1990 Beauséjour federal by-election

1990 Beauséjour federal by-election

December 10, 1990 (1990-12-10)
Riding of Beauséjour
First party Second party Third party   NDP CoR Candidate Jean Chrétien Guy Cormier Margie Bowes-Legood Party Liberal New Democratic Confederation of Regions Popular vote 17,332 12,587 2,783 Percentage 51.45% 37.37% 8.26% Swing 7.16pp 27.12pp 4.37pp
MP before election Fernand Robichaud Liberal Elected MP Jean Chrétien Liberal

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Beauséjour in New Brunswick on December 10, 1990, following the resignation of Liberal MP Fernand Robichaud. Robichaud resigned his seat for newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Jean Chrétien, so he could have a seat in the House of Commons, which is a traditional practice for a newly elected leader who doesn't have a seat at the time of his or her election as party leader.

The by-election was held on the same day as another in York North in Ontario.

In the 1993 Canadian federal election, Chrétien was elected in Saint-Maurice, Quebec and became the 20th Prime Minister of Canada.

Results

Canadian federal by-election, 10 December 1990
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On the resignation of Fernand Robichaud, 24 September 1990
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	17,332	51.45	-7.16
	New Democratic	Guy Cormier	12,587	37.36	+27.12
	Confederation of Regions	Margie Bowes-Legood	2,789	8.28	+4.37
	Independent	Alonzo LeBlanc	450	1.34
	Christian Heritage	Mae Boudreau-Pedersen	286	0.85
	Rhinoceros	Bryan Gold	246	0.73
Total valid votes			33,690	100.00

1988 result

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fernand Robichaud	22,650	58.61	+16.86
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	10,525	27.24	-10.72
	New Democratic	Lyman Dean	3,958	10.24	-10.05
	Confederation of Regions	Russell Bowes	1,511	3.91
Total valid votes			38,644	100.00