Kent (New Brunswick federal electoral district)

Kent
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census division	Kent

Kent was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act 1867.

District created1867

District abolished1966

First contested1867

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It consisted of the County of Kent. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Northumberland—Miramichi and Westmorland—Kent ridings.^{[citation needed]}

Parliament	Years		Party
Kent
1st	1867–1872	Auguste Renaud	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	Robert Barry Cutler	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	George McLeod	Independent
4th	1878–1882	Gilbert Anselme Girouard	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1883	Gilbert Anselme Girouard	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1883–1887	Pierre-Amand Landry	Conservative
6th	1887–1890	Pierre-Amand Landry
6th	1890–1891	Édouard-H. Léger
7th	1891–1892	Édouard-H. Léger
7th	1892–1896	George Valentine McInerney
8th	1896–1900	George Valentine McInerney
9th	1900–1904	Olivier J. Leblanc	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917	Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	Auguste Théophile Léger	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1923	Auguste Théophile Léger	Liberal
14th	1923–1925	Alexandre-Joseph Doucet	Conservative
15th	1925–1926	Alexandre-Joseph Doucet	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Alfred Edmond Bourgeois	Liberal
17th	1930–1935	Télesphore Arsenault	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Aurel Léger
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957	Hervé Michaud
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Guy Crossman
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Westmorland—Kent and Northumberland—Miramichi

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Crossman	5,713	59.9	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Bourgeois	2,306	24.2	-6.8
	New Democratic	George Robertson	1,512	15.9	+13.6

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Crossman	5,971	59.7	+8.6
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	3,095	31.0	-9.5
	Social Credit	Langis Robichaud	705	7.1	+2.8
	New Democratic	Antoine Leger	226	2.3	*

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Crossman	5,514	51.1	-4.3
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	4,366	40.5	-4.1
	Social Credit	George Robichaud	464	4.3	*
	Independent	Edmond Bourgeois	441	4.1	*

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	6,118	55.4	-2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	4,988	44.6	+2.4

Members of Parliament

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 6 December 1892
	Conservative	George McInerney	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 31 July 1890
	Conservative	Édouard H. Léger	acclaimed

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Télesphore Arsenault	4,884	52.0	+5.4
	Liberal	Alfred Bourgeois	4,504	48.0	-5.4
Source(s) "Kent, New Brunswick (1867 - 1966)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Edmond Bourgeois	4,799	53.5	+9.1
	Conservative	Alexandre-Joseph Doucet	4,173	46.5	-9.1
Source(s) "Kent, New Brunswick (1867 - 1966)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	2,225	64.1	Y
	Unknown	Lestock P. W. DesBrisay	757	21.8
	Unknown	Owen McInerney	485	14.0
	Unknown	Robert Barry Cutler	4	0.2
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]