Tracadie (electoral district)
# Tracadie (electoral district)

Tracadie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was superseded by the Tracadie-Sheila district in 1995.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| RIding created from Gloucester |||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Adjutor Ferguson | Liberal |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Doug Young | Liberal |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Doug Young | Liberal |
| 51st | 1987–1988 | Doug Young | Liberal |
| 51st | 1988–1991 | Denis Losier | Liberal |
| 52nd | 1991–1994 | Denis Losier | Liberal |
| 52nd | 1994–1995 | Elvy Robichaud | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Tracadie-Sheila and Centre-Péninsule |||||

## Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1994 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Progressive Conservative | Elvy Robichaud | 5,605 | 56.45 | +35.22 |
| | Liberal | Aquila Comeau | 4,249 | 42.79 | -21.57 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Gisèle Blanchard | 75 | 0.76 | – |
| | New Democratic | nil | withdrawn | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,929 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +28.40 |

1991 New Brunswick general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Denis Losier | 6,374 | 64.36 | -18.53 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Colette McGraw | 2,103 | 21.23 | – |
| | New Democratic | Pierre Cousineau | 1,427 | 14.41 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,904 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -19.88 |

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 14 November 1988 :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Denis Losier | 5,359 | 82.89 | +24.29 |
| | Independent | Yvon T. McGraw | 1,106 | 17.11 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,465 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +3.59 |

1987 New Brunswick general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Douglas M. Young | 5,787 | 58.60 | +1.17 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Colette McGraw | 3,081 | 31.20 | -6.02 |
| | New Democratic | Serge Robichaud | 823 | 8.33 | – |
| | Independent | Fernand Losier | 184 | 1.86 | -0.23 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,875 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +3.60 |

1982 New Brunswick general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Doug Young | 5,308 | 57.43 | +0.40 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henri Thomas | 3,440 | 37.22 | +4.76 |
| | Parti acadien | Michael Blanchard | 301 | 3.26 | -7.25 |
| | Independent | Fernand Losier | 193 | 2.09 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,242 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.18 |

1978 New Brunswick general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Douglas M. Young | 4,374 | 57.03 | +0.26 |
| | Progressive Conservative | George McLaughlin | 2,490 | 32.46 | -4.40 |
| | Parti acadien | Alyre Morais | 806 | 10.51 | +4.14 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,670 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.33 |

1974 New Brunswick general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Adjutor Ferguson | 3,501 | 56.77 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul Boudreau | 2,273 | 36.86 |
| | Parti acadien | Réjean Comeau | 393 | 6.37 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,167 | 100.0 |
| The previous multi-member riding of Gloucester elected 5 (of 5) Liberals in the last election, and one Progressive Conservative member was elected in the 1972 by-election. Adjutor Ferguson was one of five incumbents. |||||||
