Kings Centre
Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Kings Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It drew most of its population the former districts of Fundy-River Valley and Hampton-Kings, as well as from a small part of Kings East.
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 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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The riding of Kings Centre (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts | |||
| Coordinates: | 45.507°N 66.049°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,727 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 10,952 | ||
| Census division(s) | Kings, Queens, Charlotte | ||
The district includes the western and north-central parts of Kings County, including the Kingston Peninsula and the village of Valley Waters, as well as the town of Grand Bay-Westfield and small parts of Queens and Charlotte Counties to its north and west.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Kings East | ||||
| 58th | 2014–2018 | Bill Oliver | Progressive Conservative | |
| 59th | 2018–2020 | |||
| 60th | 2020–2024 | |||
| 61st | 2024–Present | |||
Election results
| 2024 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 3,821 | 49.9% | -11.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Stephenson | 2,557 | 33.4% | +21.17 | ||||
| Green | Bruce Dryer | 1,136 | 14.8% | +1.29 | ||||
| Libertarian | Crystal Tays | 139 | 1.8% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,653 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 4,583 | 61.54 | +18.43 | ||||
| Green | Bruce Dryer | 1,006 | 13.51 | +3.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Adams | 911 | 12.23 | -11.32 | ||||
| People's Alliance | William Edgett | 693 | 9.31 | -9.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Margaret Anderson Kilfoil | 254 | 3.41 | -1.10 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,447 | 99.89 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,455 | 65.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,302 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.29 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 3,267 | 43.11 | +7.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Merrifield | 1,785 | 23.55 | -7.40 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Dave Peters | 1,454 | 19.18 | -- | ||||
| Green | Bruce Dryer | 731 | 9.65 | +5.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Jane Shedd | 342 | 4.51 | -19.58 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,579 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 10 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,589 | 66.70 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,378 | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 2,431 | 35.66 | |||||
| Liberal | Shannon Merrifield | 2,110 | 30.95 | |||||
| New Democratic | Daniel Anderson | 1,642 | 24.09 | |||||
| Independent | Colby Fraser | 323 | 4.74 | |||||
| Green | Mark Connell | 311 | 4.56 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,817 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,835 | 60.18 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,357 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Neither of the three incumbents ran in this election. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
