
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