Daniel Allain

Daniel Allain's electoral trajectory reflects a twelve-year hiatus between federal and provincial political engagement, during which he shifted from the federal Conservative movement to New Brunswick's provincial Progressive Conservative party. His 2008 federal candidacy in the competitive Maritime riding of Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe yielded a substantial vote total but fell short of election, whereas his eventual provincial success in 2020 suggests either improved local positioning in a narrower provincial electorate or a strategic recalibration toward provincial politics where his candidacy proved more viable. The shift from federal to provincial politics, combined with his ultimate electoral success at the provincial level, indicates a pragmatic persistence in conservative politics despite an earlier federal setback.

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
CAN (Oct 2008)	Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe	Conservative Party of Canada/Parti conservateur du Canada post-2003	16,297	No
NB (Sep 2020)	Moncton East / Moncton-Est	Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick	3,525	Yes

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CAN (Oct 2008)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe	Conservative Party of Canada/Parti conservateur du Canada post-2003	16,297	No

NB (Sep 2020)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Moncton East / Moncton-Est	Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick	3,525	Yes

Political Party	Candidacies
conservative party of canada/parti conservateur du canada post-2003	1
progressive conservative party of new brunswick	1

Daniel Allain

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CAN (Oct 2008)

NB (Sep 2020)

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