Riding profile

Miramichi--Grand Lake

Federal riding — NB · Rural · atlantic

The question

Miramichi--Grand Lake: will Conservative lose this seat to Liberal?

Current forecast

Liberal

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.0
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 48.7%
  • Conservative 39.7%
  • Green 2.9%
  • NDP 2.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Liberal Conservative Green NDP
HereMiramichi--Grand Lake 48.7%39.7%2.9%2.2%
Provincial averageNew Brunswick 55.9% −7.2 33.0% +6.6 2.4% +0.5 2.8% −0.6
National averageCanada 48.0% +0.7 32.1% +7.6 2.7% +0.2 10.6% −8.4

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Miramichi--Grand Lake, a rural riding in New Brunswick, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 1-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 49% vote share, against 40% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 16% francophone, 83% anglophone.

Sitting member

Mike Dawson

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
1.0 pts
Turnout
73.7%
Margin shift vs current projection
+8.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Mike Dawson Elected Conservative 18,421 48.2 Businessman
Lisa Harris Liberal 18,037 47.1 Local Community Engagement Strategist
Josh Floyd NDP 968 2.5 Administrative Assistant
Matthew Ian Clark Green 831 2.2 Administrative Assistant

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 15.5%
  • Anglophone 83.1%
  • Non-francophone (other) 1.4%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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