Angela Vautour

Angela Vautour
Angela Vautour; MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Beauséjour—Petitcodiac
	In office; June 2, 1997 – November 27, 2000
Preceded by	Fernand Robichaud
Succeeded by	Dominic LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	April 10, 1960 (age 64); Rexton, New Brunswick
Political party	NDP, Progressive Conservative
Profession	Public servant

Angela Vautour (born April 10, 1960 in Rexton, New Brunswick) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauséjour—Petitcodiac in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2000.

Vautour was elected in the 1997 election as a New Democrat, as part of a Maritime breakthrough for the party.^[1] Some credit the NDP's success to the Liberal Party government's controversial reforms of the Unemployment Insurance system.^{[citation needed]}

On September 27, 1999, Vautour crossed the floor to join the Progressive Conservative caucus.^[2] She stood for election as a PC candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Dominic LeBlanc.^[3] In 2004, she ran for the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, but again was defeated.

Electoral record

Beauséjour - Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21,934	53.28	+6.18
	Conservative	Angela Vautour	11,604	28.19	-17.65
	New Democratic	Omer Bourque	6,056	14.71	+7.65
	Green	Anna Girouard	1,574	3.82	Ø
Total valid votes			41,168

Beauséjour—Petitcodiac - Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	21,465	47.10	+12.27
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Vautour	14,631	32.11	+16.11
	Alliance	Tom Taylor	6256	13.73	+3.55
	New Democratic	Inka Milewski	3217	7.06	-31.93
Total valid votes			45,569

Beauséjour—Petitcodiac - Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Angela Vautour	18,504	38.99	+33.25
	Liberal	Dominic LeBlanc	16,529	34.83	-41.20
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Hamilton	7592	16.00	+0.78
	Reform	Raymond Braun	4833	10.18	Ø
Total valid votes			47,458

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Angela Vautour MP

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beauséjour—Petitcodiac
In office June 2, 1997 – November 27, 2000
Preceded by	Fernand Robichaud
Succeeded by	Dominic LeBlanc

Personal details
Born	(1960-04-10) April 10, 1960 (age 64) Rexton, New Brunswick
Political party	NDP, Progressive Conservative
Profession	Public servant