Richard Bragdon

Richard Bragdon
MP
Richard Bragdon MP
Member of Parliament; for Tobique—Mactaquac
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 21, 2019
Preceded by	T. J. Harvey
Deputy Shadow Minister for Ethics and Accountable Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 11, 2021
Leader	Erin O'Toole; Candice Bergen;
Preceded by	Position Established
Personal details
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 47–48); Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Canada
Residence	Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick

Richard Bragdon MP (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac in the House of Commons of Canada for the Conservative Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[3] During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Bragdon's private member bill An Act to establish a framework to reduce recidivism (Bill C-228) was adopted to require the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, within one year, to develop a federal framework to reduce recidivism.^[4]

In June 2021, Richard Bragdon voted “Nay” to Bill C-6 which would make conversion therapy illegal in Canada.[1]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	17,536	50.98	+0.7	$45,965.28
	Liberal	Cully Robinson	8,223	23.90	-1.3	$10,342.40
	New Democratic	Meriet Gray Miller	3,656	10.63	+2.7	$0.00
	People's	Daniel Joseph Waggoner	2,930	8.52	+6.0	$2,750.09
	Green	Anthony Martin	1,657	4.82	-9.3	$5,670.46
	Independent	Steven J. LaForest	398	1.15	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,400	99.2	–	$107,922.33
Total rejected ballots			291	0.8
Turnout			34,691	62.0
Registered voters			55,973
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.0
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	19,229	50.34	+13.32	$31,254.86
	Liberal	Kelsey MacDonald	9,631	25.21	-21.40	$12,723.90
	Green	Rowan P. Miller	5,398	14.13	+9.03	$11,462.77
	New Democratic	Megan Aiken	3,007	7.87	-3.41	$0.00
	People's	Dominic Guay	936	2.45	-	$402.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,201	100.00
Total rejected ballots			376	0.97	+0.33
Turnout			38,577	70.01	-0.78
Eligible voters			55,104
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.36
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Tobique—Mactaquac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	T. J. Harvey	17,909	46.61	+30.38	$67,600.14
	Conservative	Richard Bragdon	14,225	37.02	-25.12	$57,487.20
	New Democratic	Robert Kitchen	4,334	11.28	-7.86	$6,199.56
	Green	Terry Wishart	1,959	5.10	+2.62	$3,275.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,427	100.00		$204,512.49
Total rejected ballots			248	0.64	–
Turnout			38,675	71.79	–
Eligible voters			53,870
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+27.75
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]