Kent Centre
Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Kent Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kent in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Kent (1827–1974) | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Alan R. Graham | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Kent (1994–2013) | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan Graham | 3,025 | 69.11 | -8.54 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Percy Beers | 626 | 14.30 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil Gardner | 379 | 8.66 | +2.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 347 | 7.93 | -7.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,377 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.42 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan R. Graham | 3,232 | 77.65 | +14.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sammy Arsenault | 662 | 15.91 | -13.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil Gardner | 268 | 6.44 | +1.33 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,162 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.76 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan R. Graham | 2,691 | 63.65 | +3.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Savoie | 1,244 | 29.42 | -0.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Derrold H. Barnes | 216 | 5.11 | -1.29 | ||||
| Independent | Ronald S. MacDonald | 77 | 1.82 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,228 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.94 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan Robert Graham | 2,352 | 60.42 | +2.72 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Giruan Warren | 1,171 | 30.08 | -9.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | John B. LaBossiere | 249 | 6.40 | +3.29 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Pierrette Leblanc | 121 | 3.11 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,893 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.92 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Alan Graham | 2,024 | 57.70 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Girvan | 1,375 | 39.20 | |||||
| New Democratic | Lawrence Murphy | 109 | 3.11 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,508 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the last election. One Progressive Conservative was elected in a 1971 by-election. Alan R. Graham was one of three incumbents. | ||||||||
See also
References
External links
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Archived April 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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